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Find Mounds Near Darlington.^In company with Prof- W. K. J'cc’n* ard and Prof. H. P. Lnihrop of fho state university. Secretary C. h. Brown of the Wisconsin Archeological society recently made a trip down the picturesque Pecatonia river valley_ In ■La Payette county. During litis trip heretofore unrecorded groups of Indian earthworks were located in the vicinity of Darlington and at several jther points along the stream. The observed all provesI to be; ofies OUHPIVCU —.he bear type, a widely distributed orm of Wisconsin animal shaped -artbwork. Linear mounds of good4 rt kji rv. .--- --,iZe were also found to occur in thatI2e werw awy — - , , ...eglon. All were on hillsides and lilll-°Relic hunters are as reckless and lestructive in this region as anywhere n Wisconsin. Almost every mound •{sited showed traces of their greedy ind unprofitable digging for spoils, dany fine works have been hopelessly nined by their unskilled operations. 5uch persons richly deserve punisb-nent Owners of Interesting Indian nonuments should take every precau-Jon to prevent such depredations, it e quite a common but erroneous be-Jef of the farmers in this region that .he linear mounds represent breast, works erected by the Sank In£*isu5” luring the period of the Black Hawk war None is of such elevation or so disposed that it. would be of any serv-ce as defenses.lark Mound* at West AIH*.The Wisconsin Archeological so-ety has secured permission to mark 1th a metal tablet the group of twoUieiai ---- ^,d!an conical mounds preserved atcian -------- - .i request several years ago in Statenark. West Allis. It probably» * . i . lt;.1 — i ^ Vi*« o *■».,11 b» unveiled with simple but ap-111 09 UU»cavu ---- -----onriate ceremonies. These mounds e within a short distance of the ad« inistration building, near the bank Honey creek. There originally ere three mounds in this cluster, but re was accidentally destroyed.Swedish Churches Elect.The organization of the Northern
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Grand Rapids Tribune
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Sep 14, 1910
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