JAMES K. POLK, «President of the United States». GEORGE M. DALLAS, «Vice President of the United States». JAMES BUCHANAN, «Secretary of State of the United States». ROBERT J. WALKER, «Secretary of the Treasury of the United States». WILLIAM L. MARCY, «Secretary of War of the United States». JOHN Y. MASON, «Secretary of the Navy of the United States». CAVE JOHNSON, «Post Master General of the United States». ISAAC TOUCEY, «Attorney General of the United States». ROGER B. TANEY, «Chief Justice of the United States». EDMUND BURKE, «Commissioner of Patents of the United States». WILLIAM W. SEATON, «Mayor of the City of Washington».
[No Honorary Members have yet been elected.]
ANCIENT MONUMENTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY:
COMPRISING THE RESULTS OF EXTENSIVE ORIGINAL SURVEYS AND EXPLORATIONS.
BY E. G. SQUIER, A.M., AND E. H. DAVIS, M.D.
ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. JUNE 1847.
TO HON. ALBERT GALLATIN, STATESMAN AND PHILOSOPHER,
IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HIS PATRIOTIC SERVICES AND SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS,
CHAPTER I.—GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, … 1–8
CHAPTER II.—EARTHWORKS; ENCLOSURES; WORKS OF DEFENCE, … 8–47
CHAPTER IV.—MONUMENTS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES, … 104–124
CHAPTER V.—MONUMENTS OF THE NORTH-WEST, … 124–139
CHAPTER VI.—EARTHWORKS; THE MOUNDS; MOUNDS OF SACRIFICE, … 139–161
CHAPTER VII.—MOUNDS OF SEPULTURE, … 161–173
CHAPTER IX.—ANOMALOUS MOUNDS; MOUNDS OF OBSERVATION; STONE HEAPS, … 178–186
CHAPTER X.—REMAINS OF ART FOUND IN THE MOUNDS; POTTERY AND ARTICLES OF CLAY, … 186–196
CHAPTER XI.—IMPLEMENTS OF METAL, … 196–204
CHAPTER XII.—ORNAMENTS OF METAL, … 204–210
CHAPTER XIII.—IMPLEMENTS OF STONE, ETC., … 210–231
CHAPTER XIV.—ORNAMENTS OF STONE, BONE, ETC., … 231–242
CHAPTER XV.—SCULPTURES FROM THE MOUNDS, … 242–278
CHAPTER XVI.—METALS FOSSILS, MINERALS, ETC., OF THE MOUNDS, … 279–288
CHAPTER XVII.—CRANIA FROM THE MOUNDS, … 288–293
CHAPTER XVIII.—SCULPTURED OR INSCRIBED ROCKS, … 293–301
CHAPTER XIX.—CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS, … 301–306 #/