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16 Washita, in this county, 4 miles southwest of Cedar Glades, on the land of Robert Hansley. Fragments of pottery occur about the heaps. The beds are 40 feet above high water, indicating that the shells must have been carried to the spot.

On the south fork of Washita, section 24, township 2 south, range 26 west, near Mount Ida and at the upper ford of the creek, human remains, partly washed out, were discovered. The bodies were buried in a recumbent posture, the head to the west. The bones were too friable for preservation, the teeth alone remain firm. Forty years ago the ground was covered with a dense growth of cane. The bottom is a high one and above overflow. Many human remains have been plowed up in the vicinity. The cemetery must be about 200 to 300 yards long, and 75 yards wide. Near by, running east and west, are several small mounds, in the largest of which a former owner, Mr. Powell, was buried.

Three miles east of this point, in a bottom-land owned by Reuben McKenney, were plowed up the remains of a very large man. Pottery has also been found in the same vicinity.

On section 9, township 4 south, range 24 west, is an outcrop of novaculite or flint of a very tough quality and of various colors. From this material large quantities of arrow-heads, &c., have been formed. The ancient artisans went down on the south side of the outcrop, which is a ledge 700 or 800 feet above the adjacent valley, and carried away immense quantities. The material is the same as that of arrow-heads from Tennessee, Mississippi, and westward.

There is on Capt. R. S. Burk's farm, section 17, township 5 south, range 23 west, evidence of an extensive workshop in arrow-heads and cutting implements. The arrow material was taken from the quarry above described, although ten miles away. The cutting instruments were of the hatchet kind and made from a species of iron ore.

There is another atelier near my home, section 7, township 4 south, range 23 west, Montgomery County, Arkansas.

 

The mounds described in this paper are on land owned by Joseph Carey, nearly opposite the Dewy place (adjoining John R. Goodrich's farm), now occupied by E. P. Bacon. They are about one mile west of Milwaukee City limits, on the south side of National Home avenue, and on the west side of the Trowbridge road. The two that have been removed were upon land owned by William Trowbridge, lying south of and adjoining Carey's land. Two are in Wauwatosa township, two in Greenfield, and all are in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. They are situated upon a swell of land from 20 to 100 rods distant 