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ing lt;vcr mori than ten vears.RAnpat r- ■ ['*: C.*FINE INDIAN BOUNDSHr. P. R. Hoy in liirly Ias Ojhui-01! S(M(T,'.I Mounds in Ixtcal1 'ynrtcry.Indian mounds in the state* ofWisconsin are being- discussed at the present tine-. The Wisconsin Are ideological society estimates the number of mounds in Wisconsin at 15,-00. Many mounds, it is claimed,have beer destroyed. Possibly the finest lot of mounds in the state are in Mound cemetery. They areas perfect today as when discoveredand the cemetery was establishednearly 70 years ago. None hasever beep, destroyed, but a few were opened by the late Dr. P. R. Hoy. who found skeletons of Indians and various Implements used by the red men, Including flints for arrows, battle axes, etc.. which are preserved in historical libraries.The Wisconsin Archeological society, in commenting on the manner in which many mounds have been obliterated, has the following regarding one in Racine county.“There is at ieast one instance of the use of an Indian mound as a temporary dwelling. On the early Meg farm in the township of Nor-, way, in Racine county, the father of Col. Hans Heg. in about the year 1S42, excavated a mound, boarded up the sides, put a roof on top and thus made a comfortable one-room house. Fourteen skeletons were removed from the earthwork. In the same locality a round or burialmound was used by a pioneer fami- , ly as a root cellar. In Winnebago t and some other countries mounds j ];were also used for this purpose. , ir
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Racine Journal News
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Oct 25, 1924
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