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List of Mounds Investigated. 

 (See Map) 

 Bear Point, Perdido bay. 

 Near Bear Point, Perdido bay. 

 Josephine P. 0., Perdido bay. 

 Maester Creek, Blackwater bay. 

 Graveyard Point, East bay. 

 Santa Rosa sound (2). 

 Walton's Camp, Santa Rosa sound. 

 Don's Bayou, Choctawhatchee bay. 

 Black Point, Choctawhatchee bay. 

 Rocky Bayou, Choctawhatchee bay (2). 

 Basin Bayou, Choctawhatchee bay. 

 Jolly Bay, Choctawhatchee bay. 

 Black Creek, Choctawhatchee bay (3). 

 Near Point Washington, Choctawhatchee bay. 

 Cemetery near Point Washington, Choctawhatchee bay. 

 Hogtown Bayou, Choctawhatchee bay. 



Mound at Beae Point, Perdido Bat, Baldwin County, Ala. 1 



This mound was in woods about 150 yards in a N. W. direction from Bear 

 Point, on land belonging to Mr. Arthur B. Jones, of Chicago, 111. 



The mound, which had been fairly riddled by previous digging, was roughly 

 circular in outline, with a diameter at base of 80 feet. The summit plateau, also 

 circular, was 63 feet across. As the mound was partly surrounded by depressions, 

 whence sand for its making had come, its southern portion, built up against a 

 natural slope, was somewhat difficult to determine as to height. On the northwest 

 side the mound was 7 feet 2 inches above the general level and 8 feet on the north- 

 east side. Measured from the south, it was but 1 foot 8 inches above the adjoining 

 territory. Forest trees were on the plateau, including a fallen live oak 10 feet in 

 circumference, 4 feet from the base. 



The mound was dug through by us beginning at the extreme margin of the 

 northern portion with a line of men extending about 50 feet. As no interments 

 were met with until the summit plateau was reached, portions of the remaining 

 marginal parts were omitted. 



The mound was of yellowish sand, unstratified. A dark band marked the 

 base, which was the original surface of the surrounding country. From the surface 

 of the summit plateau in the northerly portions of the mound, to the base, was 5 

 feet 4 inches, and this depth was maintained until the slope of the ridge to the 

 south was reached, where the mound and the slope merged. 



1 As Perdido bay is the coast boundary between Alabama and Florida, we have included this 

 mound. 



