THOMAS.] FOX-SHAPED EFFIGY. 59 



The nearest spriiijf i.s some 300 or 400 yards northeast of the group 

 at the foot of the ridge. 



Three of the rouud mounds of this group were explored, in each of 

 which were found skeletons much decaj'ed. In two of tbem no speci- 

 mens, but in the other, on the original surface of the ground at the 

 center, a small stone celt, some pieces of melted lead, and a regularly 

 formed gunfliiit. These articles were close together and about 2 feet 

 from the skeleton. 



Trenches were also cut through the long mounds, which showed that 

 the first 10 or 12 inches were of the ordinary vegetable mold, but the 

 remainder to the original sm-face, of yellow clay. In one or two places 

 small pieces of charcoal were observed, but nothing indicating burial. 

 The result was the same in all the trenches. 



Flfi. 19.— QniulnipeiT effigy on Sec. 3fi, T. .S N.. I!, fi W., Wi.9,onsin. 



Northward of this group some 400 yards there is a mound in the 

 form of a quadruped, probably a fox (Fig. 10), partly in the woods and 

 partly in the field on the west side of the road. It is built on the crest 

 of the ridge with the head to the south. The outlines of the body are 

 clear, but those of the head are somewhat indistinct. It gradually 

 decreases in height from the head, where it is about 18 inches, to the 

 end of the tail and legs. It is in the same section as the mounds at 

 Hazeu Corners. The nearest water is the spring before mentioned. 



The ridge slopes to the east and west from the mound and also falls 

 slightly to tlie north and south. A partial exploration has been made, 

 but nothing save a good sized rock was dug out of it. 



