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valley of the Mississippi around Prairie du Chien, and for miles up and 

 down the river, is full of the remains of an ancient population, and it 

 would take months of labor to give a description of the mounds and 

 earthworks. Nearly all examined were burial mounds. One opened 

 contained remains of about a dozen persons whose bodies had been 

 burned. 



Dunlap, Seymour. — Reports copper implements in Walworth County. 



Henry, William T. — Found many mounds in Iowa County. 



Lewis, C. H. — Describes four groups of mounds near Mount Vernon, 

 Dane County ; also several workshops. There is a group of mounds, 

 four in number, on section 15, in Springdale Township, 50 feet base 

 diameter, C feet high, 50 feet apart, extending east and west, commencing 

 at a distance of 50 feet from the most eastern and extending in a direct 

 line eastward, is a long low ridge, 100 feet in length, 4 feet high, and G 

 feet wide. 



Marvin, D. S. — Reports Earthwork near Watertown, in the forks of 

 two small streams, four or five miles from the village. 



Parks, Warham. — Examined mounds near Oconomowoc, Waukesha 

 County ; one evidently a lookout, the other in shape of a swan, 20 feet in 

 length. They are one mile apart, near the banks of Washotah Lakes, 

 and in one of the most beautiful spots in Waukesha County. All through 

 the county occur cemeteries. 



MICHIGAN. 



Anderson, Abel. — Numerous mounds are found in Muskegon and 

 adjoining counties, but few have been explored. There are three mounds 

 Located on the north bank of Grand River, about 20 rods east of the 

 Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad. They form a semicircle, 

 and are about two rods apart. The two largest were excavated. Upper 

 layer sand, then clay taken from the river bottoms, then vegetable mold 

 overlying the bones. Six skeletons were found, and with them copper 

 hatchets and awls, large plates of mica, shells, pipes, and pottery. A 

 large mound in the town of Bridgeton, Newaygo County, lies near the 

 county line. On the banks of Muskegon River, southwest corner of 

 Newaygo County, are a number of mounds. 



1 '. \ bnes, Charles E. — The works of the mound-builders are meager in 

 Calhoun County. Further information promised. 



Rrady, Samuel. — Is making explorations of mines at Minong, Isle 

 Roy ale. 



Da r, John E. — Has in preparation, a paper on the forts and mounds 

 of Macomb County. 



FOWLER, S. W.— There are no earth works in Manistee County. Shell 

 heaps are found near mouth of Manistee River. Mounds are common. 

 Several are at the west of Lear Lake; one on Sauble River, two miles 

 south of Manistee Lake. 



IIijjbard, Lucius. — Three mounds are in southwest quarter section 



