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side view being represented, as is, indeed, the case with most 

 of the quadrupeds. One mound has been supposed to repre- 

 sent a mastodon, but the similarity is, I think, far from con- 

 clusive.* No remains of the mastodon or of any extinct 

 animals have been found in any of the mounds. 



One remarkable group in Dale County, close to the great 

 Indian war-path, consists of a man with extended arms, 

 seven more or less elongated mounds, one tumulus and six 

 quadrupeds. The length of the human figure is one hundred 

 and twenty-five feet, and it is one hundred and forty feet 

 from the extremity of one arm to that of the other. The 

 quadrupeds vary from ninety to one hundred and twenty-six 

 feet in length. 



At Waukesha are a number of mounds, tumuli, and animals, 

 including several "lizards," a very fine "bird," and a mag- 

 nificent "turtle/' "This, when first observed, was a very 

 fine specimen of the art of mound-building, with its graceful 

 curves, the feet projecting back and forward, and the tail, 

 with its gradual slope, so acutely pointed, that it was im- 

 possible to ascertain precisely where it terminated. The 

 body was fifty-six feet in length, and the tail two hundred 

 and fifty; the height six feet/' This group of mounds is 

 now, alas, covered with buildings: "A dwelling-house stands 

 on the body of the turtle, and a Catholic church is built upon 

 the tail." 



" But," says Mr. Lapham, " the most remarkable collection 

 of lizards and turtles yet discovered is on the school section 

 about a mile and a half south-east from the village of Pew- 

 aukee. This consists of seven turtles, two lizards, four ob- 

 long mounds, and one of the remarkable excavations before 

 alluded to. One of the turtle mounds, partially obliterated 

 by the road, has a length of four hundred and fifty feet, 

 being nearly double the usual dimensions. Three of them 



* M'Lean. The Mound-builders. 

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