Archaeological atlas of Michigan [by] Wilbert B. Hinsdale...

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE COUNTIES

From the number of artifacts that have been reported, one
might expect that more sites would have been found than are
charted, but one village and a single group of three mounds are
all the sites that can be given upon the Tittabawassee and the trail
that followed its banks above Midland into Gladwin County. The
trail along the Chippewa is referred to in notes upon Isabella
County. In Mills Township there is a group of mounds marked
ftvague," which signifies uncertainty as to exact situation and
number. A mound stood upon each side of the Chippewa near
the center of Homer Township.
SITES IDENTIFIED
Villages ----------- 8
Burying grounds _ 2
Mounds --9--------9

Upon an eminence eighty rods from one of the inclosures,
there are hundreds of earth pits varying in depth from three to
six feet. Their width ranges from four to eight feet. The pits
are half full of accumulated humus and leaves. Numbers of them
were cleared out and carefully examined, but no clue was found
as to their probable use. No equally extensive field of pits has been
located in the state. See notes upon Ogemaw County.
Three mounds of considerable size were situated upon the
west side of Lake Missaukee.
Acknowledgment is here made of the valuable assistance rendered by Mr. C. Beuthien, county engineer of Lake City, for
surveys and sketches.
SITES IDENTIFIED
Mounds --------_----16
Circular inclosures - - - 6

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TOWNSHIPS
Warren 9. Greendale
Edenville 10. Lee
Hope 11. Homer
Mills 12. Midland
Geneva 13. Jasper
Jerome 14. Porter
Lincoln 15. Mount Haley
Larkin 16. Ingersoll

TOWNSHIPS
1. Bloomfield 9.
2. Pioneer 10.
3. Norwich 11.
4. Caldwell 12.
5. Forest 13.
6.' West Branch 14.
7. Enterprise 15.
8. Lake

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circles in the southern part of Reeder Township, but only one of
them can be clearly outlined now.

MONROE COUNTY
(Map 6)
The Indians took an active part in the military campaigns in
Monroe County during the War of 1812,, but have left no monumental evidence of their industry in the form of mounds or other
earthworks. A very important trail passed diagonally through
the county leading from the Maumee country toward Detroit and
on to the distant northern points.
By a glance at the map one will note the locations of nine villages and five burying grounds, five of them contiguous to the
River Raisin.
SITES IDENTIFIED
Villages ----------- 9
Burying grounds 6
TOWNSHIPS

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Milan
London
Exeter
Ash
Lake
Dundee
Raisinville
Frenchtown

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10.
11
12.
13.
14.
15.

Summerfield
Ida
La Salle
Whiteford
Bedford
Erie
Monroe

MONTCALM COUNTY
(Map 8)
Upon or near the banks of Tamarack Lake, Cato Township,
there were a group of seven mounds, a group of uncertain number, and one isolated mound. Two other mounds were situated
in Section 6, Belvidere Township, at the northeast corner of
Townline Lake. The east side of Clifford Lake, Section 3 0, Douglass Township, was the site of six mounds. South of and near
Duck Lake, Crystal Township, in a tract of an acre or more,
covered with small tumuli, many human skeletons and artifacts
were collected years ago. Reports have come to hand that "lots
of stuff" existed around Greenville, but nothing can be verified except a burying ground in the northeast corner of the town.
The rolling country covered with forests along the Flat River
must have been inviting to the aborigines, but there are no data
to prove their continued presence in that region. There were two

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