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Indian graves are extremely numerous about St. Louis, 

 though none are found in the immediate vicinity of the town : 



No. 3. An oblong square. 



Longitudinal base, - - - - 114 feet, 



Transverse do. .... - 50 



Leng; h at top, ----- 80 



Perpendicular height, ... - 4 



Distance from No. 2. N. * - • 115 



Nd. 4. An oblong square. 



Longitudinal base, ------ 84 feet, 



top, - 45 



Perpendicular height, .... 4 



Distance N. 251 



Nos. 2, 3, & 4, are each about 33 ordinary steps from the edge of the se- 

 cond bank of the river. 



No. 5. An oblong square. 



Longitudinal base, - - - - - 81 feet, 



top, ... - 35 



Perpendicular height ... - 4 



Distance W. - 155 



No. 6. Different in form from the others. It is called the Falling Garden, 

 and consists of three stages, all of equal length and of the same paral- 

 lelogramic form; the superior stage, like the five succeeding mounds, is 

 bounded on the east by the edge of the second bank of the river; the se- 

 cond and third stages are in succession on the declivity of the bank, 

 each being horizontal, and are connected with each other, and with the 

 first, by an abruptly oblique descent. 



Longitudinal base, - - - - - 114 feet, 



top, 88 



Transverse base of first stage, 30 



height of do. - - - 5 



Declivity to the second stage. 34 



Transverse surface of do. - - - - 51 

 Declivity to the third stage, 30 



Tranverse surface of do. - - - - 87 

 Declivity to the natural slope, - - - 19 



No. 7. Like the three succeeding ones conical. 



Distance northward, - - - 95 feet 



Base, ----- 83 



Top, - - . - - 34 



Height, * 4 1-2 



No. 8. Distance, about N. ... 94 feet, 



Base, ... 98 



Top, - - - - 31 



Height, - - - 5 



No. 9. Distance about N. 70 



Base, 114 



Top, 56 



Height, - - - - - 16 



