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Show OF THE BUREAU OP ETHNOLOGY. XXXI his way out to an examination of the mounds along the Wabash. Mr. Norri8 devoted his time chiefly to an exploration of the mounds along both banks of the Mississippi River from Northern Iowa to the mouth of the Arkansas. Mr. Middleton was engaged during the first part of the fiscal year in opening mounds iu Southern Illinois, after which his field of labor was in East Tennessee and the adjacent portions of Georgia and Alabama. During the time Mr. Thing was employed his work was confined to Southern Illinois and Southeast Missouri. Mr. McAdams was employed but a short time to make a survey and examination of the mound groups in Madison County, Illinois. Mr. Rogan was engaged, near the close of the year, to explore certain mounds in Caldwell County, North Carolina, which had been reported by Dr. J. M. Spainhour, of Lenoir, in that State, who also rendered great aid in this work, which proved very successful and probably the most interesting of the year. During the time Mr. Emmert was employed, he was engaged in opening mounds and graves in East Tennessee and in investigating the manufacture of fraudulent Indian soapstone relics in " Western North Carolina. Mr. Earle was also employed to examine the localities and the character of the various ancient works in Southeast Missouri and to prepare descriptions of them. This he did in a satisfactory manner. Previous to the organization of the division, Professor Thomas made some explorations in person in Southern Illinois and Southeast Missouri. From the survey made by him at this time a model of some remarkable works in Jackson County, Illinois, was prepared under his direction for the National Museum. The number of specimens obtained and placed in the National Museum, as shown by the preliminary catalogue, amounts to over four thousand one hundred. These embrace almost every type of article hitherto found in mounds, as well as a |