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the box-graves were, with slabs and masses arranged on edge (with the exception 
of a large slab at one end of the grave which was so placed), but had been regu- 
larly built up from the yellow, undisturbed clay which served as a foundation, 
of slabs and blocks laid on their sides as in the case of walls, to a height of 2 feet 
3 inches. Presumably this height, plus that of the covering slabs (which had 
been removed and lay on the sides of the mound) and the thickness of some 
soil above them represented the original height of the mound. 
The largest of the covering masses was 3 feet in length by about 2 feet in 
width, not sufficient to have spanned the grave. Possibly the covering slabs 
originally were held in place by interior supports, perhaps of wood, as has been 
suggested was sometimes the case with some of the stone box-graves. 
Within the grave a few fragments of human bones had been left by the diggers. 
The remaining three mounds, one of which was larger than that described, 
one of about the same size, one smaller, had been so completely dug out that 
the single graves they probably had contained were represented only by scattered 
masses of stone. 
INDIAN Hitt, EDMONSON COUNTY. 
This site, well known locally, is a table-land surrounded on all sides by a 
bluff, about one mile NE. from Brownsville, Ky. The site was carefully ex- 
amined but did not seem to be covered with the usual layer of black soil, which 
possibly had washed away from so exposed a position. A few coarse arrowheads 
of black flint were found on the surface. Owing to the field being planted in 
wheat no digging was attempted. 
CERTAIN ABORIGINAL SITES ON OHIO RIVER. 
In the following list all mounds of any considerable size in the territory 
visited by us (namely, between the mouth of Ohio river and Evansville, Indiana) 
are included, and all dwelling-sites which seemed to be of any interest are de- 
scribed. 
MOUNDS AND SITES. 
Mounds and site on the Terrell Place, Ballard County, Kentucky. 
Mounds at Mound City, Illinois. 
Dwelling-site near Colvin Lake, Ballard County, Ky. 
Dwelling-site near the mouth of Massae Creek, MeCracken County, Ky. 
Dwelling-site near Owens Ferry, Massac County, Ill. 
Mounds and site on the Kincaid and Lewis Places, Massac and Pope Counties, Ill. 
Aboriginal Cemetery on the Thirlkill Place, Livingston County, Ky. 
Aboriginal Cemetery on the Davis Place, Livingston County, Ky. 
Aboriginal Cemetery near Bay City, Pope County, Ill. 
Aboriginal Cemetery on the Orr Place, Hardin County, Ill. 
Mound near Murphy Landing, Posey County, Indiana. 
