. The Antiquarian [serial]. legs, the effigy is 30 feet wide and 25 feet inwidth at the attachment of the hind elevation of the figure above the gen-eral surface of the ground is at the should-ers five feet, gradually tapering to noth-ing at the end of the tail. Each foot isseventeen feet in diameter at its broadestpart. The smaller mound, No. 1, measures110 ft. in length. Its front paws are 55 , and the hind ones 57 feet. Its body,at the junction of the front legs, is 30 feetwide, and in length 60 feet, the tail being50 feet long. Its feet are fourteen feetin diameter; and it
. The Antiquarian [serial]. legs, the effigy is 30 feet wide and 25 feet inwidth at the attachment of the hind elevation of the figure above the gen-eral surface of the ground is at the should-ers five feet, gradually tapering to noth-ing at the end of the tail. Each foot isseventeen feet in diameter at its broadestpart. The smaller mound, No. 1, measures110 ft. in length. Its front paws are 55 , and the hind ones 57 feet. Its body,at the junction of the front legs, is 30 feetwide, and in length 60 feet, the tail being50 feet long. Its feet are fourteen feetin diameter; and its elevation the same asNo. 2, five feet high at head, tapering downto the ground at the tip of the tail. Theyare headed in the same direction, to thesouthwest, the smaller one ten rods south-west of the other. West of No. 2 are fourordinary mounds, as shown in the cut, twooblong and two circular in shape, no doubtcontemporaneous with, and thrown up by,the same Indians who built the of them have been Jar fum near the Eflir^y Mounds. Fragments of pottery ware are very com-mon here about the old fields and villagesites, but very few entire vessels have everbeen recovered. This spring, after thefreshets had laid open an ancient Indiangrave, I found the upper half of a large,finely-finished jar; the water having car-ried away the lower part of it. Across the THE ANTIQUARIAN. 177
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