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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
BURIAL MOUNDS OF THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES.
By Cyrus Thomas, Ph.D.