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Antiquities

human form near the Blue Mounds, is according to R.C. Taylor Esq. one hundred twenty feet in length; it lies in an east and west direction the head towards the west, with the arms and legs extended. The body or trunk is thirty feet in breadth, the head twenty five, and its elevation above the general surface of the prairie is about six feet. Its configuration is so distinct that there can be no possibility of mistake in assigning it to the human figure.*

A mound at Prairieville representing a turtle is about five feet high, the body is fifty six feet in length; it represents the animal with its legs extended, and its feet turned backwards. It is to be regretted that this interesting mound is now nearly destroyed. These ancient works are found all over the Territory, but are most abundant at Aztalan on Rock river, near the Blue Mounds, along the Wisconsin, Neenah, & the Pishtaka rivers, and near Lake Winnebago.

*The reader is referred to the "Notice of Indian Mounds &c. in Wisconsin, in Silliman's Journal vol 34 p. 88 by R.C. Taylor- and to the "Descriptions of Ancient remains in Wisconsin by S. Taylor, vol 44 p. 21 of the same work for more detailed descriptions and drawings of these interesting "animal mounds".