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392 Iowa Co.

are three miles apart, and there is a small mound lying between them. They are composed of silicious limestone, like the other mounds in this region, and are visible when the air is clear about thirty miles. The Indian name is Eu-ne-she-te-no-"the two mountains".

The view from the top of these mounds is very interesting and is [thus] graphicaly described by Gen. Wm. R. Smith in 1838 as follows: "An ocean of prairie surrounds the gazer, whose vision is not limited to less than thirty or forty miles; this great sea of verduse is interspersed with delightfully varying undulations, like the vast waves of the ocean, and every here and there sinking in the hollows, or cresting the swells, appear spots of wood, large groves, extensive ranges of timber, small groups

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