10 Bulletin of Wisconsin Natural History Society. Vol. 1, No. 1. 
Location. 
The Teller group is located in the northeast quarter of the 
southeast quarter of Section 5, Town 7 north, Range 22 east, in 
Milwaukee County, Wis., about one-third of a mile east of the 
Port Washington road, and about a quarter of "a mile from the 
west bank of the Milwaukee River. 
It is situated west of and close to the brink of a ravine, about 
200 feet wide at the widest part, and through which a small, clear 
stream flows in the spring and early summer, being directly 
tributary to the Milwaukee River. 
The general elevation of the tract of tree-covered pasture land 
surrounding the mounds is about 18 feet above the ravine', 36^ 
feet above the river and 17 feet lower than the Port Washington 
road. The elevation of the mounds themselves is from one-half 
foot to 2^ feet above the surrounding pasture land. 
This group (Plate II.) comprises thirty-five large and small 
mounds and consists of : 
First. — Five large effigy or animal forms, which belong to the 
so-called panther or lizard type. 
Second. — One large mound of an elliptical shape, which was 
supposed to have been a burial mound or cache. 
Third. — Twenty-seven smaller tumuli of approximately cir- 
cular or oval outline, of which a group of three accompanies each 
of the five large effigies, the remaining twelve being located in 
other parts of the pasture grouped as follows: Six, two, two, 
one, one. 
These smaller mounds are peculiar in their construction, and 
doubts were expressed during the discussion at meetings of the 
section, whether they represented the work of the aborigines or 
merely marked tree falls in the ancient forest. Careful compari- 
son and consideration of these, however, has inclined us to the 
former opinion. They measure from 18x10 down to 2x6 feet in 
size, and have each a noticeable depression on either side opposite 
the transverse axis of the mound, whereas in the case of a tree- 
mound there would be but one such depression and that directly in 
the rear of the mound. 
These depressions from their situation, give the impression that 
themounds themselves were formed by simply scoopingout the earth 
on either side of the mound and heaping it up in the middle. The 
original oval or circular shape of these smaller mounds appears to 
have undergone considerable modification in the course of time. 
It may be remarked that the soil composing these smaller barrows 
seems to be of a looser nature than that of the effigies. 
