46 BULLETIN, PUBLIC MUSEUM, MILWAUKEE. [V,ol. III. 



its highest elevation, the shoulder position, was 21.24 feet above 

 mean lake level, or 3.04 feet above the surrounding land on the up 

 hill side, and 5.25 feet on the down hill side. 



The elevation of the body decreased rather abruptly toward the 

 tail which itself decreased very gradually to the end where it was 

 18.24 feet above mean lake level, or 0.6 feet above the surrounding 

 land on the up hill side and 1.9 feet on the down hill side. 



The body of this mound was 40 feet long by 25 feet wide. It 

 had a rounded projection 10 feet long in the head position, a con- 

 siderable hump on the shoulder, and two curved legs, each about 

 13 feet long by approximately 10 feet wide. While all the panther 

 effigies in this group have short bodies compared with the lengths 

 of their tails this one was especially short and the head projection, 

 rounded back, and special hump on the shoulder are unusual fea- 

 tures. These are quite clearly shown in fig. 5. 



This mound was built for burial purposes as is shown by the 

 three burials in the shoulder position, and was elaborately stratified. 

 Of all the mounds in the group this one showed the most intricate 

 construction. The builders first made an excavation of the same 

 form and approximately the same extent as the completed mound. 

 The body of this intaglio was excavated to a maximum depth of 

 4.2 feet below the surrounding surface on the uphill side or 7.24 

 feet below the summit of the mound. The point of this maximum 

 excavation was at the shoulder position, where the burials were 

 found. A north and south or crosswise section of the mound showed 

 that this artificially prepared floor was fairly level and was formed 

 by the reddish brown clay hardpan. See plate IV. A lengthwise sec- 

 tion on the other hand showed some decrease in its depth to the 

 end of the body where it was only 3.25 feet below this same surface 

 level. From here the depth of the excavation decreased rather 

 rapidly to about a foot, which depth was maintained more or less 

 uniformly throughout the length of the tail. This decrease in the 

 depth of the intaglio of the tail is quite comparable to the decrease 

 in the elevation of the corresponding cameo. These relations are 

 given in the vertical longitudinal section shown in fig. 5. 



Upon the floor of this excavation was built up, by a series of 

 carefully placed strata, a resting place for the main burial which 

 was in the center of the shoulder position of the mound, and which 

 was accompanied by two other burials at slightly higher levels. 

 The placement of these burials is also shown in fig. 5. 



