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BULLETIN, PUBLIC MUSEUM, MILWAUKEE. 



[Vol. III. 



some 10 feet in diameter and surrounded a central fire about 3 feet 

 in diameter which was itself located directly over the central burial. 

 These are indicated by three fire symbols in the cross section shown 

 in plate IV. 



MOUND No. 4 



Mound No. 4 was a rather high bear (?) effigy, lying at the 

 bottom of a small depression between the large panther effigy No. 

 3 and the opposite panther No. 5. It trended N 34° 15' E and occu- 

 pied a focal position in four distinct lines of mounds. These lines 



SCALE Or FEET 



FIG. 8— PLAN OF MOUND NO. 4 



were those formed by mounds 1 to 3 ; 5 and 6; 15 to 18, and 8, 9, 

 12 to 14. It therefore must have had considerable importance in 

 relation to the general arrangement of the mound group. Its place- 

 ment is shown in the large plat, fig. 1. In a mound so centrally 

 located we would expect to find important features of stratification, 

 or burial. However, nothing was found of special note except three 

 separate fires placed along the centre of the northern portion of the 

 body. The mound had an elevation above mean lake level of 20.84 

 feet or about 2 feet above the surface of the surrounding ground. 



