PROF. CYRUS THOMAS.

CONTENTS.

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[Introductory][9]
[Burial mounds of the Wisconsin district][14]
[Burial mounds of the Illinois or Upper Mississippi district][24]
[The Ohio district][45]
[The Appalachian district][61]
[The Cherokees probably mound-builders][87]
[Concluding remarks][108]
[Supplemental note][110]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Plate [I].[Group of earthworks, Allamakee County, Iowa.][26]
[II].[Enlarged figure and section of earthwork A, Pl. I.][30]
[III].[Group of mounds and vertical section of bluff, East Dubuque, Illinois.][36]
[IV].[A mound. (From DeBry).][40]
[V].[Plat of ancient works, Kanawha County, West Virginia.][54]
[VI].[Enlarged plan of part of the works shown in Plate V.][58]
Fig. [1].[Section of mound near Racine, Wisconsin. (After Lapham).][14]
[2].[Section of burial mound. Vernon County, Wisconsin.][15]
[3].[Earthen pot from Wisconsin burial mound.][16]
[4].[Section of burial mound. Crawford County, Wisconsin.][17]
[5].[Section of burial mound. Crawford County, Wisconsin.][18]
[6].[Section of burial mound. Vernon County, Wisconsin.][20]
[7].[Section of burial mound. Davenport, Iowa.][24]
[8].[Section of mound showing stone vault. Iowa.][31]
[9].[Plat of Indian burying ground. Wapello County, Iowa.][33]
[10].[Section of mound 4. East Dubuque, Illinois.][36]
[11].[Section of mound 16 (Plate III), showing vault.][37]
[12].[Plan of vault, mound 16 (Plate III).][37]
[13].[Pipe from Illinois mound. (From Smithsonian Report, 1884).][38]
[14].[Pipe from Illinois mound. (From Smithsonian Report, 1884).][38]
[15].[Pipe from Illinois mound. (From Smithsonian Report, 1884).][38]
[16].[Group of mounds. Brown County, Illinois.][40]
[17].[Form of the larger mounds of the preceding group.][41]
[18].[Groups of mounds. Clarke County, Missouri.][43]
[19].[Ohio burial mound. (After Squier and Davis).][46]
[20].[Wooden vault of Ohio mound. (After Squier and Davis).][46]
[21].[Copper gorget from mound. Kanawha County, West Virginia.][52]
[22].[Pipe from mound. Kanawha County, West Virginia.][53]
[23].[Pipe from Ohio mound.][53]
[24].[Mound with so-called "altar." Kanawha County, West Virginia.][57]
[25].[T. F. Nelson mound. Caldwell County. North Carolina.][62]
[26].[T. F. Nelson triangle. Caldwell County, North Carolina.][63]
[27].[Engraved shell gorget. Caldwell County, North Carolina.][64]
[28].[Cylindrical copper bead. Caldwell County, North Carolina.][65]
[29].[Bracelet of copper and shell beads. Caldwell County, North Carolina.][65]
[30].[Iron implement. Caldwell County, North Carolina.][65]
[31].[Iron implement. Caldwell County, North Carolina.][66]
[32].[W. D. Jones mound. Caldwell County, North Carolina.][67]
[33].[Plan of the R. T. Lenoir burial pit, Caldwell County, North Carolina.][69]
[34].[Fire-bed. Wilkes County, North Carolina.][72]
[35].[Section of mound. Henderson County, North Carolina.][74]
[36].[Section of mound. Henderson County, North Carolina.][75]
[37].[Plan of burials in mound. Sullivan County, Tennessee.][76]
[38].[Pipe from mound. Sullivan County, Tennessee.][76]
[39].[Large mound of Etowah group. Bartow County, Georgia.][96]
[40].[Vertical section of small mound, same group.][97]
[41].[Plan of burials in same mound.][98]
[42].[Copper plate from Etowah mound. Georgia.][100]
[43].[Copper plate from Etowah mound. Georgia.][101]
[44].[Copper badge from Etowah mound. Georgia.][102]
[45].[Copper badge from Etowah mound. Georgia.][103]
[46].[Engraved shell from Etowah mound. Georgia.][103]
[47].[Engraved shell from Etowah mound. Georgia.][104]
[48].[Copper plate from Illinois mound.][105]
[49].[Copper plate from Indian grave. Illinois.][106]