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ity of the ancient town inclosed about 8 acres. The ditch around the 

 first was about 5 or 6 feet deep. A small stream of water and a high 

 bank circumscribed nearly one-third of the inclosed i^Tound. Tliere 

 were traces of six gates or openings, and near the center a way was 

 dug to the water. At some places at the bottcwn of the ditch Mr 

 Kirkland ran his cane a foot or more in the soil, from which circum- 

 stance he concludes that the ditch w^as originally much deeper. Near 

 the western ( ?) fortification, which was situated on high ground, he 

 found the remains of a funeral pile, where the slain were buried aftei"* 





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Fig. 76 Walled inclosiire at Oakfield after Squier 



a great battle, which will be spoken of hereafter. The mound was 

 about 6 feet in height by 30 feet diameter at the base. The bones 

 appeared at the surface, projecting in many places at the sides '' 

 (Squier, p. 66. 67). 



Mr Squier's quotation from Yates and Moulton's account of Mr 

 Kirkland's journal is not exact, but the only material ditterence is a 

 change from ** northern fortification " in the original, to " western " 

 (Yates, p. 16, 17). It will be noticed also that Kirkland speaks of 

 the bone mound as being near the fort, as is probable, instead of 

 inside. 



