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but one inftance of the tetragon terraces, which 
was at theApalachucla old town, on the Weft banks 
of that river : here were yet remaining confpicuous 
monuments, as vaft four fquare terraces, chunk 
yards, &c. almoft equalling thofe eminent ones at 
the Oakmulge fields ; but no high conical mounts. 
Thofe Indians have a tradition that thefe remains 
are the ruins of an ancient Indian town and for- 
trefs. I was not in the interior parts of the Chac- 
taw territories, and therefore am ignorant whether 
there are any mounts or monuments there. 
To conclude this fubject concerning the monu- 
ments of the Americans, I deem it neceffary to 
obferve as my opinion, that none of them that I 
have feen difcover the leaft figns of the arts, 
fciences, or architecture of the Europeans or other 
inhabitants of the old world; yet evidently betray 
every fign or mark of the moll: diftant antiquity. 
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