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the Mississippi river, opposite Prairie du Chien, which he says " resembles 

 an elephant." It is probably a buffalo. Other mounds might be mentioned, 

 and among them the group which was one of the earliest discovered in the 

 state, namely, the group described by Mr. S. Taylor, and situated near 

 Blue Mound. (See Figs. 13 and 14). Ooe of these resembles the figure which 



Fig. 13. 



we have drawn out of the so called elephant effigy, and we therefore give it as 

 a specimen. Our conclusion after all this^^exploration is that there are no 



Fig. 14. 



elephant effigies in the state, and that the so-called elephant ruound was 

 designed to represent either the bear, the wild-cat, the buffalo, or the 

 moose, every one of which contains the same elements of a heavy body, a 

 large head and a protruding snout, and any one of which might might be 

 made to represent an elephant if we would cut off certain parts of the head, 

 and add to other parts. 



