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great group of pictures was arranged in definite order, agreeing with the arrange- 
ments of mythical personages and positions usual in the aboriginal ceremonials of 
the region. Itis a great pity that the original order has been destroyed, but the 
inroads of relie hunters and inscription cranks made it necessary to take up the 
stones. One large stone was taken to Minneapolis by Prof. Winchell. There are a 
few pieces still in place. All were near the base of one of the great granite bowlders, 
and it is said here that formerly, within the memory of the living, the place was 
visited by Indians who wished to consult the gods. 
The following description is extracted from the account of Mr. James 
W. Lynd (0): 
Numerous high bluffs and clifis surround it; the Pipestone quarry and the alluvial 
flat below these, in which the quarry is situated, contains a huge bowlder that rests 
upon a flat rock of glistening, smooth appearance, the level of which is but a few 
inches above the surface of the ground. Upon the portions of this rock not covered 
by the bowlder above and upon bowlder itself are carved sundry wonderful figures— 
lizards, snakes, otters, Indian gods, rabbits with cloven feet, muskrats with human 
feet, and other strange and incomprehensible things—all cut into the solid granite, 
and not without a great deal of time and labor expended in the performance, * * * 
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Fic. 51.—Petroglyphs in Brown's valley, Minnesota 
A large party of Ehanktonwanna and Teetonwan Dakotas, says the legend, had 
gathered together at the quarry to dig the stone. Upon a sultry evening, just before 
sunset, the heavens suddenly became overclouded by a heavy rumbling thunder and 
every sign of an approaching storm, such as frequently arises on the prairie without 
