

28 Ancient Remains, Animal Mounds, fyc* in Wisconsin. 



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^ Fig. 5 seems to have been intended as a representation of some 

 fleet animal, perhaps the deer or the elk ; the antlers, however, 

 seem shortened; the head, neck, and tail, are erect, as though in 

 the act of running. This figure is situated within a few feet of 

 the river, and to the southward of the citadel ; its elevation is 

 about eighteen inches, the length of the body is one hundred 

 feet, and averages in width twelve feet. Bearings, east and west; 

 the head to the westward, and the legs projecting southward. 



Fig. 6 is an embankment, situated upon the north bank of the 

 Wisconsin River, and east of the fourth principal meridian ; it 

 resembles very closely the form of the frog, for which animal it 

 was probably constructed ; there are others adjacent to it, of a 

 similar shape, as well. as several in the form of a cross, mammil- 

 lary mounds, and parallelograms. The dimensions of this huge 

 figure, being in length one hundred and fifty feet, may be ascer- 

 tained by reference to the scale upon which it is drawn: its ele- 

 vation above the general surface is three feet. Bearings, east and 

 west, the head to the westward. 



Plate VI. 



Fig. 1. Among the various animal-shaped works of antiquity, 



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works, of various-shapes, situated upon section thirty five, in 

 township nine of range one, west of the fourth meridian, and 

 in the margin of the forest, extending into it, and having large 

 trees growing upon it.* It is truly a giant, and measures, from 

 the extremity of one arm over the breast, to that of the other, 

 as will be seen by the measurements noted upon the figure, 

 two hundred and seventy nine feet and eight inches, and from 

 the top of the head to the end of the trunk, one hundred and 

 eleven feet and three inches; over the hips twenty eight feet; 

 its legs in length are fifty four feet and ten inches ; the shoul- 

 ders, head, and breast, are elevated four feet above the adja- 

 cent surface; from thence to the extremities of the limbs the 



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* The arrow accompanying this, as well as all other figures in the drawings, 

 indicates the cardinal points. In copying many of .these figures upon the crowd- 

 ed plates, in order to place them in a more favorable position, I have deviated 

 from the usual mode of drawing; this will account for what might perhaps be 

 otherwise looked upon as an error. 



