Madison, Dane County and surrounding towns; being a history and guide to places of scenic beauty and historical note .. . four lakes. So marked were the differences betweenour mounds and those in other states, that many con-cluded they were relics of a distinct race; but inves-tigation showed agreements between the structuresthat dot the country from the great lakes to Mexicoand Central America. Some of the curious moundsin this region that were in existence at recent dates,or are now, may be mentioned; but a complete recordwill not be attempted. Visitors coming to explore,will find no lack of
Madison, Dane County and surrounding towns; being a history and guide to places of scenic beauty and historical note .. . four lakes. So marked were the differences betweenour mounds and those in other states, that many con-cluded they were relics of a distinct race; but inves-tigation showed agreements between the structuresthat dot the country from the great lakes to Mexicoand Central America. Some of the curious moundsin this region that were in existence at recent dates,or are now, may be mentioned; but a complete recordwill not be attempted. Visitors coming to explore,will find no lack of indications to put them on thetrack of discovery. Dr. Lapham, assisted by the re-sources of the Antiquarian Society and the Smith-sonian Institution, omitted surveys which would havebeen as interesting as any in his Antiquities ofWisconsin, and Messrs. Squier and Davis, in the Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Yalley,were similarly unable to complete the catalogue. A great mound on State street was used gradingthe hollows in that locality. Near Lake Monona, ad-joining Ex-Governor Fairchilds residence, was a liz-. NtVig, ftWLS ftffCB eRftOELifg. HISTOKY OF MADISON. 191 arc! 318 feet long. The figure was rude, but not moreso than was inevitable, considering that the moundwas formed of surface soil, nobody knows how manycenturies ago. It was removed in grading Wilsonstreet and Wisconsin avenue. The mounds near theHospital for the Insane are too well known to requiredescription, and moreover, too numerous. North ofLake Wingra there were many mounds, embodyingspecimens of almost every variety, except works fordefense. Five of them were oblong, twenty sevencircular, one circular with lateral projections, one abird, and two quadrupeds. Every writer on this sub-ject is indebted to the surveys made by Dr. Lapham,whose work adorns the shelves of the HistoricalSociety, with those of other authors who have mademounds their specialty. The south angle of ThirdLake has extensive and regul
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