ANTIQUITIES OF THE OUACHITA VALLEY. 105 
Мосхрв ON BIG CREEK, GRANT Parise, La. 
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" Е dis namele ss point extending into Big creek, about one mile above its union 
with Little river, on the left hand side going up, in view from the water, is a mound 
about 1.5 feet high and 40 feet across the base. Six trial-holes showed the mound 
to be of closely-packed sandy clay. Indications of single skulls with fragments of 
long-bones near them were found in two places. Near one of the skulls was a bowl 
of inferior ware, in many fragments. 
Investigation of other low mounds at this place was without success. 
MOUND NEAR WEATLEY LANDING, GRANT PARISH, La. 
In woods, about 100 yards in from the water, about one mile above Whatley 
Landing, on property of Mr. А. A. Whatley, is a mound about 4 feet in height, 
irregularly elliptical in shape, with basal diameters of 125 feet and 83 feet; and 
corresponding diameters of summit-plateau of 104 feet and 55 feet. Beyond show- 
ing the mound to be composed of clayey sand, eleven trial-holes were without 
result. 
At this point we decided to abandon work on Little river. 
BOEUF RIVER. 
The investigation of Boeuf river, which was not searched for us in advance by 
our agent, as we have said before, was abandoned by us at Alto, 100 miles? by 
water from the river’s mouth, though the stream is navigable 50 miles further. 
The land bordering Boeuf river is low-lying, except in places, until Lander- 
neau is reached (see map), after which the banks are somewhat higher. 
MOUNDS AND SITES.’ 
Cemetery near Jones Landing, Franklin Parish, La. 
Mounds near Dailey Landing, Franklin Parish, La. 
Mounds near White Oak Landing, Franklin Parish, La. 
Mound at Alabama Landing, Richland Parish, La. 
CEMETERY AT JONES LANDING, FRANKLIN PARISE, La. 
At Jones Landing is a large plantation belonging to Mr. L. Herbert Swayze, 
who resides there. | 
1 The landing is on the opposite side of the river, in Catahoula Parish. | : DP 
2 All information as to distance to towns and as to navigable length of rivers, mentioned in this 
report, has been furnished us from surveys by the United States Engineer Department having super- 
vision of these streams. : iur ; 
: Only mounds noteworthy on account of size and shape, and mounds or sites in which human 
remains were found, are described in our account of the antiquities of Boeuf river. 
ingle mounds or groups of mounds are at or near : Eagle Island Landing, on the Desha Place; 
Thomas Landing, on the Bush Place; Hebert Landing, on the Hebert Place; Swett Landing, on State 
land. 
14 JOURN. A. N. 8. PHILA., VOL. XIV. 
