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sec. 12, t. 27, r. 27, ten mounds; s. pt. sec. 13, t. 27, r 27, fourteen mounds, on n. w., n. e., an- cient triangular fort, lines 500 ft. 3 ft. high, w. pt. sec. 18, t. 28, r. 28, sixteen mounds; in town, ship 28, range 27, as follows: middle sec. 18, fourteen mounds; e. pt. sec. 20, thirteen mounds; w. pt. sec. 28, seven mounds; s. w. sec. 34, eleven mounds; n. w. sec. 3, t. 27, r. 27, nine mounds; s. e. sec. 4 t. 27, r. 27, eleven mounds; n. pt. sec. 3, t. 29, r. 26, nine mounds; n. e. sec. 12, t. 29, r. 26, fifteen mounds; n. w. sec. 25, t. 28, r. 27, eight mounds.
Laclede county has 134 counted mounds, as follows: e. pt. sec. 2, t. 34, r. 16, twenty-two mounds, in rows; s. w. pt. sec. 10, t. 34, r. 17, one mound, magnetic well goo ft. deep; s. e. cor. sec. I, t. 32, r. 14, two mounds; central pt. sec. 6, t. 32, r. 13, six mounds; n. e. sec. I, t. 32, r. 15, five mounds, in row; central pt. sec. 12, t. 32, r. 15, six mounds; n. w. pt. sec. 8, t. 32, r. 17, twenty-three mounds; central pt. sec. 27, t. 33, r. 17, sixteen mounds; central pt. sec. 36, t. 33, r. 15, two mounds; central pt. sec. 9, t. 32, r. 17, eleven mounds; s. pt. sec. 17, t. 32, r. 17, twenty-two mounds; s. w. pt. sec. 8, t. 32, r. 17, nineteen mounds; n. w., s, w , sec. 3, t. 35, r. 17, one mound.
Webster county has 520 counted mounds, located mostly on prairie, and up-land, very few in valleys, as follows: in central Dt. sec. 23, t. 30, r. 16, eleven mounds; in township 31, range 16, as follows: central pt. sec. 21, ten mounds; central pt, sec. 17, ten mounds; central pt. sec. 16, eleven mounds; central pt. sec. 7, t. 30, r. 16, ten mounds; central pt. sec. 6, t. 30, r. 16, nine mounds; n. pt. sec. 5, t. 20, r. 16, seventeen mounds; all sec. 4, t. 29, r. 16, ten mounds; all sec. 32, t. 32, r. 19, seventeen mounds; middle pt. sec. 9, t. 30, r. 17, eight mounds; in township 32, range 19, as follows: sec. 28, e. pt., eleven mounds; n. pt. sec. 36, ten mounds; e. pt. sec. 25, eleven mounds; in township 32, range 19, as follows: e. pt. sec. 28, eleven mounds; n. pt. sec. 36, ten mounds; e. pt. sec. 25, eleven mounds; in township 31, range 17, as follows: e. pt. sec. 7, eleven mounds; all sec. 8, eleven mounds; n. pt. sec. 17, seven mounds; w. pt. sec. 12, nine mounds; e. pt. sec. 13, eight mounds; n. e. pt. sec. 14, eight mounds; all sec. 22, ten mounds; all sec. 26, ten mounds; n. e. pt. sec. 27, eight mounds; middle pt. sec. 34, nine mounds; s. e. pt. sec. 5, t. 31. r. 19, ten mounds; middle pt. sec. 6, t. 31, r. 19, six mounds; w. pt. sec. 8, t 31 r. 19, four mounds; e. pt. sec. 15, t. 31, r. 19, four mounds; w. pt. sec. 23, t. 32, r. 18, four mounds; middle pt. sec. 16, t. 31, r. 19, nine mounds; in township 32, range 18, as follows: n. pt. sec. 23, six mounds; central pt. sec. 21, eight mounds; n. pt. sec. 22, seven mounds; cen- tral pt. sec. 29, eight mounds; central pt. sec. 30, ten mounds; e. pt. sec. 20, t. 32, r. 16, six mounds; central pt. sec. 32, t. 32, r. 18, eight mounds; e. pt. sec. 20, t. 32, r. 18, six mounds; n. e. pt. sec. 3, t. 32, r. 17, eleven mounds; central pt. sec. 4, t. 31, r. 16, nine mounds; central pt. sec. 17, t. 31, r. 16, nine mounds; n. pt. sec. 3, t. 29, r. 17, fourteen mounds; e. pt. sec. 10, t. 29, r. 17, six mounds; s. e. pt. sec. 35, t. 32, r. 17, ten mounds; central pt. sec. 16, t. 31, r. 17, nine mounds; n. e. pt. sec. 5, t. 30, r. 17, eight mounds; e. pt. sec. 16, t. 30, r. 17, eight mounds; e. pt. sec. 5, t. 30, r. 18, six mounds; in township 30, range 18, as follows: e. pt. sec. 6, six mounds; s. pt. sec. 10, eighteen mounds; s. w. pt. sec. 11, five mounds; central pt. sec. 16, ten mounds n. e. sec. 3, t. 28, r. 19, six mounds; on this section is Devil's Den lake, said to be bottomless; in township 28, range 19, as follows: central pt. sec. 7, nine mounds; central sec. 3, nine mounds; central pt. sec. 4, nine mounds; middle pt. sec. 28, t. 28, r. 18, six mounds; middle pt. sec. 29, t. 28, r. 18, six mounds; e. pt. sec. 1, t. 30, r. 19, six mounds; n. e. pt. sec. I, t. 29, r. 18, nine mounds; central pt. sec. 2, t. 20, r. 18, nine mounds.
Dallas county has 49 counted mounds, as follows: in n. w., s. e., sec. 9, t. 34, r. 18, one mound; s. w., n. e., sec. 10, t. 34, r. 18, one mound; s. e., n., e., sec. 23, t. 35, r. 18, one mound, on bluff 100 ft. high; n .. e., s. e., sec. 13, t. 32, r. 18, three mounds; w. pt. sec. 31, t. 32, r. 18, three mounds; n. w., s. e., sec. 22, t. 35, r. 18, one mound; n. w., s. e., sec. 27, t. 33, r. 18, eleven mounds; s. w., s. e., sec. 22, t. 33, r. 18, seven mounds; n. e., s. w., sec. 34, t. 34, r. 19, two ยท mounds; in township 35, range 18, as follows: s. e., n. w., sec. 20, three mounds; central pt. sec. 17, seven mounds; s. e. pt. sec. 8, four mounds; n. e. pt. sec. 5, four mounds; s. e., s. e., sec. 36, t. 36, r. 19, one mound.
Douglass county has 692 counted mounds, as follows: in township 26, range 16, as follows: n. e. sec. 15, twenty mounds; central pt. sec. 10, fifty-three mounds, in three rows; central pt. sec. 11, ninety-three mounds, vicinity of Ava, gas-well on this section, arrow-heads found; s. w. sec. 34, eleven mounds; in township 25, range 16, as follows: e. pt. sec. 3, twelve mounds; e. pt. sec. 11, eight mounds; central pt. sec. 24, eight mounds; s. pt. sec. 20, eight mounds; n. pt. sec. 22, eight mounds; n. pt. sec. 21, eleven mounds; central pt. sec. 18, six mounds; s. pt. sec. 7, nine mounds; n. w., s. e., sec. 12, t. 25, r. 17, Indian burial ground; in township 26, range 17, central pt. sec. 28, fifteen mounds; central pt. sec. 27, eight mounds; s. pt. sec. 26, twelve mounds; e. pt. sec. 10, four mounds; in township 27, range 18, as follows: s. e. pt. sec. 24, four mounds; n. w. sec. 25, five mounds; central pt. sec. 26, twelve mounds; in township 26, range 17, as follows: w. pt. sec. 7, eight mounds; w. pt. sec. 18, six mounds; in township 25, range 18, as follows; n. w. pt. sec. 14, three mounds; central pt. sec. 11, five mounds; e. pt. sec. 2, six mounds; in township 26, range 18, as follows: n. e. pt. sec. 35, sixteen mounds; central pt. sec. 26, eleven mounds; w. pt. sec. 23, thirteen mounds; w. pt. sec. 25, thirteen mounds; s. e. sec. 24, five mounds; in township 26, range 16, as follows: s. e. sec. 16, nineteen mounds; central pt. sec. 4, forty-four mounds; on east side Big creek on bluff 300 ft. high, Indian burial ground, and site of Indian village; n. e. sec. 5, eight mounds; w. pt. sec. 33, t. 27, r. 16, forty-one mounds; in town- ship 27, range 16, as follows: s. e. cor. sec. 32, three mounds; w. pt. sec. 28, twenty mounds; central pt. sec. 21, nineteen mounds; central pt. sec. 27, sixteen mounds; s. e. sec. 22, ten mounds; n. w. pt. sec. 23, eight mounds; n. e. pt. sec. 14, forty-five mounds; s. e. sec. 11, forty-
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on the inside, outside of these two semicircular embankments, and 100 feet away, are two other semicircles 600 feet long and now about 2 feet high, with a ditch clearly noticeable one foot deep, on
one mounds; s. w. sec. 12, twenty-seven mounds; s. e., s. w., sec. 19, t. 27, r. 15, eight mounds, traces of old Indian trail; s. half sec. 11, t. 25, r. 14, mouth of Brown's cave which extends for six miles.
Ozark county, 246 counted mounds, as follows: in s. e. cor. sec. 8, t. 24, r. 13, ten mounds; n. e. sec. 12, t. 21, r. II, twenty-eight mounds; n. e. cor. sec. 9, t. 22, r. 15, four mounds; s. e. cor. sec. I, t. 21, r. II, twelve mounds; n. e., n. w., sec. 13, t. 21, r. II, eight mounds; in town- ship 22, range 11, as follows: n. e. sec. 14, sixteen mounds; n. pt. sec. 2, thirteen mounds; n. w. sec. 13, six mounds; s. w. cor. sec. 12, six mounds; s. e. cor. sec, 11, twelve mounds; in town- ship 22, range 12, as follows: n. w. cor. sec. 21, six mounds; s. w. cor. sec. 10, five mounds; n. e. cor. sec. 9, twelve mounds; s. w. cor. sec. 33, t. 22, r. 13, six mounds; s. e., n. e., sec. 19, t. 22, r. 13, six mounds; in township 22, range 11, as follows: s. pt. sec. 16, eight mounds; s. e. cor. sec. 17, four mounds; n. e., n. w. sec. 20, three mounds; s. e., s. w., sec. 22, thirteen mounds; s. w. cor. sec. 36, six mounds; s. e. cor. sec. 4, t. 21, r. 12, eight mounds; s. w., n. w., sec. 34, t. 23, r. 14, eight mounds; n. e. n. w., sec. 2, t. 22, r. 14, seven mounds; s. w., n. e., sec. 18, t. 22, r. 13, six mounds; s. w., s. e., sec. 20, t. 22, r. 16, seven mounds; n. e. sec. 4, t. 22, r. 16, fourteen mounds; n. w. cor. sec. 3, t. 22, r. 16, eight mounds.
Osage county has 28 counted mounds, as follows: w. pt. sec. 13, t. 41, r. 10, ten mounds, on right bank of Maries river; w. pt. sec. 3, t. 42, r. 10, three mounds, on bluff on banks Maries river; middle pt. sec. I, t. 42, r. 9, fourteen mounds; s. w., n. w., sec. 16, t. 42, r. 8, one mound. In this county Mr. Gerard Fowka has made some explorations which no doubt will add much to our knowledge of the mounds of this county.
In Maries county 8 mounds were counted, as follows: s. e., s. w., sec. 14, t. 40, r. II w., one mound 10 ft. diameter, 4 ft. high; n. e. sec. 30, t. 40, r. 9 w., seven mounds, small and plowed over.
In Pulaski county 112 mounds were counted, as follows: n. e. pt. sec. 14, t. 36, r. 12, three mounds, 25 ft. diameter, 5 ft. high, on bluff of Gasconade river 275 ft, high, also Indian village site; s. w. pt. sec. 13, t. 36, r. 12, six mounds; s. e., n. w., sec. 24, t. 36, r. 12, eleven mounds; s. e., n. w., sec. 25, t. 36, r. 12, one mound; central pt. sec. 3, t. 34, r. 12, three mounds; s. e., s. w., sec. 35, t. 35, r. 13, three mounds covered with small stones; n. e., n. e., sec. 6, t. 34, r. 10, one mound 25 ft. diameter, 8 ft. high, on bluff 200 ft. high, agricultural implements found; s. e., n. e., sec. 25, t. 36, r. 11, one mound, 100 ft. diameter, 40 feet high, known as "Lost Hill," many prehistoric relics found; n. e., s. e., sec. 9, t. 35, r. 10, five mounds; n. w., n. e., sec. 6, t. 36, r. 11, four mounds in a row, covered with small stones, arrowheads found; s. w., s. w., sec. 25, t. 37, r. II, three mounds in a row on bluff 250 ft., high, covered with small stones; s. w. pt., sec. 34, t. 38, r. 11, nine inounds; s. w., s. e., sec. 27, t. 38, r. II, six mounds; n. e., n. w., sec. 8, t. 36, r. 12, three mounds in a row covered with small stones on a bluff 200 ft. high; s. w., n. w., sec. 24, t. 34, r. 12, site of old Osage village, arrow-heads and hatchets found; central pt. sec. 8, t. 35, r. 11, one mound; n. w. cor. sec. 21, t. 36, r. 12, two mounds on bluff 200 ft. high; n. w., s. e., sec. 5, t. 36, r. 12, two mounds covered with small stones, on bluff 200 ft. high; n. e. cor. sec. 6, t. 36, r. 10, four mounds; n. e., s. e., sec. 7, t. 35, r. II, one mound; central pt. sec. 6, t. 36, r. 13, twenty-seven mounds; s. w., cor. sec. 5, t. 36, r. 13, seven mounds; n. w. cor. sec. 8, t. 36, r. 13, nine mounds.
In Phelps county 180 mounds were counted, as follows: in township 36, range 7, s. pt. sec. 10, four mounds; w. pt. sec. 14, five mounds; n. pt. sec. 15, six mounds; n. e. pt. sec. 22, two mounds; s. w. pt. sec. 23, five mounds; central pt. sec. 26, seven mounds; in township 38, range 9, the mounds are located on high bluffs of the Gasconade river, some as high as 250 feet, and are covered with small stones, stone hatchets and arrow-heads were found; in this township and range mounds are located as follows: n. e., n. e., sec. 7, two mounds, 100 ft. diameter, 5 ft. high; n. w., n. w., sec. 8, one mound, 50 ft. diameter, 4 ft. high; n. e. pt. sec. 9, three mounds; s. e. sec. 30, two mounds; n. e., n. w., scc. 31, one mound, 50 ft. diameter, 4 ft. high; in township 37, range 10, as follows: n. w., sec. 34, two mounds; s. w., s. w., sec. 12, one mound; n. pt. sec. 14, five mounds; in township 37, range 9, as follows: s. pt. sec. 25, two mounds; central pt. sec. 36, two mounds; in township 37, range 8, s. e., s. e., sec. 2, five mounds; s. w., sec. 11, five mounds; in township 37, range 7, as follows: n. e. sec. 9, four mounds; s. e. pt. sec. 10, five mounds; n. pt. sec. 14, eleven mounds; s. w. pt. sec. 13, four mounds; in township 37, range 6, as follows: n. pt. sec. 18, seven mounds; n. pt. secs. 16 and 17, twenty-one mounds; in township 37, range 7, as follows: central pt. sec. 35, six mounds; n. e. pt. sec. 27, six mounds; in township 38, range 7, as follows: n. e. pt. sec. 2, five mounds; central pt. sec. 14, four mounds; w. pt. sec. 5, t. 28, r. 6, five mounds; w. pt. sec. 12, t. 38, r. 7, ten mounds; n. pt. secs. 15 and 16, t. 39, r. 6, eleven mounds; in township 39, range 6, as follows: central pt. sec. 14, eleven mounds; n. w. pt. sec. 4, seven mounds; e. pt. sec. 5, three mounds.
In Texas county 793 mounds were counted, as follows: n. w. pt. sec. 6, t. 32, r. 8, sixty- two mounds; in township 32, range 9, as follows: s. e. pt. sec. I, twenty-five mounds; n. e. pt. sec. 2, forty-two mounds; n. e. pt. sec. 11, nineteen mounds; n. w. sec. 12, twenty-six mounds; e. pt. sec. 23, t. 31, r. 9, thirty-two mounds; central pt. sec. 9, t. 29, r. 7, sixty-five mounds; cen- tral pt. sec. 16, t. 29, r. 11, forty-nine mounds; s. e. pt. sec, 7, t. 29, r. 7, forty seven mounds; n. pt. sec. 18, t. 29, r. 7, thirty-three mounds; s. pt. sec. 12, t. 29, r. 8, twenty-six mounds; n. pt. sec. 13, t. 29, r. 8, twenty-nine mounds; in township 29, range 8, as follows: s. e. pt. sec. II, twenty-three mounds; n. pt. sec. 14, twenty-three mounds; n. e. pt. sec. 9, fourteen mounds; n. pt. sec. 16, nineteen mounds; n. pt. sec. 7, seventeen mounds; n. pt. sec. 12, t. 29, r. 9, ninetees mounds; in township 20, range 10, as follows: central pt. sec. 7, thirty-one mounds; n. e. pt.
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the outside of these semicircles. Between the ends of the inner semicircle are located two mounds 10 feet in diameter and 2 feet high. From this place to the nearest creek the distance is about half a mile, but there is a spring 300 feet from this earthwork. Numerous arrowheads have been found here, but no pottery. In Lawrence county, between Honey creek and the south fork of Honey creek is a triangular fort or embankment which is known in the neighborhood as the old Spanish fort. The lines of this fort are 500 feet long, protected by a ditch on the outside, which is still 22 feet deep. Here some pottery-ware has been found. On the whole, however, very little pottery has been discovered in the Qzark district, but many arrow-heads, hammers, and other stone imple- ments. In Crawford county a hatchet made out of iron ore was found. In Phelps county a number of mounds on a high bluff over- looking the Gasconade are covered with small stones. Mounds located sec. 31, twenty-four mounds, some 60 ft. diameter, 6 ft. high; diagonal across sec. 29, fifteen mounds; n. w. cor. sec. 28, t. 29, r. II, five mounds; s. w. pt. sec. 21, t. 29, r. 10, eight mounds; n. e. pt. sec. 15, t. 29, r. 10, eleven mounds; diagonal across sec. 25, t. 33, r. 9, twenty mounds; diagonal across sec. 23, t. 33, r. 9, sixteen mounds; diagonal across sec. 15, t. 33, r. o, twenty mounds; e. pt. sec. 9, t. 33, r. 9, twelve mounds; e. pt. sec. 21, t. 29, r. 9, fifteen mounds; e. pt. sec. 4, t. 33, r. 9, thirteen mounds; central pt. sec. 23, t. 29, r. 9, thirty-three mounds.
In Gasconade county 74 mounds were counted, as follows: In township 40, range 6, as fol- lows: e. pt. sec. 35, five mounds; e. pt. sec. 15, seven mounds; s. w. pt. sec. 9, four mounds; s. pt. sec. I, five mounds; s. w. pt. sec. 4, t. 40, r. 5, nine mounds; in township 41, range 5, as fol- lows: s. pt. sec. 35, four mounds; e. pt. sec. 32, eight mounds; e. pt. sec. 30, six mounds; cen- tral pt. sec. 29, three mounds; central pt. sec. 27, five mounds; in township 41, range 6, as fol- lows: central pt. sec. 22, four mounds; central pt. sec. 24, three mounds; s. e. pt. sec. 13, four mounds; n. e. pt. sec. 19, t. 41, r. 5, three mounds; n. w. cor. sec. 23, t. 44, r. 6, one mound 25 ft. diameter, 5 ft. high, in w. pt. section a mound 25 ft. diameter, 5 ft, high, on a bluff 75 ft. high, a very ancient aud crude stone work; s. w., s. e., sec. 29, t. 46, r. 4, one mound 30 ft. diameter, 10 ft. high, overlooking river on bluff; s. e., s. e., sec. 6, t. 45, r. 6, one mound, on bluff; s. w .. s. w., sec. 5, t. 45, r. 6, one mound near Hermann.
In Crawford county 94 mounds were counted, as follows: n. e., n. e., sec. 4, t. 36, r. 4, five mounds; n. w., n. w., sec. 6, t. 39, r. 2, six mounds; n. w., n. w., sec. I, t. 39, r. 3, seven mounds; s. e. sec. 7, t. 37, r. 5, eight mounds; s. w., n. w., sec. 32, t. 37, r. 4, eight mounds; central pt. sec. 36, t. 37, r. 4, ten mounds; n. e., n. e., sec. II, t. 36, r. 5, eight mounds; n. e. sec. 23, t. 36, r. 5, nine mounds; s. w., s. w., sec. 26, t. 36, r. 5, ten mounds; s. w. sec. 33, t. 39, r. 5, three mounds; s. e., s. w. sec. 15, t. 38, r. 5, one mound, pottery and iron ore hatchet found; n. e., n. e., sec. 28, t. 38, r. 5, one mound; n. w., sec. 24, t. 39, r. 3, eighteen mounds.
In Dent county 257 mounds were counted, as follows: n. e. sec. 30, t. 34, r. 5, twenty-four mounds, some 50 ft. diameter, 5 ft. high; central pt. sec. 19, t. 34, r. 5, fourteen mounds; s. w. cor. sec. 18, t. 34, r. 5, eight mouns; e. pt. sec. 24, t. 34, r. 6, eight mounds; n. e. pt. sec. 23, t. 34, r. 6, nine mounds; n. pt. sec. 7, t, 34, r. 5, sixteen mounds; e. pt. sec. 12, t. 34, r. 6, thirty- three mounds; e. pt. sec. 13, t. 34, r. 6, eighteen mounds; s. e. pt. sec. 6, t. 34, r. 5, twenty-four mounds; in township 35, range 5, as follows: s. w. pt. sec. 30, nine mounds; w. pt. sec. 18, thir- teen mounds; w. pt. sec. 19, thirteen mounds; in township 35, range 6, as follows: w. pt. sec. 13, ten mounds; w. pt. sec. 14, nine mounds; n. e. sec. 15, ten mounds; n. e. pt. sec. 23, eight mounds; n. e. pt. sec. 24, fourteen mounds; n. w. pt. sec. 25, eight mounds; s. e., n. e., sec. 26, twelve mounds; n. w. pt. sec. II, seven mounds.
In Carter county 180 mounds were counted, as follows: In central pt. sec. 2, t. 25, r. 2, fourteen mounds; on secs. 2, 11, 13, and 6, pipe-iron ore is found, in township 26, rnge 1; in sec. 6, same township and range, Bigspring is located, creating a stream 150 ft. wide, 4 ft, deep; n. e. sec. 35, t. 26, r. 2, ten mounds; central pt. sec. 4, t. 26, r. 3, twenty-eight mounds; on sec. II, t. 26, r. 3, Indian burial vaults found, composed of flat stones 30 inches square, 4 inches thick; in township 26, range 3, as follows: n. w., n. w., sec. 14, fifteen mounds; middle sec. 28, eight mounds; s. e. sec. 29, six mounds; e. half, sec. 34, eleven mounds; central pt. sec. 35, twelve mounds; central pt. sec. 36, thirteen mounds; in township 27, range I, as follows: n. w., n. e., sec. 5, eight mounds; n. w., s. w., sec. 29, four mounds; n. e., n.w., sec. 31, one mound, piles of stones supposed to be Indian graves; central pt. sec. 26, t. 27, r. 2, eight mounds; township 27, range 3, as follows: n. e. sec. 9, seven mounds; w. half sec. 16, eight mounds; n. e. sec. 17, seven mounds; n. pt. sec. 21, ten mounds; n. e. sec. 27, nineteen mounds, some 50 ft. diameter, 8 ft. high.
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in Pulaski county are similarly protected. General Ashley claimed long ago to have found a stone work 25 to 50 feet square on the west side of the Gasconade river, which originally seemed to have been built "with an uncommon degree of regularity," 79 and that from this stone work, situated on a high and commanding cliff, a path ran down the hill to the entrance of a cave commanding an eastern view. Beck says that in the saltpetre caves of Gasconade county axes and hammers were found, concerning which it was "difficult to decide whether made by the present race of Indians or by another more civilized people which preceded them." 80 In Polk county, section 31, township 34, north of range 23 west, a place was discovered where arrow-heads were apparently manufactured; in another section of this county great quantities of arrow-heads were found.
In the western prairie counties-Cass, Bates, Vernon, and Barton- very few memorials of the mound-builders exist. 81 On the Missouri river, in the counties of Jackson, Lafayette, Cooper, Cole, Johnson, Saline, and Pettis, the mounds located are given in the notes. 82 Stone
79 Beck's Gazetteer of Missouri, p. 234.
80 Ibid, p. 234.
81 In Cass county 10 mounds, as follows: n. pt. sec. 34, t 46, r. 31, nine mounds; central pt sec. I, t. 46, r. 33, one mound.
In Bates county 18 mounds as follows: n. w. cor. sec. 19, t. 41, r. 30, one mound; s. w. sec. 17, t. 40, r. 33, one mound; s. pt. sec. 11, t. 40, r. 33, one mound; n. e. sec. 34, t. 42, r. 33, on mound; s. w., n. e., sec. 5, t. 38, r. 33, one mound; s. e. sec. 9, t. 41, r. 33, one mound; s. pt. sec. 24, t. 39, r. 32, one mound, known as "Brushy Mound"; s. e. sec. 27, t. 41, r. 33, one mound; n. w., n. w., sec. 28, t. 41, r. 33, one mound, known as "Round Mound " 75 ft. high; n. w., n. w., sec. 29, t. 41, r. 30, two mounds, known as "Lucy Mounds," 70 ft. high; e. pt. sec. 9, t. 39, r. 29, one mound 75 ft. high; n. e. sec. 30, t. 41, r. 30, two mounds 40 ft. high; s. e., s. e., sec. 7, t. 39, r. 32, one mound; s. e., n. e., sec. 2, t. 38, r. 32, three mounds. In the opinion of Mr. Hoffman these mounds are a natural formation.
In Vernon county 148 mounds, as follows; in township 35, range 31, as follows: pt. sec. 28, twenty-nine mounds; s. e. pt. sec. 21, twenty-three mounds; middle pt. sec. 17, twenty-two mounds; n. w. sec. 11, fourteen mounds; s. w. sec. 12, twelve mounds; middle pt. sec. 13, nine mounds; n. e. sec. 28, t. 35, r. 30, thirty mounds; n. w., s. w., sec. 23, t. 34, r. 31, nine mouns.
In Barton county 29 mounds, as follows: s. w., s. w., sec. 6, t. 33, r. 30, fourteen mounds; n. e., n. w., sec. 11, t. 30, r. 32, seven mounds; s. w., n. w., sec. 22, t. 31, r. 30, one mound; n. w. n. w., sec. 24, t. 33, r. 32, one mound; s. e., s. e., sec. 16, t. 33, r. 32, one mound; n. e., n. w., sec. 7, t. 33, r. 33, one mound; s. e., n. w., sec. 17, t. 32, r. 30, one mound; n. e., n. w., sec. 22, t. 32, r. 30, one mound.
82 In Jackson county 13 mounds, as follows: n. w., s. e., sec. 30, t. 47, r. 29, one mound; n. w., s. e., sec. 14, t. 50, r. 32, three mounds; s. w., n. w., sec. 13, t. 50, r. 32, three mounds; w. half n. e. sec. 32, t. 50, r. 32, six mounds.
In Lafayette county 29 mounds, as follows: n. e., s. e., sec. 22, t. 51, r. 27, three mounds; in township 50, range 27, as follows: n. e., s. e., sec. 5, two mounds; s. e., s. w., sec. 6, two mounds; n. e., s. w., sec. 5, one mound; n. e., n. w., sec. 7, three mounds; s. w., s. w., sec. 12, t. 50, r. 28, three mounds; n. w., n. w., sec. 24, t. 48, r. 28, four mounds; n. e., s. e., sec. 23, t. 51, r. 26, five mounds; n. e., n. e., sec. 24, t. 51, r. 26, two mounds; n. w., n. w., sec. 32, t. 51, r. 27, mounds, near Lexington; n. w., s. e., sec. 25, t. 51, r. 27, two mounds.
In Cooper county 9 mounds, as follows: n. e. sec. 34, t. 49, r. 17, three mounds, on bluff; n. w. cor. sec. 35; t. 49, r. 17, one mound; n. w. sec. 23, t. 48, r. 16, four mounds; s. w., n. w., sec. 33, t. 49, r. 16, one mound.
In Cole county 11 mounds, as follows: s. w. sec. 17, t. 44, r. 10, seven mounds; n. pt. sec. 18, t. 45, r. 12, three mounds; s. e. n. w., sec. 13, t. 45, r. 13, one mound; all these mounds on bluffs south of railroad.
In Johnson county 12 mounds were counted, located as follows: s. pt. sec. 7, t. 46, r. 25, two mounds; s. e., s. w., sec. 8, t. 46, r. 25, four mounds; n. w., s. w., sec. 2, t. 47, r. 26, three mounds; middle pt. sec. 15, t. 46, r. 24, three mounds.
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HISTORY OF MISSOURI
implements have been found in many of these, but no prehistoric pottery. Dr. Britts says that there are some mounds in Henry county along Tebo creek and on Grand river in the east and south part of the county, generally located on the tops of bluffs overlooking these streams. Arrow-heads and stone implements, too, have been picked up.
Professor Broadhead describes a mound in Johnson county situated on a bluff on Blackwater, with a sealed stone vault, having a stone lid.83 Here, also, some pottery and flint implements were found. This mound is situated 12 miles northeast of Warrensburg on what he calls the Narron farm. Mr. Bean also located in Johnson county a group of mounds built in the form of a cross, running north and south and east and west six miles, these rows of mounds crossing each other at right angles about half-way. According to Professor Broadhead, mounds are located on many bluffs along the Missouri river from St. Charles to Holt county, and Mr. Bean's investigation confirms this statement. He observed no mounds on the Osage 84 but found a number on the head-waters of the Gasconade.
North of the Missouri river the counties of Clark, Lewis, Marion, Ralls, Pike, Lincoln, Scotland, Shelby, Monroe, and parts of Macon, Adair, Schuyler, Sullivan, and Putnam, as well as St. Charles, Mont- gomery, Warren, and Audrain, were explored by Mr. Hoffman. The location of mounds found by him in each of these counties is given in the note. 85 In Clark were found a number of groups of mounds
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