_very slight. In 1883, when they were traced, the pictogré 
_ boulder has a flat surface with a western exposure; is irregu 
_and the plateau is also called “Sacred;”’ but the name has 
significance as regards the markings, for two lovers named 
eee without Paving that there were any pictogr: aphs 
: of the existence of the inscriptions until after their discovery 
the whites, although the plateau was for many years a ge 
a stated that twelye hundred feet to the eastward of this ro 
+ boulder was situated an ancient enclosure or fort of the 
: - builders, of about four acres, with a ‘customary outlying 
— One is oi justified, te in speculating, P 
640 Incised Boulders in the Upper Minnesota Valley, 
This boulder is in the edge of the public park, on the no 
end of the plateau at Brown’s Valley, Minnesota. The plat 
is about forty feet above the Minnesota River there. 
in outline, and is about five feet eight inches in diameter, andi i 
firmly imbedded in the terrace. 
Fig. 1 is the central figure, and undoubtedly represents a man, 
although the form is somewhat conventional. 
Fig. 2 represents a bird. 
Fig. 3 represents a tortoise. 
Fig. 4 is a cross and circle combined, but the circle has a groove 
extending out from it. : 
Figs. 5, 6, and 7, although somewhat in the shape of crosses, 
probably represent bird-tracks. ye 
Figs. 8 and 9 are nondescript in character 
must be some meaning attached to them. 
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were very plain; but during my last visit to this region, in 
summer of 1886, the moss was gradually encroaching upon t 
and it will be only a matter of a few years before they are en 
tirely covered up. 
The people of the place call this boulder “the Sacred Ro 
Snie as it may seem, the Indians of this region have | 
beatin connected with this boulder, and, in fact, did not km 
rendezvous for them as a sporting-ground. 
_ Asa matter of incidental antiquarian interest here, it may 
