ABORIGINAL SITES ON TENNESSEE RIVER. 331 
possibly small knives, of flint, some carelessly made, one of the better ones 
being shown in Fig. 68; two ornaments of sheet-copper, found separately, each 
1.75 inch in diameter, bosses with central depressions, having each a central 
perforation; fragments of sheet-copper found in three instances; an ornament 
made of impure graphite, similar in shape to those of sheet-copper, but thicker, 
1.5 inch in diameter (Fig. 69). 
Fia. 68.—Arrowpoint of flint. Mound D, Fic. 69.—Ornament of impure graphite. 
Williams Landing, Ala. (Full size.) Mound D, Williams Landing, Ala. (Full size.) 
Extending from the base of the mound a few inches into the yellow, bottom 
soil was a circular deposit of water-worn pebbles, broken and whole, the largest 
about the size of two clenched hands. 
The shell-heap, which was but a few yards from the river, after the first 
foot had been dug away, proved to be almost solid shell. Its investigation 
was not further pursued. 
MOUNDS AND DWELLING-SITE ON BRIDGEPORT, OR LONG, ISLAND, JACKSON 
County, ALABAMA, AND Marion County, TENNESSEE. 
Bridgeport Island, or Long Island, as it is variously called, has the lower 
end in Alabama and the upper part in Tennessee, the state line passing between 
the mounds on the island, the large mound being in Tennessee, the two smaller 
ones in Alabama. 
The mounds, three in number, in sight from the water, on the eastern side 
of the island, near its lower end, are near together and form a triangle of which 
the largest mound is the apex. Bridgeport Island belongs to Mr. John F. 
Brown, who lives nearby on the mainland. Mr. Brown does not desire any 
digging on the place. 
The largest mound, on which is a small frame structure, has been quadrangu- 
lar with flat top, evidently a domiciliary mound. Its height is slightly more 
than 24 feet, its base is about 130 feet square. 
The mound farthest from the water has a circular base about 55 feet in diam- 
eter and is 7 feet high. It is nearly flat on the summit at present, but has the 
appearance of having been dug into, and may have had, at one time a more 
conical outline. 
