Florida that th 

 As has been 



es and undergrowth cleared froi 

 blance to a serpent would be strong 



of sepulture 



would pr 



>ve a gre* 



t convenience and for this 



purpose the 



causeway 



doubtless 



served, though its winding 



shape may 





intended 



also as emblematic. The 



raised path 



vay termii 



atea at a 



large beau-shaped shell or 



refuse heap, 

 the Indians 



doubtless 1 



land the 

 ved, and i 



adjacent acres of shell-fields 



as a means 



>f commui 



ieation al< 



te, it seems fair to suppose 



that the na 



fives with 



their lim 



ted methods of conveyance 



would have 



made it in 



as straigh 



t a line as possible. More- 



over, a secoi 



id eausewa 



T , skirting 



the base of the mound runs 



in a direct 



ine from t 



tie great s 



icll heap, towards the solid 



hammock la 



n<] beyond 







It is impossible with 



our presei 



t light to state what race or 



races 2 piled 



up the bur 





and by the slow deposit of 



debris formed the vast 



-hell heap- 



of the river and of the coast, 



since many 



mounds gi 



ve no evid 



ence of intercourse with the 



white men, 



while such 



as do. 11 ia\ 



furnish their beads of glass 



and orname 



ntsand im 





f metal through the intru- 



*This slope is 



found in many 



burial mounds 



but not such a causeway. 



2 Prof. Wyman 



[Fresh-water 



Shell Mounds 



of the St. John's River, Florida] has 





e of a live oak 



fteen feet fou 



inches in circumference growing upon 



a shell heap inv 



stigated by him, to be not les 



than three hundred years. On a shell 



heap in the immediate vicinity 



af the burial n 



ound at Tick Island, grows a live oak 



twenty three fee 







Moreover, as Professor Wyman points 



out, the age of 



rees upon she 



11 heaps can 







ive elapsed before the sprou 





borne in mind, 



■e proof never 



as yet has been furnished as to the 



