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of the Abbe Marquez, which has a resemblance to the astrono- 
mical,explanations given by a celebrated historian* of the num¬ 
ber of apartments and steps found in the great Egyptian laby-s 
rinth, 
THE MOfJND NEAR SULTZERTOWN, M. T, 
(No. 2.) 
I have been favored by my friend the Rev. Mr. Schemer- 
horn with an account of a mound near Sultzertown., M. T. 
“ At. Sultzertown, M. T. six miles from Washington, is a 
very remarkable Indian mound, and in every respect different 
from any 1 have seen in Ohio, or Kentucky. It is not like those 
raised on a plain, or the river alluvia, but the land around it, is 
very uneven or rolling, and from the gradual descent of the 
ground from its very base, we should be naturally led to con¬ 
clude, that here they had taken advantage of the natural position. 
Instead of raising with much labor, this huge pile of earth, they 
have had little else to do than by levelling, to form the mound 
agreeably to their designs. 
“ Its form is a parallelogram, whose sides bear the propor¬ 
tion to each other of two to three, and measured at the outside 
of the ditch, contains more than six acres. The first elevation 
is forty feet, the area of which may contain four acres. On the 
west side of the parallelogram, about the middle is a circular 
mount, whose diameter is fifty feet, and which measures from 
the base eighty-six feet. Opposite to it on the east end, is a 
similar mount, whose height is fifty feet, but appears to have 
been considerably higher. The north and south sides which 
are the longest, have each three or four lesser elevations, but 
which are considerably washed down, the whole of the mound 
having been frequently ploughed, and many a valuable crop rais¬ 
ed on it; but were originally, I suppose, at least ten feet above 
the first elevation. The whole surrounded by a deep ditch, 
which, particularly at the E and VV sides is still very percepti¬ 
ble. On the S. and N. sides are the passages out and in. 
* M. Gatterer. 
