Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-17
THE MOT ND-BI ILDERS.
SACRlFrClAL AND eFFIGY MOUNDS IN
WISCONSIN AND ELSEWHERE.

Are Nut Genuine A>isti" origin "f the
Superior Region.
In the realms Of ar,hr"loCy aud an tent
history there ar many ~haIrt~> tuIu-- that
give TO the lnInd no Chew hv which fh.y
t,. III, nutied. but no figure In the whois
gaIuut l. more vague than all Indian mound
ulne authority sl+ak> ut An Indian mound
a a common grave, such a one meets with
in any cemetery. Tn" average farmer,
dri,l ing his Ity guest over country roads,
points with his whip into an adjacent field
at II circular hill"ck, with the base like a
charcoal PIT and RISING more gradually 10
point near the top. saying. That's an In
dian mound AS the guest show, his in
terrst IN the subject and strains his eyes to
catch sight Of the object, the accommodate
ing farmer Keeps pointing out the mounds
every little way In truth, half the mounds
pointed ont are not genuine, or If they are
no one knows about II. a. they have never
been opened. Ii l. scarcely plausible to a.
scrt that the Indians passed. all then time
building mounds If they did, they night
have been in better business.
\ traNel,r who has ridden fast and far
in company with inventive drivers, and who
has had things palmed OF ON HIM as Indian
mounds that would have mad" the builders
turn in their graves, had an interview with
all eminent Scarrher after mounds on the
subject He said that he was convinced. a.
far As any one cou Il he Convinced when
tangible pruO.~ were wanting. Of the NSatIc
origin Of the people who mluei their copper
on the south shore of Lake superior and ear
her still on Isle Ruvae and who built what IS
known as Aztalau There Is a great va
risty Of mounds in the state, he said, but
all divisions that have b N made yet are
not 10 be depelded on. The earliest that
were built were the sarrltiCIal mounds and
the ISOunds Of alteration The latter were
built 50 that the rising and setting sun could
be seen from them They were invariably
built round The SaCritrial mounds We're
5 iuare, a. their remains indicate. The size
of the mound, depended ON the ease with
which thr soil could be moved There are
also round mounds in which a great many
skeletons are found when they are opened
~ACRIFI"IAI-, EFFIGN AND RI RIAL MOUNDS,
The Sicrifi..ial mounds are not very
plenty in thus part Of the state, nor in fact,
in any part The remains Of one are located
on the east bank Of the Chippewa river,
near Beef Slough, and another on the point
bl lhll'l AT TIC N'hllNtll't III tllS iN''A tAhi
and Cnetek rivers, in northern Wisconsin.
\ path of etiisy noun IS has ba-en traced
from Chetek lax, 10 Cedar lake, in Barren
county In swamp west Of Chetek lake,
flooded bv water now, Is the old road the
early caravans used t. travel These traces
are all that remain Of the race that worked
the early copper mines on Lake Superior.
In Wisconsin by far the larger pIu, ,,Ortion
are effigy noun 5 while in ohio the animal
mound, do not probably number half
do en- and tn largest one of them Is entirely
separated from the Enclosures Two bird
mOdnds o.rur in Putnam county, Georgia
With these exceptions the etfgy mounds be
long to one locality and to people who
had not the characteristics of contemporary
nations II Is also p.O ahle that the pto-
pie who built the mounds We're not the same
who constructed the burial mounds 1t is
the remains OF the etgy mounds that we
want the state to appropriate money 10 pur-
chase.
How much land would it take
About 3OO acres IN different parts of Thea
stat, IL is the square mounds that are the
most signit ant, a. their relative positions
show the way the people tra' eIed.
Abiding to the magnitude OF the work
done by thus strange pope, he sad that
the exca, alton ON Isle RDyale, Lake SuPe
rIor. showed that thousands of men had
worked there at time
Whole cartluad, Of hammers were found
there In Ontunagun county and at he
waunee Point. on the south shoe OF the
lake the excavation tends for nifty les
The Indian, Of the present day are a differ
ent rae. for the wurE Of thu cHPper mines
was abandoned several hundred years ago
In fact, il i my theory that the conquest
of Mexico 10y C,Tte~ and the shutting down
of WORK in the copper mines was at the same
time Milwaukee Wisconsin
The TailIess Cattle of Florida.
a noticed the other day some cattle here
In ia, k-onvile, and thou hit that, aside
from their leanness, and dImlnutive size,
there was something else peculiar about
,heul. and studied for some time, until |
,uddenly discovered there We're some of
them minus tails. Others Looked as though
they had about half of that useful append
aye cut off In a country where flies and
mus Iultoe, are 80 plentiful a they must be
here, | should think it no les than down
right cruelty for people to treat the poor
creatures IN this shameless manner.
NV REMARKS were greeted with a roar of
laughter. Dies Noul h'ai y my '"ite
friend, the people don't do that, it's the ain
gators.
~ALigators'" said |, astonisheL How
can that be
oh, they grab them when the are feed
ing in the water You SEE they creep up 80
quietly that the cattle do not notice their
approach and the first thing the animal Is
aware of is u jerl i'll the rear. He tries to
lat. of the hHI,iAF he.
pulls the tighter the alligator hold, on, un-
tll the aplpudaSe gives way, and the con
uueror swim, off happy. The Present
Bu,ine>~ Is Bu,IneSs.
Merchant Traveller
Young Billkins was utterly devoted to
. business, but somehow found time 20 fHl'
in love and ask the girl to marry him
The tim. Wa set and he called ON the old
gentleman 10 get his consent. He had a
( long talk and that evening came up TO
see the girl
Well She >aid. in considerable anx
iety. what did pa say
lie said that wheat was going up and
there WAS me chance for a man 10 make
/ a handsome little dot
"Ishaw Didn he >ay anything else:
"Oh yes we talked about dozen vent
( tureS that might be made with an excel
lent chance Of coming out ahead every
time
Bother the business What did he
say when you asked him if you could
have me:
w ha-w wha-what?" he ,tammered.
why, what did he say about me-"
BY George, Mary, | forgot all about
it III 60 the first thing in the morning
and see him about il
Ahead of the scientists.
lChicago Herald Train Talk. "'
They can talk all they please about
their great scientists. said the brakeman
as he stepped from between two ighr
cars and made his arms 90 up in the air
but did something the other day thai
Darwin. llacckei. Huxley and all them
evoutionist fellcrS never could 10. witt
= all their larnin. We were running along
with about thirty cars when our train
broke in TWO sections. We stopped EN-
an were goin to couple up again wheI