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ETHNOLOGY. 



great massacre and capture of the fort occurred on June, 1763; and 

 till within the last few years the place has not been occupied since ten 

 years after that event. 



A remarkable series of mounds occurs at Beaver Harbor, on Beaver 

 Island, in Lake Michigan. [Fig. 9.] They are at present chiefly occu- 

 pied by the town of Saint James, which w^s built by the Mormons, 

 under their leader, James Strang, ("King Strang,") about the year 

 1852~'53. The mounds, which overlook the harbor, are extensive ; and 

 though, so far as I am aware, they have never been systematically 

 investigated, they doubtless present a rich mine for research. 



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Moxmds at Beaver Harbor, Beaver Island, 

 Michigan. 



MICHIQAIT 



5 Mies. 



A very limited and hurried examination which I made of them in 1871 

 sufficiently satisfied me as to their ancient origin. They appear to be of 

 the same character as the mounds on the Detroit Eiver and at the foot of 

 Lake Huron. They were probably largely used for purposes of sepulture, 

 and until a comparatively recent period even the present race of Indians 

 has continued to inter the dead, though not perhaps in the same reposi- 

 tories, at least in their immediate vicinity. From the success attending 



