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Antiquities

The mounds are generally scattered about without any apparent order or arrangement, but are occasionally arranged into irregular rows, the animals appearing as if drawn up in a line of march. An instance of this kind is seen near the road seven miles east from the Blue Mounds, in Iowa County. At one place near the Four Lakes it is said that one hundred tumuli of various shapes and dimensions may be counted; those representing animals being among others that are round or oblong.

Fragments of ancient pottery of a very rude kind are often found in various localities. They were formed by hand or moulded as their appearance show evidently that these vessels were not turned on a "potters wheel". Parts of the rim of vessels usually ornamented with small notches or figures are most abundant.

A mound is said to have been discovered near Cassville on the Mississippi which is supposed to represent an animal having a trunk like the elephant or the

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