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survey of the efBgy mounds and led many of the archseologists, to notice 

 every report of the discovery of new elephant effigies. When, therefore, 

 Mr. Theodore F. Wise, v^ho was at the time publishing a monthly paper, 

 called " The Young Mineralogist and Antiquarian," made the announce- 

 ment that he had discovered an elephant effigy in the vicinity of Green 

 Lake county, it seemed desirable to the writer that the place should be vis- 

 ited and the facts about the effigy be ascertained. The extension of the 

 survey and a report of it will therefore be excusable. The trip resulted in 

 some very interesting discoveries, but in the refutation of everything which 

 was announced by IMr. Wise in reference to the effigy. The neighborhood 

 of Green Lake is very interesting on account of the number and variety of 

 its effigies. Here on the west side of the lake, situated on the summit of 

 the bluffs and overlooking the water, the writer discovered manj'- beautiful 

 effigies a large majority of tliem being in the shape of squirrels. The squir- 

 rels were in every conceivable attitude, some of them of large size. 



On the south end of the lake a group was discovered which contained the 

 effigies of two bears and a deer in the attitude of running. There were 

 also various groups of effigies on the southeast side of the lake. Some of 

 these were bu-ds, some panthers and a few turtles, but many of them were 

 squirrels. (See Fig. 10.) The imjjression formed by the survey was that 

 here was a clan residence, and that the reason for the erecting of these 

 effigies on the various bluffs, was because the totem of the clan was that 

 of the squirrel. The ti'ip was extended to the shores of Lake Pucka way. 

 Here on the south side of tlie lake, there are many mounds and effigies. 

 One long row of mounds was followed for the distance of three miles; the 

 row was situated on the edge of the bluff overlooking the lake, and con- 

 sisted of long mounds, round mounds and various effigies, among which 

 were the bear, and a fox represented as running with his head turned 

 around and looking behind him, a very interesting effigy. A number of 

 groups were discovered also upon the north side of the lake, one of them 

 near the Chicago club-house. This was also in the shape of a squirrel, but 

 a squirrel in a peculiar attitude. There were no effigies resembling the 

 elephant, anywhere on either of the lakes. A gentleman who attended 

 the ^vTiter in his explorations at Lake Puckaway (Mr. A. Aldrich, of Green 

 Lake) gave information in reference to the so-called elephant effigy, and 

 volunteered to be a guide to the spot. Accordingly, on the return trip, we 

 went in search of tlie effigy, and in a field which had been plowed for many 

 years, discovered a number of round mounds, and one that looked as if it 

 might have been an effigy at one time, but it was so far obliterated that no 

 shape whatever could be made out. This was at Dautz Tavern, half way 

 between Green Lake and Lake Puckaway. Mr. Aldrich informed the 

 writer that he was with Mr. Theodore S. Wise when he examined this 

 mound, and that at that time it was in the same condition that it was wlien 

 we visited it. The resemblance to an elephant was wrought out of the 

 imagination of Mr. Wise, but had no existence. In fact it was im- 



