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' Tumuli and Mounds.We have often witnessed the ’‘ruthless desecration” of our ancient mounds and earthworks which point their shadowy .. finger to the past and as often thought .the White Barbarian deserved a severe rebuke for destroying-the only mementoes -.'of the ancient inhabitants’. “ Every land4 * • * .1 . . lt;» •'.‘‘owner should protect land . preserve them so that when .the red man is only known ■j.jin .history, their,tuqnuli may be pointed to as vestiges of his racei Below we give’an ex-trrifct from‘Mr. Taylor who doe’s justice to the subject.—-“To antiquarians the most interesting feature in this region, is that of.its earthwork embossments. The wri-ter. during 184’2, devoted much labor in preparing a record of the existence of the tumuli of Wisconsin, and was sorely perplexed, in his recent perambulations in that State, at the ruthless desecration of many of the mounds. Why should these interesting relics oT,antiquity be thus thoughtlessly, levelled wi.th tho(.-.carth by the plough-share and the hoe? Truly the patriotic agriculturist should at least dey'ptef’.ih'their.preservation, a spark ofthe same , veneration . betowed upon: them by the uncultivated Indian! They remainundisturbed.by the snvngo for countless ■ .years, in They are now in charge of a civ ilized destroyer! • Upon.the Press, o,f: the State rests the responsibility of the protec--fiOn’bf liiese labors of nh ancient people— should that pallndium fazl iti their traps-,rniSsion''to posterity in their pristine con--.diliohjjl warn the inhabitants to desist in the'derwriidon of ihe mbunds,' lest the spirits of those: who revere them most/; should' in an unpropitious moment: visit thftir .desecrators with jthe veiigence such pro* fonily meri-W J,, “jSTBrilE.V TAYLOR. ■
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Sauk County Democrat
Baraboo, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Dec 06, 1855
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