THOMAS.) 



WOKKS NEAR WYALUSING. 



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about 20 feet and the height is in no case greater thaii 3ifeet. On the 

 rounded surface of the north end of the ridge is a number of small 

 circular depressions that may represent okl dwelling sites; others are 

 seen on a level space about 100 feet noith of the animal figure. The 

 ridge terminates at the north in a rounded point and at the south in 

 a long narrow one, and is con- 

 nected with the chain of ridges 

 on the east by a broad saddle; 

 along this, and extending for an 

 indefinite distance, is an almost 

 continuous series of mounds most- 

 ly of the oblong type. In the older 

 cultivated fields only traces of the 

 works are found, but in the new 

 ground, and in the wooded areas, 

 the forms are fully preserved. 

 There is no telling what was the 

 original extent of these wonderful 

 lines of mounds, or what their 

 connection with the other series, 

 the remnants of which are found 

 on nearly every part of the bluff's 

 where tillage has not destroyed 

 them. 



A second group of more than 

 usual interest is located upon the 

 promontory that overlooks the 

 village on the north. This prom- 

 ontory extends to the northward, 

 as a narrow ridge with an uneven 

 crest, to the residence of Mr. 

 Derby and beyond. Its trend is 

 parallel with the river, from which 

 it rises at an angle of 40 degrees 

 or more. On the opposite side it 

 falls off' with abruptness to a 

 little stream which runs to the 

 southward and passes out at the 

 north end of the village. From 

 the railroad bridge at the cross- 

 ing of the stream we ascend the 

 point of tlie promontory by a series of slopes and cliffs to the height of 

 about 200 feet; beyond this point the ridge extends to the uorthward 

 and is narrow, and for about one-quarter of a mile nearly horizontal. 



Upon the level crest, which is forest covered, ai-e four mounds ; at 

 the south are two conical mounds and at the north two mounds I'epre- 



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Fig. 43.- 



-Mound group near Wyalusing, Graut 

 county. Wisrnnsin. 



