Autobiography - Publications Societies of Which He Was Member

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The animal shaped mounds of Wisconsin early attracted my attention and I made a survey of the 'turtle mound' at Prairie Village (Waukesha) before it was destroyed. I afterwards made an extended survey of these mounds and the results were published in the Smithsonian Contributions, 1855. My travelling expenses while on survery were paid by the American Antiquarian Society. The Memoir covers 95 quarto pages with 55 plates.