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|AY, APRlt 23,1856.*Vccp.!««1w*-cii-lt;k-andpful-o cf eul-' h.-*-: irion very n» Icanl«ui*ra to t* foaud co tbe l-mittpf th-x i ■afore of WpoSiOi*. On the Fox or Pish-taka rivttr, «r* several inlereriini; k**li«co-om ■ lillT* North of Wrot from; Cbkac*,' -her* *or« counted ou lb« brow lt;* » hill-inttwra moctubt ftuin’fiftan'to'twenty-fl*«'fori k«g. Th. pnKapBl print of iofor-nucathe Piahteko, are at or u*«r Waukesha, where ba'o-brrvi^Mtiterrediuaoy'pip-s and spctdronntt lt;( pedtay, anil in tb* neighborhood of1 it* viltag*’ of Po»miV«s whoM it a rAnirr kabioeoBKtioo of lixard and tut-,U» mounds—ooo bunniC a Whs'll lt;’f hundred sod fifty fee-Tbe loiin of Book River with its tribute-Hw a excelled by no pAifo of theNorthwest in Iho ititereriif character of tW aboriginal njosins. W.lh-ut |M» Inraing those found » fo mile* above Pul-Ion, » here' liio rivor expand(ate » bcanUful Lak* abounding in fob, a natural smoU;. to tho red iron, it rosy, bo worth white to wdicn room, nt taglh tb*l remarkable remain* found nt wlinl h*i been, formed the “ ancient city of ArtaWi. Tbi locallly has attracted m“h ivOlk* w One cf the wou-thoir dereof tb. ««, awl •rasgswated nccocnte 1 n*- Knvc gone forth of iu brick walte and bnu !«** trt-aro—u.*i« walls, lt;*c„ .in all of which ptra I rbor- is hardly a ah»A«* of truth. Three remains were first discovered Ur 1 BSD, .ana hftttilj er.rvov.cd by S. F- Hjcr, Esq- the^On thpWwt branch cf Rock Rhor may 1oly re-;'b• WinIt dt^otcdJ* rs-otettttafeatffLAnd tli-rora Ur. UpbamV valuable rial, from which W. hay* ft~Jy drtta. is'gratifying; thsl public StlaoUoa b dfc-to lh*t» remain*. which dwerv* » thorough -.x'tniuatta from men of *fcec«. llisclrar that fct.T.Ul b yet known of tb.ro. Far-tHei and Wm carefulexhtejnallor roar threw BSfoal of light upon thb'rvc who h»» teft to A d rU iro now. know Uulo ntjre thnn What a #tirnpfo td three remsAt able earth rw-.orl' Vvve.la—a fcw bonro. a few bits M irOUerVi yn-a wrewjht rcmcUnwaVtortlteirl.th-Mr,.ill;ii-ilrtpiscclImifOKS.»nrren. tb. CbWJ«o Tribcue. •.ASTiaurnEa or lake michioasitea.on-foil,-the ren-nad-wh! I. noccirtli. ic Id ttfoe andASDWISC0K8D1.OibiaaU. ' A am«f exampWrf Vterwhpk-Sfc^t^SiSgSF-tlfie NacMch, aa U wiln-«~1 in tba ffMOb-' acired wiHiuroeoB lt;f EkJP1 Eahytoo.Mr. Ikbhsro non®** ibat the roee wbo left tho part of It™ DtoAunMaUwe* the prewenltow of the exl’rtiae Indian IHW AM'lKst thin b reudtmd piot«U*t.y the rewrfrblano* rf'th pou and .asm in figure, 4c, to rW now foncd in oldI Indan tilUgoa. and to tboro Mill mad® by the women of the Msndnn and othor tritea. Hn ,l« nppcoM lt;hcr« wua a ffwdual. Uanart.oa in the form cf the ni.wic.lv. Tnoy are funnd in all fibres, from «ha foil circte, through lie oral and oloflgatad motrod to the obfoogSsrord, had whl Sun auKiulitb« ■ the.wwoamroilui next In the ordered tiroo wore Ore eonxa!tcoding around tar.-, aidre cf an irregular naralbli'graro—Uterfvwr forming the fo«nh hide, Iti fctiglh at tbo norUi.andis 031 foatVoa iha (ret.and 700foci lt;m the south Mdo. makmg *n aflprgnlo tength nf 2.70U feet, *r-l undooiDMii. ,iuca nf •uventrcn nod two.lhirla crlt;* 1fo.ridge h about twenty-t^o S-d in width, aod ftum one to fiveicct Mgb, tHa clt;r^S.*t «flt;mrcmalu »alte-od over tho bad. They con-sliuu tho old* menicntcu and oanai* unnxr uii’-ted to us from the anixo'rarei thnt cmrn. inhabited it* Wa prair.ro ac-d dwelt on tho ri-ing shrirrs of ite bceutmil lnk-'« nd rin-re.IV* tho liberality of tfceSniRhionion Inxli-lutft we are indebted (« i. tele publwstlan co tho antia iUire of Wiaorown. a work of great ui.rit.and t-iciiroi wttn iuuco rvemitch anil .-arc by I. A- Laphnir, Esg. wo .uppoao of Milwaukee, lu typegrnphy it ocaot.tuU while Its nuroerens il‘nirtnv oro are execuwit in tho bed atyte oE uM. « bavo .noOireits.Waaonurnl* ereeUd for' vopoleli-sl owning down to a robot (.mod Oc-rs ef ganfou bods ore found'I tonthe.Iconmay » an-lilUe“tl no-ildnu deadbiUcf rortliv ■1 lei-to Uit might imntt soroeof tha. n-ny read,-, cf tho. THUmr bekt gbnoe at Ascontent* ...... . *The imtkiwitte* d^cfibfd id tho nbov* pul-lirotkm are chiefly csrthworfo., with oo:a-aidvsl cxcaTMicins—s'-rring in figure, *»«and obvotion. 'Hirer ore ftnrodw mbmi«w tx-rJitics, nasr the of the lakea. n.ibe maicrn of wriaricarsre all crcr ll» State. U P curioo* to i»*iee that thev are ctteQy found at poims already releoMd « ^,0 roost fovcrawo ftesfor aodera se«fo-nveat, showing thr. Ibe iasuncte of toth c-ilhcd and invcV ilifO.l are alike attnu«tr.l ttlurxt localities tfou cymblnoBtc^-o theTwas-(be Bret point uotfcroble toe ila • remaina, r, a few milt Sooth o! the Wtao'ra-fcM. * llllnob. where »« four*' *™ rune ocmicnl or round inout-l, from three fotiv* feel infbo aoealnd “ buvtrerere run simplelareemcutr, aV-mtfO foelJn dmicctei. Ht m-icix*teviuymg freu.01 0.95 f~t. giving ifo- nppenroiCB'of soinacr rooucda, with a cuirowtiug I id go. lingular rnAW^ ,.f rcxl clay in |bc.«i»bMtkj»CtA in V-I0O instancemerit of briek in hi eonsliuccfon.At the a.oUi-wcvt iOimci of tho intenor. l*fooud a equate truncated.moond. havroga fovol «rc» on lh» top, .'It reel He ep, tba rrst l/lc, aDi.aeen freio high jreuud rrear, ho, tic, appearance of a pyremid, “ rwirgby s^cssiro.slepN like rW gigafitlc.. Mtnctnrc. of Ncxilt;* This ir to hive boonthe meet sacred if/*, »a well ae the bighorn. The exterior u*ll curve*round this pyramid, and ieafeo pretectpd by l-c wfol «lk miuide tbe ptitvdpal cmbmikitienl A siau-Iiir pyramid eteVntkm U fcemd at th- oorth-wcvt coniec, white vofh»» tew a=d nuaUw ridgre are to lewen ithni thc^adrwure, with DObMCting rioge or circles,, siippcucd M be tho remain cf mud housrs.’flint the flmcture above described wa-intended flw aercikliml oe other religioua pnr-pOCM, rutbe- than for mil Ury defence.vul degenerlny in the.’ latter ro» cf lire red-nieu. it H worthjrof notxe that tbo-aro-rud ahitod rootmda are rfitefir «*Bned to the remtory embraced by the SUU of W» eonein. A fcw have been refined to » InU K grcady to be itecdred that tho puUic rorei.hP.ld ba U*fowed •* theprererv.uon cf the fo* na»ume«te left ua *i th*, adlo \xg-acyftoro th~ »ncfonr«c«il»rot* cf tlie Such more me * oar own Slate— fo o» inenlea—all wo haxre oe eoa !»-*—» * HBtc- -••awirawith remrecf thc pioOn.K whioh.ro ,dented: ing~nr,.trical 6yero. or in right Imo* The** ha jJare* later. Tho meet rtKCDt are ti-nm bearing rnx.k of nlantetion by modero la-Jiniw.with no «htes-*nce of regnlanty or order TIib thaory uppoe« a ungnW ar-111Mti‘-Vi:•. if .VO .1 . U ocbe IS gett.rnodo nrobabte by the clisinicrrowlt of half-bu.muii tunsar-ss ass asK.hqnnn reip'tes fosn cpo of tho.hu!. logcihor willi fragnrenU of pvt trey»:,J eUneoaL. II la ceiifiirii-ul by the m»te-rlul feet tbit the whole structure i* lt;Miunan dcd, in . military point cf view, by a paml xlending alongF.canu or. nh«TorobInterwortA) - 1 WaOutCarIttho W«i idlt;Sdm a,” x malted, a re day**f-A rut-IviBrr Cght. -at king evtitt-ir tho n.cdora Argux-dgeofTbesa am dripc«d i» averpeotiiw row along the not of a ridge of sand, r-nd were un-dcbterllr burial pW. of, tbe dead.At Ket»»ha wens found nidjroUona of a liinnufoetory cf arrow biads, and other arii-cdes cf flirt, for which abundant roBlowl wax furnished by the bouWere and f-Wifoa ateng th* lake b.’neh nod sbera.At Racine thf® » WKBbei of very n» lews*- ic® I •mains, elitefly oo tire lnghgvtnxi ncr RoC* River, from cire to two cutes from Ilio teho. Horn are n.iroeron* cirealm hun-ixiuvcr-se mil-TiiuUreog iMoiribbuiee tbit t*IUlt; Uire hear* to tire temple mourn) of Ohio dnd tho Stntei abOtb/plMH i’- io tho *amu fumly with tlia! cbw, which finds IWbiebfottjpo i tbj fin ithed Joomitneots of Kextena art. Mencn tho name given to th teenhty of Axlalnn— a dorivAlivo . from tire Arl-m of . Mexico, aruong^'whom exisiml a tmdition of umigra-lieu from th* North. Tbe dKwrnihvrity of tbwe remain* to tho animal shaped mounds oonuncoly fo“«d i“ tb* Wrot, a worthy, ofAmWTheToeKn tterre. -norei dowo. sla.*. aorf, t tbegt the roc:Hop crobmeol m on* arosUr ct.dBurr, with .hc roc-' Uai eee.steuctod there. I tag7*sovcrnl tnperiug ridgra Tla roooode wo.a . s* . .... ..... .... t ftfA lit■withoutajwlcmalisormr^ieincnl, ftum five to fifty foot iu disjrtetcr, jnd from ono to M*cufoal iu he^jbU one in which ‘Dr. Hoy, of Rncire. opened found the ikolctnnt of 7J«wis in a situng protnro, fodng tha East, uiiauMd with otaamanta. In ao-Lut utureeosDpaiiMd - other ho discovered Iwo vases of pottery.1 bear- * one made -of creanxxKeed clay *od wMla lied up rood, like pala brick, '/ the eapa-lty e/fivcquarts; the other, -hreb was of wcl M* -**^ j ,t W.if Point, .oenretrabte;» color, was smaller. Both are 'bought to ro- j ^■ . . -• - ■ ■-—.. n. ..._awhorl of.the mot that hi*, rod to’ nay. however, that tins highly iutc-reotiagwcskof antiqmty, like many otters, V aolforing a! the hands of Civilised man; who .lt;* furrowing it for grain, or d^gmg fo» its hidden twre-urea. Ciroi.ot tha »0(k ,of tho deitriNar Ite steycV, and then, procwus mwiumcnW of a raro thut no teuger lira* tov I»,t'V r* they-whilelAUSXtkted offfcungerinwlvea■ly for Tt, With I tel to* tboyly.butarte of lly bns’l cf tbeirtnonurocut* of cell its terr. be prewrved ? * *)Kaides the Anliquitke at Artateo, there an, yot othms in tho ralloy of Rock River,(iino ahour*; tho f»1 rentefaspectaroHiTbotho at star*sembte tbtw Ml oulmHry -Hte among th* Burrow*. The g»*re ant»)uity cf thro* remains i iaxle dear by tb* gigantic sue of th* I've now atendinw oa ibon, -on* with tbr~ luu.-tlrvd ring* shoeing, us Dr. Hoy ~llrrmtcs on antrjuity if a thcurond y««w. Bui tbe mcet nmoevouxgwcop of tlrea* rooli»d. Ires about a uile 'Ywt of Kaeito, ud apart cf them has boon *mbrrec~l in the tnodeni cemetery of that bcmttiflR city.Tire nutnercubi earthworks about Milwai-k~, atlewt at ctre* th. »Mraetire.e« of that fovombte legality to the ah-ngitrol rahatut-aot* They eitead from Kinnikmrre Creek, new th* - Indian fields, *!•»* «heT- abovepoint »bare.Black lUwk tnrnle hat Mapd in 1W2; Xt Hartfi^-d. -b'« has l-wmveund * UidaliApad ton*, mu* revered by the Wfuorbogo Indians, and five miesftirtSier. atraeen,to*, trrridwe OBe tbcmsaMl foot in huitf*1'- But th* ■nti.i astrndra and 'croup i*v of the bn v,oc-sir oxin-ers nod mbuokleui natureroost estensiro and .varied group te at Hcwi-cod. tmroheriog about two hnadrod c«nii).ro nv.arodn, wireng whW. aro modern graves of tb* PcfawtslUuB'iM; svvtean cf the mounds are of a crnrifovni shaps.It would require more 'I*-* thanproprre-iv allow*, to give in detail the vaiieus work. ,f antiquity co lb- Nronah or bo* River of tire” B»v—„ abroach of Otwrel Elver, where ate one hundred .moowK on* calkd, from. It* figure. » th* mwv, thc^h.Wlaah UinptXSfflSEj-totlSjk cf^Uwbupc•cienor stent lt;Inins lt;shailo* arch “ UiroiigebndoB ■h*Atraonryw is to te noo isthe immediate dicro, and »ecfnider»lte nnm ; rrlt;,“'r»ZTZ3ZL2 wish «n area of 49,-U, or* appropriately andieed m tire ^ UqreVnoogh to boU 2.0J0cst Home « meter, of M.l-oakee. Unny ^.j^t^doulia walks whU mayof she mounds in tho reg.lt;= i-w of terovIts wilh cstent; ehhrily ftoui one hundred to foura—kr B -’•-'W........a... v-.t—rdonv— fa» tbe: -Tb-v t rods o*hnadrcd feel ht diameW, and are laid out in fan.-ifot forma, rrerembUnK Ibe figures of the ittrllc, limrds. Ilia ollor and bufiate; no' a few have lb* form of a war clnb. In someob. nrevmd Uoterated ' hte^^^^e-lu.avion xoddelW..bid. tree ^ ^iyo ^ fBa tetw-,arsons, fortified by douU* w*0te L,0 boon protected by d*«b»?unrl, at In*. Crrok. u Mill another fort.mndod hy a fra* or diteh in tb- form of aphroll.fowmm, aDd'.-ultnetrwal tuW* miaht pare on to nolle* the cunosii*» cf th* lake Vieux Deacrl. with 1“ bnvudfulthey-are not hide, f you are----overtook many other, -b«1-1 In lb* conjecture of U* being --her an oUemtory, - more nro'wMy.an ritar mtaiwl few Mreificial or rv)«Us ntes.At Sheboygan tmd Manitowoc, rimiter an liqaltte ate fonod, though to a mrelter extail.Many bror IractpMonoslajttr •p* to •K*« waol oi Lriwly i vaUng wbeuas «.*teiy inutcpl _____ to aimpk for defonoe. bring about fart in hrifhfi “*1 t«*lv. f-Mal tb* bava On tb* »•■*« *»eaicg ilUpUol embankment inlte wWand the S*l tare altmeUv* remato. .u tb-aarssKfer^,^*“EbonM th. reader desk* a n*ta driaited (tcrirenl cf these relic* M Anienrin-fntiquispeskirtalking tb.uk «-M«*ot»a
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