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(97o K- Z( <br /> Six Mile Creek Mounds <br /> ' (.Sce ?'IMF) ✓ <br /> The are located on the eastern slope of a ridge on the J.McGuire <br /> farm,in Westport Township,Dane eounty,West of the road from Lake <br /> Mendota to Waunakee. Six Mile Creek,khich flows into Lake Mendota- <br /> on its northern shore,flows through a small marshy area at the south- <br /> ern base of this ridge and crosses the Waunakee road a short dist- <br /> ance east of the nose of the ridge. <br /> The linear mound angles slightly toward the south at its eastern <br /> _ _ end. The other mound is quite irregular in outline. The linear is <br /> about 2 and the irregular mound about three feet high at its high- <br /> est part* <br /> Our attention was first called to these mounds several years ago by <br /> Dr.Alphonse Gerend whose relatives ,the O' Keefe family own the large <br /> farm on the south side of the creek. <br /> A likely camp site is located in a cultivated field on the north <br /> bank of the creek at the western end of the ridge. Owing to the <br /> presence of a heavy crop of corn on this field nothing could be <br /> found. <br /> Evidences of a camp site were found in a cultivated field at the <br /> notherm base of the ridge. Flint chips and fragments were especi <br /> ally plentiful on a small rise in this field west of the Waunakee <br /> road and creek. Flint chips were also found in several places at <br /> the southern base of the ridge,where the soft had been disturbed <br /> Flint points have been found on the OKeefe farm along the banks <br /> of the creek. <br /> C.E.and T. T.Drown,Sept. 22 , 1927 <br /> 7-0 vi-cau'.vA-r_--.-- <br /> Sncc <br /> ' 1 <br /> { Stir <br /> I�rS� <br /> . � 4 <br /> i <br /> • <br /> G 1 <br /> o'Kcctc <br /> • <br /> Site <br /> • <br />