SOME ABORIGINAL SITES ON RED RIVER. 509 
by soil thrown out by the former diggers, was 5.5 feet; the diameter, probably 
increased in the same way, was 48 feet. 
The soil of the mound is sandy clay containing masses of sandstone, some 
more than 2 feet in diameter. 
Seven trial-holes dug into the apparently unexcavated part of the mound were 
unproductive, and no human remains or artifacts were noticed in the soil thrown 
out by previous diggers. 
The area surrounding the mound gave no indication of having served previ- 
ously as a place of abode. 
Мосхр NEAR Bocey Bayou, Grant PARISH, La. 
A mound on a high ridge, on property belonging to Mr. C. H. Teal, is about 
two miles in a direct course north of Colfax and one-quarter mile west of the town- 
ship bridge over Boggy Bayou. 
This mound, which had been much dug into, is at present 13 feet 7 inches 
in height, and is 93 feet in diameter of base. An excavation 34 feet by 21 feet, 
with a depth of 7.5 feet at the time of our visit, had been made into the central 
part of the mound before our coming, while smaller excavations had been made 
in the sides. 
The mound is composed of coarse sand, much of it red but not artificially col- 
ored, with a few small masses of sandstone scattered through it. 
In seven trial-holes nothing was found to indicate the use of the mound for 
burial, and no fragments of bone or artifacts were seen about the old excavation. 
The surrounding ground gave no sign of the former presence of aborigines. 
DWELLING-SITE ON DUNN PLACE, GRANT PARISH, La. 
About one-half mile SSW. from Dunn Landing, in a field on a point of alluvial 
land, the property of Mr. R. M. Dunn, living on the plantation, is a dwelling-site 
about one acre in extent. The surface of the site is somewhat higher than sur- 
rounding ground, and shows soil darkened by organic matter. Fragments of 
pottery, shells, and animal bones are scattered about. 
In forty-eight trial-holes put down by us the dwelling-site material was shown 
to consist of dark soil with which was mingled debris similar to that seen on the 
surface. The maximum depth of this dwelling-site material, as shown by the 
trial-holes, was 28 inches. No human remains were encountered. 
In the digging, separately, were found: a small, barbed arrowhead of flint; a 
drill of the same material; a short, slender piercing implement of bone; an imple- 
ment of bone with rounded point and having at the opposite end the articular part 
still remaining. 
The fragments of pottery found above and below the surface on this site were 
