Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-11-03
INDIAN MOUNDS
ARE LOCATED
Several Groups Have Been Noted
An Survey in the Western Part
of Sauk County

Several years ago A. B. Stout made
sxan arch Geological survey of the towns
.eTg DeIfon, Fairfield. Baraboo, Green
S7gAG- MeFr4mack. Sumpter, and Prairie
g5R Sac. An effort is now being made
s9zf3 e7J9fa4n the location of all the In
flG2m s1aouaas, village sites and other
Sxi43anoea of Indian occupation in the
weasGprm part of the county. Up to the
qgrmSaxt time the following data have
<2een .csAe0ted:
OelIona
There ia q linear mound on the NJ.
Hickey EARN; another has been des-
@sJuged. %A the Frank Mcdonald place
.sa7ps raj haxe been leveled and on the
LIRE b@ween the Hickey-McDonald
@sETaas gnsw be seen the remains Of
ssgwerad mounds.
Ia Vale
* groap of three efigy and linear
a@g1sss31ads (Paddock group have been
lacGzfeA or Big Creek, Heidrick place,
~ W. M4%tq. w. &c, section 10.
u gTouD OF several mounds may be
asase2 or the Dreifke place, near the
%98mEer of section 81, ABOUT. a mile
sssagE93a .o6 the village of La Vale. Some
&tsggas iseen ieveled by cultivation.
61MssGae P. J. Miibauer farm, near
N#lea' EsaTaboo river, section II, there
us1sTe ,&&z oval mounds. The land has
IistsSn, cultivated for sixty years.
!, Gbn Che farm of DR.. Miller, N w. Il,
NJ VIZ. ~ there was once man mound
zsaE other mounds, surveyed in Sep
Gtgazncrs 1872 by W. II. Garfield.
Gzstssgnuant may be seen near the farm
..ls5Stf4 at the highway. re
+ - Reedsburg .-j....e, ss.-4 49,,
..' &Iscoadlhg to the History of Sank
%&yTdasneys" 1880 several braves were
.4ur5ad IN a mound where the Sallade
Eaag1G$e WAS located. a. S. Brooks re-
u gsE45gss there were several mounds near
]saEEda street west of the river. Relics
ea@rA foamd in some of them when
E7xsVsaleS.
&Gn G1e Ed. Hand and William
NssaIkuS places, section "a, may be
,shsEn a gTo4p of 1S mounds.
Spring Green
En ~fgae Antiquities of Wisconsin"
Tgw Z a. Lapham, 1855, he describes
N bird mound on Wilson creek, near
,Gssg Robson and Hoxfe places. 1t has
&igsM destroyed A linear mound on
N-3tsR HsRie farm remains.
Mr.. IAph9m also describes mounds
%gm Ehe q. w. Jones farm, section a.
1aEnK east Of the village ON section s..
These are now destroyed.
There are several round mounds on
eIt@ bluff back of the home of Mrs
# g.. &E Robson.
Troy
Mounds are found on the farm Of
N&S81l1am Pierce. Mounds on the Ley
l79Ea1f and Farris places have been de-
shrugged. There was village site on
2S5aas K1einert place.
Woodland
t1n the farm OF III. Roehling, near
tiB Baraboo- river, section 2, a mound
'SagB ggssYtly graded down about 1880 by
II ugyad crew. 1t is stated that elk's
Sta1us were found in the mound
3ga9unG on the Bowman farm, section
a. Esas been destroyed. Human teeth,
4ljasea OF jaw bone and an earthen
'vaszseI were found. The Woodland
.Ireuuds were reported by former
@S8ariff VI. "a. Nichols. ss;s aaS S
Information Wanted
Th1, case the location of other mounds
.anes known in any of the towns west
nj Delton, Baraboo, Sumpter or
Ea&frie du Sac, kindly notify any
newspaper Office in the county by let
&Szg or telephone The report, when
.surxpieted by H. E. Cole of Baraboo,
-EasZ be published in the official publ
y ramon Of the Wisconsin Archaeological
-Ss8@cIstY.