ANTIQUITIES OF THE OUACHITA VALLEY. 27 
adepts іп the plastic art is evidenced by the fact that in place of a modeled bird's 
head we find a mere knob with attempts at line decoration upon it. 
There are two holes for suspension at opposite ends of the opening. 
Farther up the Ouachita, in the cemetery іп Boytt's Field, we found somewhat 
of an improvement on this style of vessel, though in that case also no modeling on 
the head has been attempted. 
In another field, westwardly from the house, is a shell deposit near the bank 
of a bayou which joins the Ouachita river at Myatt's Landing. In this deposit we 
found shells as follows: Quadrula heros dombeyana ; O. trapezoides ; O. perplt- 
cata; Q. trigona ; Q. pvramidata ; Q. asper ; Plagtola securis. 
All these species inhabit the lower Mississippi and its tributaries, and with 
one exception the shells found seem entirely similar to those of the living shell fish. 
О. pyramidata is about two-thirds the ordinary size, though evidently adult. This 
probably has no special significance, according to Doctor Pilsbry, who has seen 
similar dwarf colonies of other species, probably due to local conditions unfavorable 
to them. 
Near the shell deposit, on the surface, are many signs of aboriginal occupancy, 
and the soil is blackened to a considerable depth. Numerous trial-holes yielded no 
human remains. 
There were gathered from the surface: two disks of ferruginous sandstone, each 
with a concavity on either side; a small “celt” which was given to the owner of 
the plantation; a chisel wrought from a chert pebble; knives and arrowheads of 
chert; part of an object of bone, probably originally intended for a bead, but which 
had split in the boring. Prof. F. A. Lucas believes this bone to be from the leg 
of a deer. 
MOUND NEAR PARGAUD LANDING, OUACHITA PARISH, La. 
This mound, on the Pargaud Plantation, is the property of Mr. John T. Cole, 
to whom belongs also the Glendora Plantation, which figures so largely in this 
report. 
The mound, evidently domiciliary, has suffered through wash of rain. It was 
not dug into by us. 
CEMETERY ON THE GLENDORA PLANTATION, OUACEITA PARISH, La. 
The Glendora Plantation, about sixteen miles above Monroe, by water, is the 
property of Mr. John T. Cole, who, as we have said, lives on another plantation 
belonging to him, which is somewhat nearer Monroe. The Academy is greatly 
indebted to Mr. Cole for the privilege of investigating the rich cemetery on his 
lace. 
Е Immediately аё the landing is a cotton-gin, and almost directly back of this 
gin was an aboriginal cemetery in eet бы: under cultivation, believed to be | 
beyond reach of the river. 
