THE PAINT CHEEK MOUNDS 

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Fig. 1. Plat of the moimds on the old village site on Paint creek in McPherson county, Kansas. 

 The plat covers the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section twelve, township eighteen 

 south, range four west of the sixth principal meridian. The dotted lines are contour lines, with 



ten feet intervals. 



the group would inclose an area of about twenty acres. 

 The site may have been chosen with regard to con- 

 venient access to water and fuel. There are some good 

 springs in the creek a short distance to the south and 

 there is some small timber along its banks. In other 

 respects the choice seems to have been equally fortunate. 

 To the south and west there is a gravel containing 

 boulders of chert, from which darts and scrapers could 

 be made. The southeast slope of the ground would tend 

 to modify the severity of the northwest winds in win- 

 ter. Fishing was profitable in the Smoky Hill river 

 near by to the north. The surrounding hilly slope of 

 the upland and the river bottoms to the north afforded 

 a variety of game at all seasons. It was an ideal vil- 

 lage site for a savage tribe. 



