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Rh In the corporation of Toulon, marked F, from a very low mound were taken two axes and some white flakes like enamel. Judging from the deposits, as well as from the mold, a body had been interred here.

In the northeast of Henry County, at a point marked G, are immense sand-hills and swamps. The mound-builders evidently made this a rendezvous for game and fish, the sand-banks abounding in all kinds of relics. This is the Winnebago swamp, and scattered through it are many evidences of ancient inhabitants.



As mentioned above, Plat No. 2 is in enlargement of point A in Plat 1. The mounds will be described in the order of the numbers in the figure.

1. The mound was opened and a polished agate was found, about the size and shape of a hen's egg, but more pointed. Both this mound and No. 2 are still covered with timber.



3. Nothing but ashes was found in the bottom of this mound.

4. At the bottom, the stump of a crab-apple tree was discovered, which had been felled by a blunt-edged tool. Another tree had grown on the surface of the mound, and the roots completely surrounded the ancient stump beneath. Another mound formerly located at this point has since been obliterated.

5, 6, 7. Permission to open these could not be obtained.

All the mounds mentioned in this paper are about the same size, 30 feet across, and 2½ feet high, and are built of material found on the spot. The last named are on the land of Peter H. Nilson.