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which latter were disturbed skeletons, another lay at full length on the back, and 
one was partly flexed lying on the left side. With this last burial, near the knees, 
was an arrowhead or knife of flint. 
Little Red river was carefully searched by us to West Point, about 18 miles 
up, by water. There is much high ground along the banks, which seems well fitted 
to have served as places of aboriginal abode. No mounds or cemeteries were met 
with, however, except the small site at Lindsay’s Point. 
It is possible that what we sought may be found in the high ground at a dist- 
ance from the river, but unfortunately beyond our reach. 
MOUNDS NEAR ATKINSON FERRY, WHITE COUNTY. 
On property of Mr. T. E. Stanley, of Augusta, Ark., about 3 miles by water 
above Augusta, but on the left side of the river, going up, are several low mounds, 
one of which serves as a site for a stable. Considerable digging in these mounds 
yielded nothing. 
MOUNDS NEAR Тауіон/ в Bayou, WOODRUFF COUNTY. 
Taylor's Bayou (locally called Taylor's Bay) enters White river a short dist- 
ance above Augusta. About 2 miles up the bayou, on the eastern side, is a planta- 
tion belonging to Mr. T. E. Stanley, of Augusta, owner of the place at Atkinson 
Ferry, to which reference has just been made. 
At the southeastern end of the Taylor Bayou plantation, in a cultivated field, 
are two mounds within a few yards one of the other, both much spread by the plow. 
Mounn A. ` 
This mound, about 4 feet in height and 47 feet across its circular base, of dark, 
sandy clay, had nine trial-holes sunk into it by us. These trial-holes (supposed to 
be 5 to 6 feet in length and 3 feet across, but which are sometimes not fully this 
size) were first carried to the base of the mound and then extended to include a 
considerable part of it. 
Four burials were encountered, as follows: an adult and an adolescent, both 
partly flexed and lying on the right side; a small child; an adult at full length on 
the back. 
The bones of the three skeletons first named, though found less deep, were 
badly decayed and fragmentary. On the other hand, the extended skeleton, which 
was at a depth of 40 inches, was well preserved. 
No artifacts lay with the burials; indeed, the only ones found in the mound 
were a small flint arrowhead, and a fragment of pottery, square with rounded cor- 
ners, having a countersunk perforation in the center from which, on one side, 
incised lines radiate to the margin. 
