ETHNOLOGY. 



42 y 



Fi 2 . 3. 



diminished their height and sharpness of outline, but has not otherwise 



injured them or rendered them difficult to find. 

 Proceeding along the crest of the ridge, nothing is seen for about half 



a mile, until the first of the 

 mounds (Fig. 3, Diagram II) is 

 found followed by Figs. 1 and 5 

 at short intervals. Figs. 3 and 

 5 are somewhat similar, and not 

 unlike Fig. 2 of Diagram I. Fol- 

 lowing Fig. 5 is a row of twenty 

 round mounds; each about 25 

 feet in diameter, 5 or G feet high 

 and about 25 feet apart. They 

 are arranged in straight lines, 

 conforming to the crest of the 

 ridge. The long north and south 

 row of eleven mounds, when 

 viewed from the south end, pre- 

 sents a peculiarly striking and 

 impressive appearance. At the 

 northern end of this row of 

 mounds the ridge turns abruptly 

 to the west, and a change in the mounds also takes place. Xo more 

 round mounds are to be found, but more animal structures, of which 

 may be observed the following peculiar arrangement. As all the effigies 

 at the south end of the circular mounds are headed away from them, 

 so also those at the northern end appear to be departing from them in 

 a westerly direction. 



Proceeding westward along the ridge, Fig. 7 (Diagram II) is seen, 

 which is reproduced on a larger scale in Fig. 3. The animal represented 

 by this mound appears to have a short tail and horns, and is probably 

 designed to represent some species of deer. It is one of the few effigy 

 mounds in which we can trace a resemblance to some particular animal. 

 It will be seen that its feet are turned to the south, in an opposite direc- 

 tion to all the others. Two hundred feet west of Fig. 7 is Fig. S, the only 

 long mound in this procession. A long interval now occurs in which no 

 mounds of any kind are found, until at the extreme end of the ridge 

 Figs. 9 and 10 are found. From this point, a beautiful view of the Mis- 

 sissippi and Wisconsin Rivers is obtained. 



It will be seen from an inspection of Diagrams I and II, that as the 

 effigies Figs 9 and 10 by themselves close the series on its western end, 

 so is the series in Diagram I closed on its southwestern end by the 

 effigies, Figs. 1 and 2. Whether this is merely accidental, or the work 

 of design, is difficult to determine. There seems to be a certain uni- 

 formity of distribution among the mounds on this ridge as if it were an 

 arrangement according to a preconceived plan or custom. It is seen in 



