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MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY.
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A are the remains of four low mounds within the ditch, near the large pits. Five hundred yards to the northwest, on the edge of the second terrace, is a mound which is yet 8 feet high, although it has been industriously plowed over more than thirty years. On the opposite side of the river, one-fourth of a mile below, and on the same side 2 miles below, are said to be small mounds.


Fig. 3.

On the summit of a rocky hill, 2½ miles northwest, which overlooks the valley of the Etowah towards Rome, and also the hill country on the south, is an inclosure of loose unhewn stones, known as the "Indian Fort." It has now the appearance of a heavy stone fence which has fallen down. There are six openings or entrances, B B B, having a breadth of 10 to 60 feet, situated at irregular distances. It is an irregu-