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Five of the larger mounds forming this group, viz., the sup- j 
posed burial mound and four of the panther or lizard mounds, are i 
quite close together. The supposed "burial mound" (No. 3) > 
being surrounded by three of the effigies (Nos. i, 2 and 4), while \ 
the fifth panther or lizard (No. 6) is isolated from the rest and \ 
lies at a distance of about 400 feet in a northerly direction from j 
the remainder of the group. The latter is now somewhat mutilated, < 
having had a considerable portion of its tail removed by the level- | 
ing of the ground and erection of a railway spur track directly to ] 
the north of it. i 
Upon this mound and its caudal extremity are to be seen grow- "i 
ing three sturdy white oak trees of a circumference of 25, 52 and ; 
36 inches, respectively, measured at breast height from' the ground. \ 
None of them are probably more than 50 to 75 years old, which, j 
however, is no indication of the age of these mounds, which were j 
undoubtedly, like other mounds discovered in and near Milwaukee \ 
by early settlers more than half a century or nearly a century ago, in . \ 
practically the same condition and of the same appearance when i 
the embryos of those trees first sprouted. This mound measures j 
now about 98 feet 6 inches in length, with an average width of 1 
about 7 feet in the tail and 18 feet at the legs. I 
Mound No. i is the largest of the group, with a general course | 
of N. 60 deg. 2 min. W., and'measures 162 feet in length, with an j 
average diameter of 9^ feet across the tail and 27^ feet across the I 
body. Its head is about 90 feet from the top of the ravine. ; 
Panther or lizard mound No. 2, the most westerly mound of 
the group, has a general direction of N. 27 deg. 39 min. W., and is 
122^ feet in length, with an average width of 10^ feet across the ; 
tail and 25 feet across the body at the limbs. ^ | 
Upon its western side opposite the legs stands an oak tree 65 i 
inches in circumference. i 
The distance from the tail end of No. i to the head of No. 2 is , 
40 feet. ; 
Mound No. 3 is the supposed '^burial" or elliptical mound. Its j 
center lies about 70 feet north of the middle of the tail of No. < 
about 70 feet to the east of the fore leg of No. 2, and about 80 feet ] 
from the middle of the tail of No. 4. It is 55 feet long by 22 feet ■ 
wide. Its general direction is N. 38 deg. 10 min. W. ; 
Mound No. 4 is located to the northeast of No. 3, and is 119 j 
feet long, with an average width of 9J feet across the tail and 24 : 
feet across the body. The general direction is N. 63 deg. 30 
min. W. j 
Mound No. 5 is located east by north of No. 4, their middles \ 
being about no feet apart. Its head projects slightly over the ] 
edge of the ravine. It measures 136 feet in length with an aver- > 
