1921] 



SKINNER, ARCHEOLOGICAL WORK OF THE MUSEUM. 



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Indians at work at Big Eddy, for the reason that the falls (Fig. 2) 

 were supposed to be inhabited by certain under-water monsters, notably 

 a calf which appeared on the rocks in the falls from time to time, and 

 also by one of the famous horned, hairy snakes of Menomini tradition. 

 The Indians were frequently frightened by bobbing logs or half covered 

 rocks in the eddy below the falls. These they pointed out as being un- 

 doubtedly the monsters referred to, and it was only with a great deal of 



Fig. 2. — Big Eddy Falls on the Wolf River — taken from the Indian Camp 

 site explored by the Museum party. 



persuasion that they could be kept in camp. It finally became necessary 

 for the head of the expedition to stay in camp day and night in order to 

 calm the fears of the two Indians. 



In 1919, Dr. Barrett and the writer investigated a group of mounds 

 on the east bank of the Wolf river a few miles above Big Eddy, near a 

 spot called "Five Islands" by the whites, and Jebaiesa supet, or "Where 

 the Little Corpse Lies," by the Indians, Here we pitched our camp, 

 and, on the first evening, while Dr. Barrett cooked and Captain John 

 rustled wood, Jerome Shawano-mite and I walked over the bushy prairie 

 to find a spring hole said to be stocked with brook trout. 



