KEE. III. 



• placement of these i i fices : 



rial; (2) between strata; (3) on altars; (4) on 



unds; and (5) iticial 



rificial fires: (1) under, arou r a 



fire strata (usually four ceremonial fires being 



• construction of a mound; (3) as circles of small 



as fire rings; and (5) finally as ceremonial fires 



ly covering the tops of the mounds. 



ition of the dead : (1) by two types of cremation ; 

 by two types of flexed burial in the flesh; and (3) by 

 bundle re-burials similar to the ossuary of certain o 



the burials in the flesh the body was usually 

 n its right side and facing south. One very peculiar 



:ound. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. 



Figure 1. The mouth of Kratz creek, showing the marsh in which 

 are located two large springs. 



Figure 2. Buffalo lake, showing the shore opposite the Kratz 

 Creek mound group. 



and the u 



he top soil be inning 



mound. While this d: ly covers 



aounds, it seen, it various 



btain in ol the state 



l at least. Sin tied studies of other 



much needed and will form highly interesting com- 



• that opportunities may present themselves 



future and that such comparisons may lead 



landing problems concerning Wis- 



i tukxe, Wisconsin, 

 September 4, 1918. 



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