Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . of their possession re-mains in the tangible records which they con-structed, for whatever reason, with so muchlabor and persistence, and in such Indians appeared to have no knowledge ofthese mounds or earthw^orks, found so widelyscattered over the territory from the Alleghenyto the Rocky Mountains, and their purpose,whether for burial places, for religious rites, orfor war, cannot be entirely understood. In theHistorical Encyclopedia of Illinois, Vol. I ofthis work, pp. 388-391, it is said: The Rock River region seems to have beena favorite fi
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . of their possession re-mains in the tangible records which they con-structed, for whatever reason, with so muchlabor and persistence, and in such Indians appeared to have no knowledge ofthese mounds or earthw^orks, found so widelyscattered over the territory from the Alleghenyto the Rocky Mountains, and their purpose,whether for burial places, for religious rites, orfor war, cannot be entirely understood. In theHistorical Encyclopedia of Illinois, Vol. I ofthis work, pp. 388-391, it is said: The Rock River region seems to have beena favorite field for the operation of the moundbuilders, as shown by the number and varietyof these structures, extending from Sterling, InWhiteside County, to the Wisconsin State large number of these were to be found Inthe vicinity of the Kishwaukee River in thesoutheastern part of Winnebago County. Thefamous prehistoric fortification on Rock River,Just beyond the Wisconsin boundary—whichseems to have been a sort of counterpart of the.
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