This Indian signal mound is on the John W. Edringtion farm out Highway 140. When this was a wilderness, this section was an Indian village where was one of the largest living mounds in Mississippi County.
The tall single mound was used for signaling -- here fires were lighted, sending signals of smoke skyward to be seen by neighboring tribes. The tribes were Choctaw, Chickasaw, Osage and Cherokee gypsies.
Some laws of the Lodge were: Be kind, be hospitable, always assume that your guest is tired, cold and hungry. If even a hungry dog enters your lodge, you must feed him. Protect your guest as one of the family, feed his horse, and beat your dogs if they harm his dog.
The women of the lodge are the keepers of the fire, but the men should help with the heavier sticks. Do not talk to your mother-in-law at any time or let her talk to you. She should drop her eyes, and leave the lodge in silence when the son-in-law enters.