I am fully aware that this author indulges in some extravagant speculations; still, so far as I have tested his original statements I have generally found them correct. During the year 1883 one of the assistants of the Bureau was sent to this particular region, which is too limited to allow the question of locality to be raised. An overflow and a change in the channel of the river brought to light the remains of old habitations and numerous relics of the people who formerly dwelt there. Moreover, this was in the precise locality where tradition located a Cherokee town. Digging was resorted to in order to complete what the water had begun. Now let me mention some of the things obtained here: Ten discoidal stones, precisely like those from the mounds of Caldwell County, North Carolina. Nine strings of glass beads. A large number of shell beads exactly like those from the mounds. A number of flint arrow-points. One soapstone pipe. Some pieces of smooth sheet-copper. Three conical copper ear-pendants. Three buttons of modern type. One small brass gouge. Fragments of iron articles belonging to a bridle. One bronze sleigh-bell. One stone awl or drill. Fragment of a soapstone pot. One soapstone gorget. Several polished stone celts of the same pattern as those found in the North Carolina mounds. Grooved stone axes. A piece of sheet lead. This admixture of articles of civilized and savage life confirms the statement made by Haywood, at least so far as regards the early presence of white people in this section. It follows from what has been presented that the Indians must have been Cherokees, and the fact that the implements and ornaments of aboriginal manufacture found here are throughout precisely like those found in the mounds before mentioned affords a very strong proof that they were built by the Cherokees. It is worthy of notice that close by the side of this washout stands a mound. Permission to open it has not yet been obtained. Returning to our mounds, we note that a large number of stones, evidently used for cracking nuts, were found in and about them; some charred acorns, or nuts of some kind, were also found in them. We have only to refer to Adair and other early writers to see how well the indications agree with the customs of the Cherokees.