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  OF 
  THE 
  BUREAU 
  OF 
  ETHNOLOGY. 
  XVJI 
  

  

  reported 
  upon 
  attention 
  had 
  been 
  devoted 
  almost 
  exclusively 
  to 
  

   the 
  exploration 
  of 
  individual 
  mounds, 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  of 
  ascertain- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  different 
  types 
  of 
  tumuli, 
  as 
  regards 
  form, 
  construction, 
  

   and 
  other 
  particulars 
  and 
  the 
  vestiges 
  of 
  art 
  and 
  human 
  

   remains 
  found 
  in 
  them. 
  The 
  study 
  of 
  these 
  works 
  in 
  their 
  

   relation 
  to 
  each 
  other 
  and 
  their 
  segregation 
  into 
  groups, 
  and 
  

   of 
  the 
  mural 
  works, 
  inclosures, 
  and 
  works 
  of 
  defense, 
  is 
  

   important 
  in 
  the 
  attempt 
  to 
  obtain 
  indications 
  of 
  the 
  social 
  life 
  

   and 
  customs 
  of 
  the 
  builders. 
  This 
  plan 
  of 
  study 
  had 
  not 
  

   received 
  the 
  attention 
  desirable 
  and 
  involved 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  

   careful 
  surveys. 
  It 
  was 
  thought 
  best 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  commence- 
  

   ment 
  this 
  year 
  in 
  this 
  branch 
  of 
  investigation. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1885 
  Prof. 
  Thomas 
  was 
  in 
  Wiscon- 
  

   sin, 
  engaged 
  in 
  investigating 
  and 
  studying 
  the 
  effigy 
  mounds 
  

   and 
  other 
  ancient 
  works 
  of 
  that 
  section. 
  

  

  Messrs. 
  James 
  D. 
  Middleton, 
  John 
  P. 
  Rogan, 
  and 
  John 
  W. 
  

   Emmert 
  were 
  permanent 
  assistants 
  during 
  the 
  year; 
  Mr. 
  

   Charles 
  M. 
  Smith, 
  Rev. 
  S. 
  D. 
  Peet, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  L. 
  Reynolds 
  

   were 
  employed 
  for 
  short 
  periods 
  as 
  temporary 
  assistants. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  summer 
  and 
  autumn 
  of 
  1885 
  Messrs. 
  Middleton 
  

   and 
  Emmert 
  were 
  at 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  mounds 
  and 
  ancient 
  monu- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  southwestern 
  Wisconsin, 
  the 
  former 
  surveying 
  the 
  

   groups 
  of 
  effigy 
  mounds 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  exploring 
  the 
  conical 
  

   tumuli. 
  When 
  the 
  weather 
  became 
  too 
  cold 
  for 
  operations 
  in 
  

   that 
  section 
  they 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  east 
  Tennessee, 
  where 
  

   Mr. 
  Emmert 
  continued 
  at 
  work 
  throughout 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  

   the 
  fiscal 
  year. 
  

  

  When 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  decided 
  to 
  commence 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  a 
  

   report 
  on 
  the 
  field 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  division, 
  in 
  the 
  hope 
  of 
  its 
  early 
  

   publication, 
  Mr. 
  Middleton 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  office 
  to 
  assist 
  in 
  

   that 
  preparation, 
  where 
  he 
  remained, 
  preparing 
  maps 
  and 
  plats 
  

   and 
  making 
  a 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  collections, 
  until 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  

   of 
  April, 
  1886, 
  when 
  he 
  again 
  entered 
  upon 
  field 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  

   southern 
  part 
  of 
  Illinois, 
  among 
  the 
  graves 
  of 
  that 
  neighbor- 
  

   hood. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rogan 
  was 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  office 
  work 
  from 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  

   July 
  until 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  August, 
  during 
  which 
  time 
  Prof. 
  

   Thomas 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  as 
  before 
  mentioned. 
  He 
  was 
  eu- 
  

  

  7 
  ETH 
  II 
  

  

  