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MOUND EXPLORATIONS. 



Mound No. 11, somewhat oval iu forui, measured 48 feet iu diameter 

 fi'oui north to south, 33 feet from east to west, and a little over 4 feet high. 

 Near the center was a skeleton lying on a circular platform of stones. 

 This platform or layer of stones was about 5 feet iu diameter and 

 rested on the original surface of tlie gouud. The slieleton was so far 

 decomposed that it was impossible to determine precisely its position. 



No. 12 occupies the lowest point in the group and is only about 

 200 yards from the river's edge, on a level about 20 feet above the usual 

 water mark. It measured only2(i feet in diameter and 4 in height, and 

 was composed almost wholly of stones, packed so tightly that it was 



Fig. 32.— Plan of the Armstrong group, near Lynxville, Crawford county, Wis. 



difficult to remove them. The stones being removed to the depth of 2J 

 feet, a layer of dark earth was reached, though still filled with stones. 

 At the bottom of this layer, which extended downward IS inches, was 

 a mass of human bones so closely packed that but little earth was mixed 

 with them. They occupied a space about f> feet in diameter and rested 

 on a i^latform or layer of stones which extended under the larger portion 

 of the mound. As there were uine skulls, there were at least nine individ- 

 uals or rather skeletons buried here. Among the bones were two bear's 

 teeth, a few bone articles, some fragments of lottery, a piece of deer's 

 horn, and the claw of some bird. 



On top of the high bluff immediately back of this group is another 

 larger group of mounds, some of which are effigies. 



IN IMtAIlJIK DV CHIEN. 



This mound, which is situated just below Old Fort Crawford, and meas- 

 ures 60 feet in diameter and 7iearly 5 feet in height, is noticed here on 

 account of the excavation beneath it. This was 12 feet in diameter, 



