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Title: Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters
Subjects: Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters Science
Publisher: (Madison) Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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state. At apoint where the extensive system of prairies which charac-terizes the scenery of the interior of the state intrudes uponthe forests near this place is an extensive marsh, whereinare immense tracts of land filled with wild oats. There areupon one side of the stream forests which abound withgame, especially with the beasts of prey and with the largerclass of birds, such as the wild turkey, wild goose, hawksand eagles. On the other side are the prairies, where form-erly abounded the grazing animals, such as the buffalo, elk,wild deer, and the great variety of prairie birds, the marshand the ri ver forming a favorite resort for ducks and wildgeese, and water fowls of various kinds. There are in thevicinity many small streams and ponds where beaver andmuskrat would be numerous. The locality is, then, a favor-able one for the permanent residence of a people. The character of the region can be learned from the mapwhich we here present. Ancient Villages Among Emblematic Mounds. 161
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11 Fig. 1. 162 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. Another point worthy of notice is that in the vicinitythere are high lands which command extensive prospects.At this point there are extensive ridges which form promi-nent points from which extensive views could be gained.The geological formation is here noticeable. The GreatBend was caused by the damming up of the stream in theglacial period by great ridges of gravel which turned it fromits course, deflecting it to the eastward, for six miles ormore. At the point where the village is located the riverbursts through the barriers, leaving a high knob of landupon the west side and gentle swells of ground upon theeast, making an extensive lake, or reedy and marshyplace to the north of the ridge, and throwing the regionto the south open to the ravages of fire, so that the prairiecrept up to the very edge of the stream at that side. On thisridge there are mounds and earthworks which correspond toaltar mounds and outlooks which

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