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site at the falls of the Milwaukee River a mile and a half farther 

 north, and also near the Lincoln Park bridge. 



We must not omit to state that the structure of the linear mound 

 was peculiar in that the disturbed or relic-bearing earth continued to 

 a depth greater than that of the surrounding surface of the land, in- 

 dicating that it had once been slightly dug out, much as were the 

 famed "Intaglio" mounds. However, the stratification with variously 

 colored sands which Doctor Barrett has discovered as part of the cere- 

 monial raising of mounds built over at least some intaglio foundations 

 was absent. The writer believes, therefore, that the origin of mound 

 No. 1 was quite different. He hazards the conclusion that the mound 

 was originally the site of a long winter lodge, slightly dug out to 

 better afford protection, and used continuously, or successively from 

 winter to winter as is more likely, until the hollow was filled up and 

 mounded over with wood ashes and camp debris. What makes this 

 appear the more likely is that in some cases, particularly near the 

 southeast end of the mound, dark earth, bearing pottery, chips, and 

 arrowpoints, overflowed the sides, and made patches on the barren 

 sandy loam that surrounded it, as though the last dwellers had lived 

 on the summit and their refuse trickled down the sides. It may be 

 observed that there was very little pottery to be found on and near 

 the bottom of the mound, and that most of the sherds were in the very 

 grass roots. This is a condition that has been repeatedly noted on 

 ancient Algonkian sites in the Middle Atlantic States, where pottery 

 seems to have come in late, but it appears that when the Indians of 

 this stock came into Wisconsin, they were already in possession of a 

 well-developed potter's art, so that in this case it may only mean that 

 the first comers, while cognizant of the potter's art, used only vessels 

 of bark and wood, which have not survived the years. This is ren- 

 dered the more probable because the other mound of the group 

 yielded potsherds from top to bottom. 



Some twenty feet away from Mound No. 1 a rise of ground was 

 noted, and called by the writer "Mound No. 2," but investigation 

 soon showed that it was a natural elevation, and not of artificial origin. 

 A short trench was run across the elevation, however, and six feet from 

 the start a dark stain was found to run down through the yellow soil. 

 It was clearly disturbed earth, and, at a depth of only fourteen inches 

 a skeleton, shown in figure 67, in a flexed, or drawn up, position was 

 encountered. The skull was headed south by fifteen degrees west, and 

 was facing east. About four inches west of the skull lay a crude 

 notched flint arrowpoint, and two feet north of the pelvis was a small 



