352 ANTIQUITIES OF THE ST. FRANCIS, WHITE, 
In cultivated land, also belonging to Mr. Taylor, in а part of a field bordering 
the wood, about 250 yards west from the settlement, in rich ground somewhat above 
the general level of the field, is a dwelling-site having on the surface arrowpoints 
and fragments of flint, hammerstones, and debris of aboriginal occupancy, but 
almost no pottery. 
Twenty-one trial-holes sunk in this site came upon six skeletons seemingly in 
good condition as they lay in the ground, but which on removal proved to be friable 
and on the point of disintegration. АП skulls had given way through decay and 
pressure of the soil. 
The burials, which were widely scattered, were as follows : 
Closely flexed on the right side . 
Partly flexed on the right side 
Closely flexed on the left side . 
Partly flexed on the left side (a child) 
Aboriginal disturbance from the pelvis down 
Infant . 
= ні m = لم بم‎ 
In another part of the field, somewhat nearer the settlement, was a slight rise 
of the ground, which evidently had been a dwelling-site, but in which no burials 
were found by us. 
With other midden refuse were three disks of pottery, each having a perfora- 
tion in the center, and part of a similar disk. : 
The reputation of Elgin as a site where human bones are discovered in cultiva- 
tion is rather wide-spread. Тһе territory bordering the settlement is said to be out 
of reach of high water and consequently offered to the aborigines an attractive 
place of abode. Unfortunately we were unable to find other d welling-sites in the 
vicinity, though careful search was made. 
MOUNDS NEAR LINDLEY LANDING, JACKSON COUNTY. 
On property of Dr. L. G. Slaydon, of Tuekerman, Ark., is a mound in a culti- 
vated field, about one mile $. by W. from Lindley Landing. 
The mound, of clayey sand, has been greatly spread by the plow, at the 
the expense of height, which is now 5 feet. The diameter of the irregularly circular 
base is 84 feet. We were unable to find in this mound any sign of its having been 
used for burial purposes. 
About one-half mile in a southerly direction from Lindley Landing is a mound 
much spread by the plow, also in a cultivated field, belonging to Mr. D. C. Dowell, 
of Tuckerman. This mound, irregularly circular, has a diameter of 47 feet. Its 
height was 3 feet above the general level, but measured from the summit to the 
base while digging was under way, the height seemed to be somewhat in excess of 
the figure named. On the surface of the mound (which was almost entirely of 
sand) were many small fragments of human bone. 
Trial-holes at once came upon burials, and vessels of earthenware, and hence 
