The antiquities of Wisconsin : as surveyed and described . s rapids, of one hundred and seventy feet. The public surveys not having all been completed, the area drained by this rivercannot be exactly stated; but it is estimated at about 6,700 square miles. At a place on the east side of Green bay, called the Bed Banks (townshiptwenty-five, range twenty-two), as we are informed by Hon. Morgan L. Martin, inhis annual discourse before the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, delivered in1851, there are traces of ancient cultivation, still distinct, over a tract of severalhundred acres, now over
The antiquities of Wisconsin : as surveyed and described . s rapids, of one hundred and seventy feet. The public surveys not having all been completed, the area drained by this rivercannot be exactly stated; but it is estimated at about 6,700 square miles. At a place on the east side of Green bay, called the Bed Banks (townshiptwenty-five, range twenty-two), as we are informed by Hon. Morgan L. Martin, inhis annual discourse before the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, delivered in1851, there are traces of ancient cultivation, still distinct, over a tract of severalhundred acres, now overgrown with forest-trees of a large size; the product, accord-ing to computation, of five centuries. The remains of an embankment inclosing anacre or two of ground, occupy an elevated position in the immediate vicinity. No other aboriginal works about Green bay have come to my knowledge, thoughthey may have existed and been long since destroyed; for settlements have ex-isted there since a period nearly or cpiite as far back as the year 1065. ~ -ff%; jJi*,. Little Butte des Morts, as seen across the Lake. Juno 14, 185 Nor do we find such traces along the rapids below Lake Winnebago. Theadvantages of water power had no attraction for the natives. The gently flowingstream and placid lake were more favorite places of resort. Hence, we perceiveno indications of ancient mounds till near Lake Winnebago; the first one inascending the river being on the west side of Little Lake Butte des Morts, aname indicating the existence of the mound, and the purpose for which it waserected. (See Fig. 25.) ANCIENT WORKS NEAR FOX RIVER. 61 This tumulus is about eight feet high, and fifty feet in diameter. It is to behoped that a monument so conspicuous, and so beautifully situated, may be for everpreserved as a memento of the past. It is a picturesque and striking object inpassing along this fine lake, and may have been the cause of serious reflections andhigh resolves to many a passing savage. It is
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