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| I. | CAVE EXPLORATIONS IN THE OZARK REGION OF CENTRAL MISSOURI |
| II. | CAVE EXPLORATIONS IN OTHER STATES |
| III. | EXPLORATIONS ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER BLUFFS IN KANSAS AND NEBRASKA |
| IV. | ABORIGINAL HOUSE MOUNDS |
| V. | ARCHEOLOGICAL WORK IN HAWAII |
BY
GERARD FOWKE
front page
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1922
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
Smithsonian Institution,
Bureau of American Ethnology,
Washington, D.C., February 17, 1920.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit the accompanying manuscript, entitled "Archeological Investigations," by Gerard Fowke, and to recommend its publication, subject to your approval, as a bulletin of this bureau.
Very respectfully,
J. Walter Fewkes,
Chief.
Dr. Charles D. Walcott,
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
CONTENTS
| I. Cave Explorations in the Ozark Region of Central Missouri | ||
| Page | ||
| Introduction | 13 | |
| The Upper Current River | 18 | |
| Shannon County | 18 | |
| Bat Cave | 18 | |
| Blue Spring, or Fishing Cave | 18 | |
| Welch's Cave | 18 | |
| Big Creek Cave | 18 | |
| Texas County | 19 | |
| Smith Caves | 19 | |
| Saltpeter Cave | 19 | |
| Dent County | 20 | |
| Mammoth Cave | 20 | |
| Guthoerl Cave | 20 | |
| Short Bend Cave | 20 | |
| Money Cave | 21 | |
| Saltpeter Cave | 21 | |
| Watson, Twin, or Onyx Caves | 22 | |
| House mounds | 22 | |
| Phelps County | 22 | |
| Bates Cave | 22 | |
| Another "Bates Cave" | 23 | |
| Renaud Cave | 23 | |
| Marsh Caves | 23 | |
| Wild-hog Cave | 23 | |
| Shelters | 24 | |
| Phelps Cave | 24 | |
| "Key Rocks" | 24 | |
| Jones Cave | 24 | |
| Yancy Mills Cave | 24 | |
| Lane Mound | 24 | |
| Cairns on Lost Hill, at mouth of Gourd Creek | 24 | |
| Exploration of the Gourd Creek Cave | 28 | |
| Onyx Cave | 34 | |
| Goat Bluff Cave | 35 | |
| Cairns at Sugar Tree Camp | 40 | |
| Tick Creek Cave | 41 | |
| Cave in Pool Hollow | 41 | |
| House mounds near Rolla | 41 | |
| House mounds near Dillon | 42 | |
| House mounds near St. James | 42 | |
| Pulaski County | 42 | |
| McWilliams Cave | 42 | |
| Davis Caves | 42 | |
| Berry Cave | 43 | |
| Maxey Cave | 43 | |
| Yoark Cave | 43 | |
| Graves at Laughlin's | 44 | |
| Kerr Cave | 44 | |
| Sell Cave | 45 | |
| Phillips Cave | 51 | |
| Bell's Cave | 51 | |
| Camp-ground Cave | 51 | |
| Bucher Cave | 51 | |
| Graves near McKennan's | 52 | |
| Roubidoux Cave | 52 | |
| Richland Cave | 52 | |
| Rollins Caves | 52 | |
| Mix Cave | 53 | |
| Double Cave | 54 | |
| Railroad Cave | 55 | |
| Bat, or Page, Cave | 55 | |
| Tunnel Cave | 56 | |
| Brooks Cave | 56 | |
| Riddle Cave | 56 | |
| Lane's Cave | 56 | |
| Dry Creek Cave | 56 | |
| House mounds | 56 | |
| Riden's Cave | 57 | |
| Saltpeter Cave | 57 | |
| Miller's Cave | 57 | |
| Ramsey's Cave | 81 | |
| Graham Cave | 83 | |
| Pillman's, or Spring Creek, Cave | 83 | |
| Woodland Hollow Cave | 84 | |
| Walled graves at Devil's Elbow | 84 | |
| Cairns on Helm's farm | 87 | |
| Ash Cave | 89 | |
| Clemmens Creek Cave | 89 | |
| Camden County | 89 | |
| Along the Niangua River | 89 | |
| A fossil cave | 91 | |
| Miller County | 91 | |
| Wright Cave | 92 | |
| Wilson Cave | 94 | |
| Bagnell Cave | 94 | |
| Bode Cave | 94 | |
| Luckenhoff Cave | 94 | |
| Jurggenmeyer Cave | 94 | |
| Daerhoff Cave | 95 | |
| Cave near mouth of Tavern Creek | 95 | |
| Bat Cave | 95 | |
| Grave at mouth of Saline Creek | 95 | |
| Stark's Cave | 96 | |
| House mounds | 96 | |
| Cairns | 96 | |
| Maries County | 96 | |
| Indian Ford Cave | 96 | |
| Lackaye's Bluff Cave | 97 | |
| Hurricane Bluff Cave | 97 | |
| Stratman Cave | 98 | |
| Osage County | 98 | |
| River Cave | 98 | |
| Rock-shelter | 98 | |
| Steuffer Cave | 99 | |
| Cairns | 99 | |
| House mounds | 99 | |
| "Indian Fort" | 99 | |
| Cole County | 100 | |
| Natural Bridge Cave | 100 | |
| Morgan County | 100 | |
| Speers Cave | 100 | |
| House mounds | 100 | |
| II. Cave Explorations in other States | ||
| Introduction | 101 | |
| Indiana | 102 | |
| Lawrence County | 102 | |
| Martin County | 102 | |
| Orange County | 106 | |
| Crawford County | 107 | |
| Harrison County | 111 | |
| Illinois | 111 | |
| Monroe County | 111 | |
| Kentucky | 112 | |
| Hardin County | 112 | |
| Hart County | 112 | |
| Edmonson County | 115 | |
| Warren County | 118 | |
| Barren County | 119 | |
| Monroe County | 120 | |
| Logan County | 122 | |
| Todd County | 122 | |
| Tennessee | 123 | |
| Montgomery County | 123 | |
| Sullivan County | 124 | |
| Bledsoe County | 128 | |
| Sequatchie County | 130 | |
| Grundy County | 131 | |
| Franklin County | 131 | |
| Marion County | 132 | |
| Hamilton County | 133 | |
| Alabama | 133 | |
| Lauderdale County | 133 | |
| Colbert County | 134 | |
| Jackson County | 135 | |
| Dekalb County | 137 | |
| Marshall County | 139 | |
| III. Explorations along the Missouri River Bluffs in Kansas and Nebraska | ||
| Vicinity of White Cloud, Kansas | 151 | |
| Iowa Point | 152 | |
| Near the mouth of the Nemaha River | 152 | |
| Vicinity of Troy, Kansas | 153 | |
| Mouth of Mosquito Creek | 153 | |
| Rulo, Nebraska | 154 | |
| Near Howe, Nebraska | 155 | |
| Peru, Nebraska | 156 | |
| Papillion, Nebraska | 156 | |
| Vicinity of Omaha, Nebraska | 156 | |
| Long's Hill | 157 | |
| IV. Aboriginal Horse Mounds | ||
| New Madrid County | 166 | |
| St. FranÇois County | 166 | |
| V. Archaeological Work in Hawaii | ||
| Introduction | 178 | |
| Molokai Island | 179 | |
| The Rain Heiau | 180 | |
| The sacrifice stones | 181 | |
| Hawaii Island | 182 | |
| Kilauea | 183 | |
| Waimea | 183 | |
| Quarry on Mauna Kea | 183 | |
| Kawaihae | 183 | |
| East Point district | 184 | |
| Napoopoo | 184 | |
| Honaunau | 184 | |
| Keauhou | PLATE 1 a, Cave on Big Piney River, three miles east of Big Piney, Pulaski County. Mo. (Courtesy of Dr. P.J. Heuer, St. Louis)ToListPlate 1b: Cave on Big Piney River PLATE 1 b, Cave on Big Piney River, in Texas County, Mo. Plate 2a: Bluff at mouth of Spring Creek PLATE 2 a, Bluff at mouth of Spring Creek, Pulaski County, Mo. PLATE 2 b, Pillman's, or Spring Creek, Cave, Pulaski County, Mo. | |
