426 PRE-HISTORIC MOUNDS OF GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN. 



Fig. 1. 



mound, 15 feet in diameter, and 3 feet high. Thirty feet east of the 

 small mound is a straight one 77 feet long. Following the road for 

 about a quarter of a mile west of the " Schlundt place," 

 a mound was discovered which is shown in Fig. 1. It 

 is situated immediately on the bank of the Wisconsin 

 River, and about 50 feet from the foot of the bluff. 

 This mound is the only one of its kind seen. It is per- 

 haps intended to represent a bird with its wings and 

 tail spread, as shown by the circular expansion at the 

 rear end. If this is its desigu, it is not nearly so well 

 proportioned as the other bird mounds which were 

 seen, none of which, however, had their tails spread. 



6. N. E. I of sec. 2, T. G, R. 5 W.— Making a short detour from the 

 valley of the Wisconsin, up the valley of a small stream on which the 

 village of Millville is situ- 

 ated, we find the singular 

 mound shown in Figure 2. 

 It is situated in a meadow 

 owned by Mr. Kidd, the 

 miller, and about 300 feet 

 south of his house. The 

 mound lies on the level 

 ground, with its limbs 

 pointing to the creek, which 

 is distant but a few yards. 

 The meadow has been under 

 cultivation for a number of 

 years, so that the mound is 

 much reduced in height, 

 although it can still be dis- 

 tinctly traced. The remains 

 of several others were ob- 

 served, but they are so ob- 

 literated by cultivation that 

 their forms can no longer be identified. As it lies upon the ground the 

 effigy is not particularly suggestive of auy known living animal. The 

 fore limbs are the longest, and each longer than the body, while the 

 neck has been omitted in the construction of the animal. Altogether, it 

 is one of the most singular effigies seen, and the only one of its kind. 



7. Center of sec. 15, T. 7, It. 5 W. — This locality was formerly known 

 as Warner's Steam Mill, and is situated on the bank of the Wisconsin 

 River. Here is a strip of bottom land half a mile wide, lying between 

 the bluffs and the river, on which a large number of small circular 

 and conical mounds were found scattered about without any apparent 

 law of distribution. No straight or effigy mounds were seen. 



8. ^ post sees. 5 and 8, T. G, R. 5 W.— On the new road from Millville 



Fig. 2. 



