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They are all built after the same pattern, about 28 feet in diameter 

 at the base and from G to 10 feet in diameter at the summit, usually 3 

 or 4 feet high, but some of them being near the top of a steep side-hill, 

 of course the lower side is much higher than this. 



They are 16 in number, and at distances from each other varying from 

 15 to 80 feet, according to the nature of the shore, being erected only on 

 commanding elevations. 



This is still a favorite camping-ground for the Indians, many wigwams 

 having been located here last summer. The locality is known as 

 Pleasant Point. 



Near the opposite shore of the lake, in section 34, township of Green 

 Lake, same county, are a great number of long mounds, round mounds, 

 and a few shaped like animals. One, which we called the "Beaver 

 Mound," we dug into in several places, and near the center of the body 

 we found, at the depth of 1 foot 7 inches, a thin layer of charcoal. 

 Nothing else was discovered. This mound is situated in the woods, and 

 several large trees of second-growth timber are standing on it. Near 

 by, as Prof. C. A. Kenaston, of Bipon, who owns the land, tells me, are 

 the remains of an ancient corn-field, the hills of which can even yet be 

 distinguished in places where the underbrush has been cleared away. 



From this place down the lake for a mile is a high, sloping shore, 

 wooded down to the water's edge, except where clearings have been 

 made for the erection of summer cottages, of which there are a large 

 number, the spot being a very beautiful one. Several fine springs are 

 scattered along the shore, the beach furnishes a good landing place for 

 boats, and lisli are plentiful in the lake. 



Within this mile there are no less than 30 mounds of all shapes and 

 sizes, some circular, some long, some in the shape of animals. Of these, 

 the long mounds are the most remarkable, some of them running par- 

 allel with the shore and some at various angles to it. Their general 

 outline is that of a ridge 6 inches to 1 foot high, 4 to feet across, and 

 often terminating at one end in an irregular expansion, higher and 

 broader than the main ridge. 



On land belonging to Mr. Cyrus Dodge, in section 34, township of 

 Green Lake, are two of these long mounds, beginning within 20 feet of the 

 lake and running back at right angles to it, one 210 feet, the other 220 

 feetlong, both terminating in irrcgnlar expansions about 18 feet in diam- 

 eter and 2 feel high. The mounds are parallel, and 40 feet apart. At 

 the end of the former is a slight depression for 21) feet, and then another 

 round mound L8 feet in diameter, which has a tail running off across 

 the road and into the woods 135 feet. 



On the property of .Air. Mill, adjoining Mr. Dodge on the west, are a 

 few long and round mounds, not very well defined, however. But in 

 the lot adjoining Mr. Dodge's on the east are a number of mounds run- 

 ning parallel with the shore of the lake, and still very distinct. 



J made two excavations in Xo. 1, one in the center of the tail, as we 



