ravine the original opening was closed. In the Marietta Works[1] a line of embankments leads from the mound inclosed by a circle to the square containing 27 acres. Recently, in cutting down a portion of this embankment, near the fence, the workmen came upon a circle composed of sandstone pestles and round balls, arranged radially, the balls alternating with the pestles.
Montforth, Warren. There are located in the vicinity of New Liberty, Owen County, Kentucky, a few mounds. There are a number of mounds in the "bottoms" along the Ohio River, and on the hill-tops not far from the Kentucky River. There are others in secluded spots. One of them, about 50 feet in base diameter, and 15 feet high, is situated at the junction of two small streams, about a mile and a half from the Ohio River, in Gallatin County, surrounded on all sides by high hills. It has been cultivated a number of years and many relics have been found.
Null, James W., sends the following account of mounds, &c., in the neighborhood of Reel-Foot Lake, in Western Tennessee, a body of water 20 miles long and from 2 to 5 miles wide, formed by the sinking of the earth during the earthquakes of 1811 and 1812. Near Thompson's landing is a group of seven mounds within a space of 3 acres, circular in outline, 5 feet high, and 20 or 25 in diameter. Some were bare, others had large trees growing upon them. A large tree uprooted revealed the structure of one to be a layer of soil over a heap of sand. One-fourth of a mile north is a group of eight, very similar to the former in every respect. A few hundred yards further north is a group consisting of a central mound, about 3 feet high, kidney-shaped, 100 feet long, and 40 to 50 feet wide, surrounded by a number of circular mounds 2 to 3 feet high. Several isolated mounds were discovered larger than those in groups. Dyer, Obion, and Lake Counties are all said to be rich in aboriginal remains.
Palmer, Edward, reports mounds and graves at Niles Perry on the Tennessee River, at Chattanooga, and at points near Nashville.
Peet, S. D., announces that he has been prosecuting the survey of the mounds of Wisconsin during the past year at his own expense.
Rice, H. B., announces the discovery in South Florida of crania having a peculiar shape. They are without foreheads or depressions at the root of the nose. A number were buried close together, inverted, and in proximity to normal skulls erect in position, all partly decomposed. The crania do not exhibit evidences of flattening."
Rusby, H. H., describes a cave near Silver City, N. Mex.
- ↑ "Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley," by E. G. Squier and E. H. Davis: plate xxvi.—Smithsonian Contributions, vol, i.
