MOUND-BUILDEES AND PLATYCNEMISM IN MICHIGAN. 



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One of tbe most interestiug works of this region, and which, till a 

 few years ago, formed a member of a numerous series of mounds in the 

 immediate vicinity, is the tumulus which I have named '' The Great 

 Mound of the river Eouge." This, in many respects, remarkable work 

 is situated on the eastern bank of Eouge River, a tributary of the 

 Detroit, and near the point of junction of the former with the latter 

 river, or about four and one-half miles from the city-hall in Detroit. 

 (See Fig. 1.) 



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Great Mound, Kh'-er Rouge, 



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Cii'cular IMound, Detroit Elver, 



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The size, shape, and well-defined outlines of the monument could 

 hardly fail to attract the attention of even the superficial observer, and 

 impress him as to its being the work of man. With a height of 20 

 feet, it must originally have measured about 300 feet in length by 200 



