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hundred and sixty feet — this is from north to south. The east and west 

 measurement is one hundred and thirty-five feet. 



Upon this large mound were formerly two knolls forty feet apart. 

 Each was about two feet high, and ten across, with a distinct ditch 

 around it. One knoll was upon the east side, the other on the west, 

 the house now standing on the edges of both knolls. When the trees 

 were cut away, it was noticed that large sugar maples had grown upon 

 both. 



In digging the cellar of the house, nine human skeletons were found; 

 and, like such specimens from other ancient mounds of the country, 

 they showed that the mound-builders were men of large stature. The 

 skeletons were not found lying in such a manner as would indicate any 

 arrangement of the bodies on the part of the entombers. As our inform- 

 ant, Albert Harris, Esq., said, "It looked as if the bodies had been 

 dumped into a ditch." Some of them were buried deeper than others, 

 the lower ones being about seven feet below the surface. When the 

 skeletons were found, Mr. Albert Harris was twenty years of age, yet he 

 states that he could put one of the skulls over his head, and Jet it 

 rest upon his shoulders, while at the same time he was wearing a fur 

 cap. The large size of all the bones was remarked, and the teeth were 

 described as " double all the way around." They were kept for a time, 

 and then again buried by Judge Harris. At the center of the mound, 

 and some nine feet below the surface, was found a small monument of 

 cobble stones. The stones, or bowlders, composing this were regularly 

 arranged in round layers, the monument being topped off with a single 

 stone. There were about two bushels in measure of these small bowl- 

 ders, and mixed with them was a quantity of charcoal. The cobble- 

 stones, ch^arcoal, and skeletons, were the only things noticed at the time 

 of digging the cellar, which was in 1830. Many years later, in 1869, as 

 digging was being done to lay stone steps at the front of the house (the 

 north side), two other and smaller skeletons were found only three feet 

 below the surface. They lay with their heads to the north. The inter- 

 ment of these two bodies was probably much more recent than that of 

 those found deeper down, and a different race of men may have put 

 them there. Doubtless there are other skeletons in the mound at pres- 

 ent, as the digging referred to was done solely for the purposes men- 

 tioned, and not for the sake of learning anything concerning these 

 relics, so no care was taken to fully investigate this very interesting 

 matter. Mr. Harris thinks that the ground in front of the house, if 

 dug over, would afford many valuable relics. This mound may pos- 

 sibly go back in history to the. time when the Harris ville swamp was 



