by
Thorne Deuel
[Illustration: Seal of the State of Illinois]
Springfield, Illinois
1958
[Printed by authority of the State of Illinois]
[Illustration: Site of the ancient Middle Mississippi religious city
on the Kincaid farm near Metropolis, Illinois, as it is today. Four
mounds can be seen; the village area is in the foreground and the
plaza at the right (south) of the largest mound with house on it.]