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MOUNDS IN WISCONSIN. 



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The field-notes contain the following : " Thursday, 

 June 10. — The ridge in sec. 26, T. 9, E. 6 W., is very 

 narrow and steep on each side. Eidge is not over 

 thirty yards wide, and the crest has numerous long, 

 straight mounds on it conforming to it. The view 

 from here is very fine. The mound-builders chose the 

 ends of the ridges overlooliing the Miss. River for iheir 

 mounds. Saw a man-shaped mound near ^ post be- 

 tween sees. 36 & 35, T. 9, R. G W." 



Fig. IG is a pencil-sketch drawn by Mr. Strong from 

 the sketch contained in his field-notes: 



The field-notes contain the following in relation to 

 the drawing (Fig. IG) : 



" On the man-effigies the body and breast bulge up 

 much higher than the rest. They look like a man 

 lying on his back. Mounds all about three feet high. 

 Arms and legs on these mounds about ten feet wide. 

 Mounds in S.W. i sec. 2G, T. 9, R. 6 W., on crest of 

 ridge." 



" Saturday, June 12.— Went with Dr. Wight (Dr. 

 O. W. Wight, then chief geologist) and father and 

 George (Geo. Haven, assistant), and dug up mound 

 (B, Fig. IG). The mound was made of clay, and easy 

 digging. Found in bottom a thin stratum of hard 

 clay, with a whitish substance which may have been 

 decayed bones." 



The accompanying drawing (Fig. 17) is made from 

 a sketch found in the field-notes. 



The field-notes contain the following in relation to 

 this mound (Fig. 17): 



"Man-mound on west fork of the Kickapoo River, 

 in N. W. i sec. 27, T. 12, R. 3 W." 



THE MOUNDS AND OSTEOLOGY OF THE MOUND-BUILDERS OF WISCONSIN. 



By J. N. DeHart, M. D., of Mendota, Wis. 



Along the northern and eastern shores of Lake Mendota, or Lake of 

 the Great Spirit, as it was called by the aborigines, many mounds are 

 found, whose outlines are quite distinct, and represent the bear, deer, 

 squirrel, and other animals, while a few of them imitate birds of various 

 kinds. Some of the latter resemble the eagle, and are of very large 

 dimensions. There are three mounds of this character in close prox- 

 imity to each other ; the body of the largest bird measures 100 feet in 

 length, and 30 feet in width at the junction of its wings; while its tail 



