THOMAS. 1 



white's group. 



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No. 4, 300 feet nortli of No. 3, <i5 feet in diameter and 4 feet hij;li. 

 At the depth of 4 feet eight skeletons were lying at full length on the 

 natural surface of the ground, with heads east and faces up. They lay 

 on the natural slope of the bench, so that the heads were higher than 

 the feet. Their relative positions are given in Fig. 36 (a horizontal 

 section of the mound), the larger figures indicating adult skeletons 

 and the small one that of a child. Under the one at the northern end 

 of the row were se\eral bear 

 teeth, and near them and at 

 the same depth lay the under 

 jaw of some animal. At the 

 head of each skeleton was a 

 large, irregular piece of sand- 

 stone. The composition of this 

 tumulus was chiefly a mixture 

 of sand and light yellow clay 

 nnstratitied. 



No. 5, 30 feet northwest of 

 No. 4, was 80 feet in diameter, 

 5 feet high, and more flattened 

 on top than is usual with tumuli 

 of this type. On the northern 

 side, at a depth of 3 feet, two 

 folded skeletons were discov- 

 ered, under one of which were 

 several copperheads, and under 



all bears' teeth. About the center and near the bottom was a single 

 skeleton also folded and under the head were several bears' teeth. In 

 the southern side, at the depth of 5 feet, a single very fine lance head 

 was discovered; no bones were near it. 



No. G, 125 feet northwest of No. 5, 85 feet in diameter and 4 feet high, 

 M'as composed of rich black earth interspersed with sandstones. Near 

 the center, at the bottom, lay a single badly-decayed skeleton, over 

 which was heaped an irregular pile of sandstones of various sizes. 



No. 7, 20 yards northwest of No. 0, .50 feet in diameter and 5i feet 

 high, consisted chiefly of dry, yellow clay. In the northern side at the 

 depth of 5 feet were three or four much decayed skeletons, apparently 

 folded, with heads east and faces north and in the southern portion at 

 the depth of 2 feet the fragments of a stone pipe. Under the latter 

 was an irregular pile of burned sandstones; but no ashes or coals 

 were discovered, from which fact it is inferred that the stones were 

 placed here after having been subjected to tire. 



Flo. 36.- 



V\(iTi of Mimnd No. 4, Battle iwliiiul, Vt*ruon 

 rounty, Wisconsin. 



white's GROCF'. 



In the northwest corner of the county, in Sec. 28, T. 14 N., R. 7 W., 

 on land owned by Mr. H. White, is a group of small circular mounds 



