THE SUE COULEE GROUP. 



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exteiidiug 5 feet below the origiual surface of the ground, and was filled 

 with dark, sandy earth similar to that of which the mound was com- 

 IKjsed. No specimens of any kind, charcoal, ashes, or indications of 

 burial were discovered. 



RUE COULKK GROUP. 



This group, a plat of which is given at A in Fig. 33, is situated near 

 the Mississippi river at the mouth of the ravine known as " Sue Coulee." 

 It consists of eighteen beautiful round mounds, standing on a level 

 bench or table, some 30 feet high; which runs back to the bluff. They 

 have been plowed over for about sixteen years. Several of them had 

 been partially exploied ]nevious to the visit of an employe of this Bu- 

 reau, but nothing could be learned of the result. 



At B, Fig. 33, is shown a cross section of Sue Coulee at a-h; 1 is the 

 creek channel; 2, the table or bench on which the mounds are located; 

 3, the bluff on the soutii 



side; and 4, the bluff on m^ Iff 



the north side. "' \ ^ / b 



Mound 1, 42 feet in di- 

 ameter and 5 feet high, 

 was composed of yellow, 

 sandy soil similar to that 

 of the surrounding sur- 

 face, unstratified and no 

 excavation beneath it. 

 Near the center on the 

 original surface were ten 

 skeletons all piled to- 

 gether, with their heads 

 in almost every direction, 

 the leg and arm bones 

 crossing one another. 

 Some stones were lying 

 immediately on them. 

 Among them was a very 

 large flint spear-head 

 and some bear teetli. 



Mound 4, 44 feet in di- 

 ameter and 4 feet high, 

 was composed of the same yellow, sandy soil as No. 1. In the center^ 

 lying on the natural surface, were three skeletons, two of them side by 

 side, heads east, the third with the head northeast, the feet of the latter 

 touching the feet of the other two, and all stretched at full length in a 

 horizontal position. They were covered with stones as those in No. 1. 



Mound 9, but 30 feet in diameter and 2i feet high, was composed of 

 darker earth than those already mentioned. A single skeleton, very 



Fig. 33 — Plan of the Sue Coulee group. Crawford county, 

 Wis. 



