We ar 



along the 



tlia 



we have historical record, tu the Heminoles. 



How the Sominolesof a century ago regarded I 

 snake isamusinglv told hv the naive though learne 

 Bartram, who just before our war of Independenc 



In the great serpent i.m.uh.I of < H.io the hea.l and 

 are of nearly the same height, while a difference o 

 feet in favor of the head exists in the Tick Islan 

 Moreover the head or mound proper has been e 

 used for burial purposes. In view of these factl 

 probable absence of effigy mounds elsewhere in the 

 weight of evidence woul<l seem to bear against tin 

 of a serpent mound on Tick Island. Nevertheless 

 enough points in its favor to justify the writer in 

 the suggestion. 



The Height op the Florida Mousn Buru 



Although not bearing directly on the Tick Islan 



iFloridian Peninsula, p. 131. 

 •Travels, Chap. IX. 



