ETOWAH MOUND, THE, on Etowah river, 3 m. S.E. of Cartersville, Barlow county, Georgia, is a quadrilateral trun cated pyramid, 61 ft. high, with a broad roadway ascending the south side to within 18 or 20 ft. of the top, and formerly pro vided with steps made of crossbeams embedded in the earth. The base measures 38o by 33o ft., and the top 17o by 176 ft.; the area of the base is nearly three acres, and of the top not quite seven-tenths of an acre. The solid contents of the mound, includ ing the roadway, are estimated at 4,300,00o cu. ft. The Etowah mound has been identified with the Guaxule of Hernando de Soto, but this is questioned; it is one of the sites from which have come copper plates with repousse figures suggesting Mexican prove nience. The name is from Itawd (corrupted to "High-tower"), of unknown meaning and probably not Cherokee, given to two or more former Cherokee towns in Georgia.