. American history:. ty five feet high and twenty rods was constructed of stones and earth, and containedvast quantities of human bones. 22. *The other* elliptical elevation was from eight tofifteen feet high. Another workjf in the form of a halfmoon, was bordered with stones of a kind now found abouta mile from the spot. Near this work was a mound fivefeet high and thirty feet in diameter, composed entirelyof red ochre, which was doubtless brought from a hill ata great distance from the place. Chap. II.] AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES. 69 23. The walls of the ruins on the south side of the an
. American history:. ty five feet high and twenty rods was constructed of stones and earth, and containedvast quantities of human bones. 22. *The other* elliptical elevation was from eight tofifteen feet high. Another workjf in the form of a halfmoon, was bordered with stones of a kind now found abouta mile from the spot. Near this work was a mound fivefeet high and thirty feet in diameter, composed entirelyof red ochre, which was doubtless brought from a hill ata great distance from the place. Chap. II.] AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES. 69 23. The walls of the ruins on the south side of the analysisstream were irregular in form, and about ten feet high. 1 _ Ruins on The principal inclosure contained eisjhty four acres, and the muth side ,... K ^^ • -i • J the Stream- the aujommg square twenty seven. A small rivulet, ris-ing without the inclosure, passes through the wall, andloses itself in an aperture in the earth, supposed to havebeen originally a work of art. ANCIENT WORKS ON PAINT CREEK. No. 6, Wat.
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