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30 Ancient Remains, Animal Mounds, $fc. in Wisconsin. 



figures upon this one, as well as upon all others, indicate the di- 

 mensions of the structure, from actual survey and measurement* 

 Its elevation is about thirty inches around the body, while the 

 limbs at their extremities are diminished to a few inches. It lies 

 within a few feet of the Wisconsin River, in an east and west 

 direction, the head to the westward ; and the legs of this one, as 

 well as those of its companions, are projecting southward. 



Fig. 6. The site of this singular shaped mound is upon an 

 eminence, on section twenty seven, within a mile to the north- 

 westward of the Eagle Mills, in the county of Richland. The 

 northeastern part of the figure, especially from the neck eastward, 

 approaches nearer the form of a buffalo, than any of these works 

 which I have examined, having quite a protuberance, resembling 

 the "hump" upon the back of that animal ; the head, if 1 may 

 so term it, is blended with what I conceive to be the trunk of 

 the human figure, to which, projecting northward, are appended 

 what were perhaps intended to represent horns. I must admit, 

 that however much we may feel inclined, in viewing these anti- 

 quities, to let our imaginations lead us into erroneous ideas re- 

 specting them, I could not, at first sight, persuade myself that 

 these appendages were really intended to represent horns ; al- 

 though after a second and third examination, I feel justified, from 

 their intimate connection with the remainder of the structure, in 



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designating them as such, notwithstanding they may, possibly, 

 have been caused by the uprooting of trees. The elevation of 

 the body of the part resembling the buffalo, near the hump at 

 the widest point, is three feet ; the legs, tail, neck, and horns, di- 

 minish as they recede to their extremities, to one foot. The south- 

 western part of the structure represents the trunk, head, and 

 outstretched arms, of what may be termed the human figure, 

 the arm extending northwestwardly being much the longest ; the 

 head, breast, and shoulders, are elevated three feet, while the 

 end of the arms are only a few inches. This structure, differing 

 so widely from all others in this region, is peculiarly strange, 

 unless we can arrive at the conclusion that the animal-shaped 

 mound has been blended in its structure with the one designated 

 as resembling the human figure ; and even this one may only 

 represent the same object as is intended by those mounds de- 

 scribed as the "citadel," Plate V. Immediately southwest, and 

 within twenty feet of the head of this figure, commences a series 



