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Ontonagon County. 



Ancieut copper miues on Sees. 15 aud 30, T. 50 N., II. 39 W., aud Sec. 

 35, T. 51 K, II. 38 W. 



Described aud figured by Foster aud Wliitaey, Kept. (1850), pp. 159-161; by 

 Chas. Whittlesey, Auc. Min. ou Shores of Lake Superior (1863), pp. 17-20. 

 See also Foster's Preh. Rac, pp. 265,266; McLeau'a Mound Builders, pp. 

 76, 77; Baldwin's Auc. Amer., pp. 43-45, Squier's Ab. Mou., N. Y., p. 184; 

 Lapham's Antiq. Wis., p. 74; Short's N. Am. of Autiq., pj). 89-92; Swiue- 

 ford's Hist, aud Rev. of the Mineral Resources of Lake Superior; Aucient 

 Copper Mines of Lake Superior, by Jacob Houghton, etc. 



Flat-topped niound on Sec. 16, T. 50 N., E. 39 W. 



Mound on the right bank of Ontonagon River 6 miles from its mouth. 



Mentioned in Foster and Whitney's Rep. (1850), p. 161. , 



Ottawa County. 



Three mounds on the north bank of Grand River about 20 rods east of 

 the Chicago and West Michigan Railroad. Two explored; skeletons, 

 copper hatchets and awls, plates of mica, shells, pipes and pottery found. 

 Reported by Abel Anderson, Sm. Rep., 1879, p. 434. 



Presque Isle County. 



Burial mound at the point where Oqueoc River flows into Hammond's 

 Bay. 



Incidentally mentioned by Henry Gillmtin, Sm. Rep., 1873, p. 380. 



Sagina^v County. 



Two large mounds at the mouth of the Tittabawasse on the Shiawasse 

 River; when first seen in 1836 they were 4 or 5 feet high. 



One large mound some 4 miles up the Tittabawassee from its mouth. 

 The mound comprises nearly half an acre. 



There were several mounds in the village of Bridgeport, on the Cass 

 River. 



Old Indian traders have said that there was an "earthwork fortifica- 

 tion" comprising several acres at the bend of the Cass River where the 

 village of Bridgeport now stands. 



W. K. McCormickin Michigan Pioneer Collections, vol. 4 (1881), p. 380. 



Mounds on SW. i Sec. 15, T. 9 N., R. 3 E., Chesaning. 



Efligy mounds on Sec. 15, T. 9 N., R. 3 E. 



Garden beds on Section 10, Chesaning. 



Mentioned by H. H. Carson, Am. Autiq., vol. 9, No. 4, p. 238. 



St. Clair County. 



A triple series of mounds along the lake shore 5 utiles above Fort 

 Gratiot. 



Reported by G. A. Stockwell, Sm. Rep., 1879, p. 435. 



Burial mound on (he west bank of Black River, near the Grand 

 Trunk Railway. Explored; human bones, pottery, stone implements, 

 etc., found. In this mound was a grave lined with pottery. 



Described and figured by Henry Gillraan, Sm. Rep., 1873, i)p. 370-374; also 6th 

 Rep. Peab. Mus., pp. 13-19. 

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