Bay County past and present . beenscooped up from the side away from the river, leaving a pond or lowarea just back of it (1.) There were mounds at Twenty-fourth and at Twenty-secondstreets near the river, on the east side. On the west side there wasone where the Michigan Central roundhouse was located, and the sandof the mound was used for railroad purposes. There was another dis-covered when Linn street was laid out by the village of Wenona, whichwas probably a little south of Midland street. And still another layfarther to the south between Midland street and Salzburg. This wasused as an In
Bay County past and present . beenscooped up from the side away from the river, leaving a pond or lowarea just back of it (1.) There were mounds at Twenty-fourth and at Twenty-secondstreets near the river, on the east side. On the west side there wasone where the Michigan Central roundhouse was located, and the sandof the mound was used for railroad purposes. There was another dis-covered when Linn street was laid out by the village of Wenona, whichwas probably a little south of Midland street. And still another layfarther to the south between Midland street and Salzburg. This wasused as an Indian camping ground long after settlements existed acrossthe river from there. All these mounds contained skeletons, stone weapons, brokenpottery, tools, and ornaments. Many of these prove the Mound Build-ers to have been different from the Indians of history or legend, andshow that this earlier race was further advanced in civilization than (1) IV. 379-383. also Gansser, 74-78. NATIVE LIFE—FIRST EVIDENCES OF HUMAN LIFE. 27. 28 BAY COUNTY, PAST AND PRESENT, the Chippewas. Copper kettles and other copper implements werefound in some of the mounds, showing that if these were the remainsof the same race, they knew much about the use of copper. A silvercanoe, well made, and tipped with gold, was found in the side of onemound, but this was probably given to an Indian of more recent timesby some missionary or trader. The head carved in stone and shown in the picture of Bay CountyIndian relics was found in a mound near the mouth of the Kawkawlinriver. It is a difficult piece of work well done, and is a very rare speci-men, there being only three or four others like it in existence. REFERENCES. Michigan Pioneer and Historical Builders. Bay County History, 1883. Pages 3 2, County History and Biography— of a Half-Century—Bela Hubbard. See list in Appendix under Pages 199-261.
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