462 FRESH-WATER SHELL-HEAPS, ETC. 
in the bluff itself or along the shore, neither were the bones _ 
of edible animals found mingled with the shells. Flint im- 
plements have, however, been obtained in considerable num- 
bers, and an arrow-head was given me by a negro, who had 
picked it up near by. The various excavations for military 
purposes, revealed the existence of shells several hundred 
feet to the rear of the present front of the bluff, and beyond 
the creek to the westward of the marsh is a farm, where pot 
tery and shells may be seen loosely scattered over a tract of — 
many acres in extent, wherever the plough has turned up the 
soil. l 
The shell-mounds of the sea-coast, as well as of the inte- l 
rior, seem to have passed almost unnoticed by the early 
writers on Florida. Dr. Brinton quotes a single passag® 
the only one met with by him relating to the subject, from 
Cabeza de Vaca, in which it is stated that the houses of the | 
Indians were “built of mats on heaps of oyster shells.” * 
NUMERATION OF THE SHELL-HEAPS VISI 
Besides toe mentioned in the following list, ee are many other 
not visited by the writer, some of which are said to be of even longer di- 
mensions than any seen by him. 
The localities are mentioned in the et in which they sta 
river, beginning with those nearest the sou 
1. Rattlesnake Hammock, on Salt Creek, phi bank, and near 
of the creek and the St. Joh 
2. Solee’s Landing, right ae of Lake Harne 
3. King Phillip’s- ip left bank of the St. Br a mile below the out- 
let of Lake Harney. There is a large burial-mound near this ppe ty. 
nd on the 
the union 
6. A mound one mile- above preceding, on the same side of merki 
7. Black Hammock, left bank, ar above the outlet of 
There is a small burial-mound her 
Two mounds on the pas bank and below the 
separated from the river by a large la k. 
0. Spear’s Landing, sent oy miles a above le Munroe, let 
There is a burial-mound at this s pla 
11. Buzzard’s Roost, left bank, near i entteels to Lake ge 
12. Doctor’s Island, right shore of se rea : 
*Floridian Peninsula, p. 179. 
preceding; bul 



