Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902 . ahokiamound is by far the most imposing, as Vot,. r<TV.— No. ( 23 it is, indeed, of all the aboriginal is situated in Madison County, Illi-nois, six miles from St. Louis. The entire archaeological exhibit of theState of Illinois at the Worlds Fair of1893 is said to have been made up of pot-tery and weapons found in a single ex-cavation not far from one of the sixtysmaller mounds lying near by. and sub-ordinate to the mass of the scientific treasures may there uo1be in the interior of this mighti
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902 . ahokiamound is by far the most imposing, as Vot,. r<TV.— No. ( 23 it is, indeed, of all the aboriginal is situated in Madison County, Illi-nois, six miles from St. Louis. The entire archaeological exhibit of theState of Illinois at the Worlds Fair of1893 is said to have been made up of pot-tery and weapons found in a single ex-cavation not far from one of the sixtysmaller mounds lying near by. and sub-ordinate to the mass of the scientific treasures may there uo1be in the interior of this mightiest ves-tige of the earlier Americans? What anopportunity it presents for exploration ! The interest in all things Americanwhich is already aroused, and will be con-tinuously increased as the date of theSt. Louis Fair draws near, could be dobetter utilized than by taking the rightsteps to preserve the Cahokia mound ina public park, free from taxation, underthe auspices of the State or of the na-tional government. This course has al- 200 HARPERS MONTHLY Distant View, showing complete Outline of SPromontory extending into the Valley of ready been adopted with gratifying re-sults in regard to some of the animaleffigy mounds of Wisconsin, the GreatSerpent mound, and the Fort Ancientembankments in Ohio, as well as theconical mound at Kalamazoo, Michigan. Two of the effigy mounds of Wiscon-sin have been preserved on the collegecampus of the University of Wisconsinat Madison. They are both bird-shaped,rising to a height of from two and a halfto three feet above the surface. Thefirst shows the outstretched wings, thirtyfeet each in length, of a symbolic birdforty-three feet from the end of the beakto the tip of the tail. The second hasa split tail, suggestive of the one side the half tail, which is near-ly straight, extends to a length of sixty-six feet; the other part of the tail,which is curved, is forty-eight feet inlength. The body of the bird effigy isfifty
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