THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER, FLORIDA. 7 



another form of burial is that of disconnected bones where no effort has been made 

 to keep in association the various portions of the skeleton. The "chieftain" mounds 

 cited by the late Colonel Jones 1 are not met with on the river, nor are bodies 

 ever found in a sitting position. 



It is our intention briefly to describe the sand mounds of the St. John's as we 

 have found them, prefacing the account with the assurance that at no time has 

 work been done save in our presence ; that all notes were taken on the spot and 

 rewritten while the memory was fresh, and that special care has been exercised at 

 all times carefully to measure depths and to distinguish the intrusive from the 

 original burial. To guard against confusion, all objects were labeled upon discov- 

 ery, while to various portions of the skeleton tablets of celluloid were attached, 

 with which subsequent treatment with heated glue could not interfere. 



In nearly every case, the specimens described or figured are now in the pos- 

 session of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



Sand Mottnds of the St. John's River, Florida, considered in Part I of 



this Report. 



Dunn's Creek. Stark's Grove, Lake Beresford, 



Murphy Island (2). Fort Florida (2). 



Norwalk Landing. Northern end Lake Monroe. 



Mt. Royal (2). Ginn's Grove (2). 



Hitchen's Creek. Thornhill Lake (2) . 



Blue Creek. Black Hammock. 



In Pine Woods near Blue Creek. Cook's Ferry. 



Volusia (5). Mansfield's. 



Bluffton (2). Raulerson's. 



Opposite Bluffton. Persimmon Mound. 



Tick Island. Indian Fields. 



De Leon Springs. Long Bluff. 



Thursby Mound. Mulberry Mound. 



Hun toon Island (2) . Fort Taylor. 



In the accompanying map no attempt is made to represent distances by water. 

 So tortuous is the river that a rough estimate alone as to distance can be made by 

 those following the course of the stream. 



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Dunn's Creek, Putnam County. 



On Dunn's Creek, about three miles from its point of union with the St. John's, 

 some nine miles south of Palatka, on the right hand side going down, is Horse 

 Landing which, however, must not be confounded with a place of the same name 

 on the St. John's River, a few miles further south. Hidden by woods, perhaps one 



>" Antiquities of the Southern Indians," page 183. 



