Shell Mound

Now here's something interesting.  See this shell I'm holding?  The whole mound at Hontoon Island was covered with them!  What are they?  Would you believe...the remnants of dinners of the ancient inhabitants?  I know, I was really amazed!  I didn't know they could eat so much, or that it would be so well preserved!

It was probably from a tribe well before the modern known tribes like the Seminoles.  This ancient tribe likely lived by the river, fished, and gathered snails and shellfish along the banks.  They were most likely not hunters (as a display in the museum asserted).

It was well worth the 1 1/2 hour hike just to see this mound; I will most likely return to hike it again.