. Bulletin. Ethnology. 186 CAHOKIA MOUND CAITSODAMMO [b. a. e. Perkins and Peck, Annals of the West, 69, 1850. Kaoueohias.—Force, Inds. of Ohio, 21, 1879. Kaoii- kia.—Gravier (1701) in Shea, Early Voy., 118,1861. KaHkias.—Shea, ihid., 60. Kavvachias.—Shea, Rel. Miss, dn Mississip]ii, 36, 1861. Kavvchias.—St Cosine ( 169',i) in Shea, Early Voy., 67, isiil. Kavve- chias.—Ibid.,66. Kavvkias.—Ibid.,60. Kawkias.— Ibid., 61. Kerokias.—Chauvignerie (17S6) in Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, in, 555,1853. Koakias.— Bos-n, Travels through La., 131, 1771. Ooukia.— AUouez () in Margry, Dee., ll, 96, 1.^77.
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 186 CAHOKIA MOUND CAITSODAMMO [b. a. e. Perkins and Peck, Annals of the West, 69, 1850. Kaoueohias.—Force, Inds. of Ohio, 21, 1879. Kaoii- kia.—Gravier (1701) in Shea, Early Voy., 118,1861. KaHkias.—Shea, ihid., 60. Kavvachias.—Shea, Rel. Miss, dn Mississip]ii, 36, 1861. Kavvchias.—St Cosine ( 169',i) in Shea, Early Voy., 67, isiil. Kavve- chias.—Ibid.,66. Kavvkias.—Ibid.,60. Kawkias.— Ibid., 61. Kerokias.—Chauvignerie (17S6) in Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, in, 555,1853. Koakias.— Bos-n, Travels through La., 131, 1771. Ooukia.— AUouez () in Margry, Dee., ll, 96, 1.^77. Taho- kias.—Browne in Beach, Ind. Miscel., 119, 1877. Cahokia Mound. The largest prehis- toric artilicial earthwork in the United States, situated in Madison co., 111., in what is known as the American bottom, about 6 m. e. of St Louis, Mo., and in plain view of the railroads entering that city from the e. Before their partial destruction by the plow the principal mound was surrounded by an extensive mound grouj), numbering, according to Brackenridge (Views La., 187, 1814), who visited the place in 1811, "45 mounds or pyramids, besides a great number of small artificial ; The name Cahokia is that of a tribe which formerly occu- pied a neighbor- ing village of the same name. In form the tumu- lus is a (juad- rangular pyra- mid with an ajjron, or terrace, extending from the s. side. The dimensions as given by Mc- Adams (Anti(i. of Cahokia or Monk's Mound, 2, 1883) are as follows: The base x. and s., 998 ft.; e. to w., 721 ft.; height, 99 ft.; height of lower terrace, 30 ft.; (jutward extent of terrace about 200 ft.; width about 500 ft. The area of the base of the mound is estimated at about 16 acres. On the w. side, some 30 ft. above the first terrace, there was a sec- ond slight terrace, now scarcely distin- guishable. Patrick, who studied the mound and its surroundings, and prepared a model which was cast in iron (now in the Peabody
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