Show unearth big indian it mounds moun s in florida y interesting objects found jn in hall heaps fi h y washington ir dr J 1 I waltor ahl of of the burdau of Z ja e ethnology institution luis froin nil fill archaeological archeological arche trip to starn florida where lie ho was tile guest of 13 1 3 at AI elliott of fet g phi who Is in brently interested in III tile people of thu the shell uge who linao loft left illo bindu or kitchen kite lion InId dens in that state on oil tills aig trip tin m made of tile lie largest ut tit weed aved ta ons ona island near st petersburg sup posed by colue to have been tile bilto of the landing of oc do de soto und and narvaez la in tho sixteenth century I 1 ions i were begun on oil the inbounds on oil tills iskand find it trench six feet wide was dug into the heart of the main mound tills this work to Is still rn progress anion ainone the objects resulting from allese excavations tire shell dippers colts charm stones frag inputs in cuts of crude priidu pottery and a oren lar stone for roots tito lust named indicates that the 1 aliel people were agriculturists its well us fishermen mound la Is one of the lie largest 04 on tile the coast of tampa bay tho the most important of tile group y jot 01 mounds surrounding a large natural iia lagoon A sin smaller aller lagoon possibly artificial and probably constructed its is it harbor for canoes Is found near tile shell heap A trip was waa made along tile conat coast from tainia bay south to tha tivo fishing village near porpoise point alie settlement tins lias been for mail many years isolated from the world but mr elliott hils has recently built them n and will provide a school teacher as the alio children of tile settlement linao ne never ver had the advantage of an all education and many of tile the young men lilen and women aro are unable to road read and write three types of Ind indiana lans i among other places examined on tills southern trip were largo large shell licata licapa nt at and at near which remarkable ex were made su voral 1 years ago by francc II 11 dishing cushing of the bureau of american tito the locality oliero those excavations wore were made obas nov boon awn filled tit in with noth shells from tile wound mound which formerly existed on excavations were very promising trial of n limited extent were also vinda tit t ios sinai key where ro there tire sevc L ral nil large heaps tito results of tile work in heated ablat considerable work voil lius hean done in ili south gojii rn ly hi several arch oo 00 logiste it I 1 t li Is still a field which will repay ox x teli sIve investigation lind study there nr are evidences ovi lences in ii plot lorlan lorl adit ln of ahr distinct ills types type of in deans first flast and oldest those who rolled wholly upon sell li ua ng it food tile majority of the implements being libido from the alio large shells which are so abundant in diat region lesion following allo indians oi of the historic epoch who tire possibly descendants of tile so bo culled Calo ingland indland Ind land while the collections nindo ninde by mr air gushing cushing nt at key alarco would seem to 10 an affinity with tile ecat indian cultures possibly sibly iken to mhd colony in florida reported by e curly arly spanish writers ko alarco and nothing remains except n dimill ditch or mud liole le tito ot at norra island opposite which hns been becil pur chan chased d by air elliott as a site bite for a 0 tropical garden burden and for work on its numerous shell heaps are very large the least known of all florida shell heaps examined are sit alt anted near point their site being wholly concealed as one ap proa clies hes from the gulf eulf but the lux ux growth of man mangroves groves the sur frices of these shell heaps rev revealed aled sov several ral interesting specimens aiva trial |