The antiquities of Wisconsin : as surveyed and described . a very flat cone. In one was found the skeleton of a man, with fragments ofpottery, &c. There are also a few mounds near Lake Maria, at the source of Grand river(sections twenty-five and thirty-six, township fourteen, range twelve). The Neenah river is in some places bordered by a high sandy bank, frequentlyhigher near the water than further back. Along the margin of this bank, smallindistinct mounds are of frequent occurrence, placed as if intended to guard or watchthe passage of the river. They are often of a subtriangular form, the-
The antiquities of Wisconsin : as surveyed and described . a very flat cone. In one was found the skeleton of a man, with fragments ofpottery, &c. There are also a few mounds near Lake Maria, at the source of Grand river(sections twenty-five and thirty-six, township fourteen, range twelve). The Neenah river is in some places bordered by a high sandy bank, frequentlyhigher near the water than further back. Along the margin of this bank, smallindistinct mounds are of frequent occurrence, placed as if intended to guard or watchthe passage of the river. They are often of a subtriangular form, the- shortest sideand highest point being towards the river. They are unusually small, and havebut little elevation. At a place known as Moundville, are some structures quite perfect in theirshape and outline. They are in the oak-openings, on the west side of the river,in township fourteen, range nine; and consist of several raccoons and bears, withoblong and round mounds, and one animal form (Fig. 27), whose genus and speciescould not well be made ra&l% #| | At Moundville. Forty feet to an inch. CHAPTER WORKS IN THE BASIN OF THE WISCONSIN RIVER. The Wisconsin river is the largest stream within the State, having its sourceon the boundary line between Wisconsin and Michigan, in a small sheet of waterknown as Lac Vieux Desert, and running into the Mississippi at Prairie du general course is nearly south as far as the Winnebago portage, where it almostunites with the Neenah. At this point it is suddenly deflected towards the south-west and west. Its length cannot be less than four hundred miles, and it has anaggregate descent of about nine hundred feet, or two and a quarter feet per drains an area of about eleven hundred square miles. The valley of this fine stream, from the Winnebago Portage to its junction withthe Mississippi, may be deemed the great central seat of population at the time ofthe erection of the animal-shaped earthworks; at least we m
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