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THE WINNEBAGO TRIBE 



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As a rule, whenever the conical mounds represent the work of the 

 Winnebago they are always found accompanied by linear and effigy 

 mounds. At Lake Koshkonong, out of a total of 481 mounds 309 

 are conical. A similar proportion is found in other groups. Little 

 has ever been found in them except burials and there seems little 

 doubt that the vast majority of them were always used for tliis 

 purpose. (Pis. 15-17; fig. 7.) 



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Fig. -.—BURIAL MOUNDS IN A GROUP AT RICE LAKE, RUSK COUNTY, WIS. 



In a number of places conical mounds are joined to linear mounds 

 or to other structures, often producing irregular figures. Mr. A. B. 

 Stout classifies them as belonging in general to three types. The 

 commonest of these combinations are those called by Mr. Stout the 

 dumb-bell and tadpole type (fig. S). 



Linear Mounds 



Linear mounds, like conical mounds, are found all over the territory 

 once occupied by the Winnebago. WTiat purpose they could have 

 served is not definitely known, although the modern Winnebago 



