566 SOME ABORIGINAL SITES ON RED RIVER. 
Mounps oN THE WILLIAMS PLACE, LAFAYETTE COUNTY, ARK. 
On the border of the Williams Place, which is about one mile in from the river, 
are three mounds, two in woods and one bordering the woods but in a cultivated 
field. These mounds, all in sight of one another, are variously from 3 to 5 feet in 
height. Their bases are irregular in outline, but circular in the main. The two 
largest mounds have been dug into centrally to a considerable extent. The owner 
of this property did not seem inclined to grant permission to investigate, and as 
the mounds (which we visited) were of little promise because of their imperfect 
condition, the matter was not urged. 
Москов oN THE Есүрт PLACE, LAFAYETTE COUNTY, ARK. 
On the Egypt Place, a plantation about one mile back from the river, are two 
mounds which were visited by our agent. The place has a reputation for the dis- 
covery of aboriginal relics. The owner, however, refused us permission to investigate. 
THE BATTLE PLACE, LAFAYETTE COUNTY, ARK. 
The Battle Place, which takes its name from that of a former owner and not 
from having been the scene of a conflict, is one of numerous properties belonging to 
Mr. Henry Moore, Jr., of Texarkana, Ark., which kindly were placed at our dis- 
posal by him. This plantation has a considerable reputation as a site where relics 
of the aborigines have been unearthed by the plow. 
The plantation does not border the river but lies about one mile back from it, 
near Battle Lake, a former course of Red river, no doubt, which was itself the river 
when the aborigines occupied the site. 
A short distance from Battle Lake is a large mound of peculiar shape. This 
mound, extending N. and S. has a basal length of 592 feet. Beginning at the 
southern end, the upper surface of the mound is outlined by a series of levels and 
slopes, some of the latter very steep, others less so. From the general level at the 
southern end three slopes and two plateaus carry the mound to a third plateau, 
where it attains a maximum height of 33 feet. From this plateau, a descent, 
another plateau, and a slope bring the mound to the surrounding territory on 
the north. 
The basal width of that part of the mound which is under the main plateau is 
157 feet, which includes that of a roadway extending up the eastern part of the 
mound, from south to north. 
The width of the mound contracts materially in proportion to the proximity 
to the ends. The width of the main plateau is 28 feet; the height of the southern- 
most plateau is slightly more than 10 feet. 
A number of trial-holes dug into various parts of the great mound were with- 
out return except the finding of a flint pebble on which a cutting edge had been 
carefully ground, though no additional work had been done on the pebble. 
To the eastern side of the great mound is a cultivated field in which, in full 
view from the mound, were four low humps and rises of the ground that long culti- 
