Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1881 — The Effigy Mounds of Wiscinsin. [ARTICLE]

The Effigy Mounds of Wiscinsin.

ui&uißon (Wisconsin) Journal. The mounds of Wisconsin afford to the scientific'world one of the most uniques'.ubjects of study, and there is aothing|like them in the United States, Or so far as known, iu the world. They are called, from their shapes and resemblance to certain animals, emblematic or effigy mounds. The object of erecting them has been hitherto unknown, and hence their significance has been hidden. There are, however, certain facts now known in reference to the native tribe, which promise to. furnish the clew to their mounding. It is probable that a complete system of ethnology will yet be drawn oqt from these mounds , and other data, which shall solve some of the many problems in reference to the origin of society, tbe rise of religion, and other subjects, These subjects are becoming very important. Aside from them, however, the Wisconsin also have long engaged the attention of the scholore of this country and of Europe. We are happy to learn that the Smithsonian Institution at Washington is about to . undertake the work of resurveying these works, and that a monogram is now being prepared by the Rev. 8. D. Feet, of Clinton, Wis., whoT as editor of the American Antiquarian, is' well Known.