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Show From his olxwaiions Dr. H.iwlt Ins arrived at. ihe conch: -ion that many ot" tin? mounds were constructed i'or core-inonial core-inonial purpii.-..s. Jn the center ot' .sonic of tin; higher mounds, Loth within an.i j without tin.' enclosure, the excavators fouii'l c''ri.inoniaJ pole walls imbedded in stone and cement made of gravel and via;.'. In a, few of tiie mounds weno found stone hatchets and arrowheads, and in one was foum.l an ear ornament that "was famous among tiie Jiisfcimos. From pottery found in tiie mounds it was evident that the tribo which built them was familiar with the. Iroquois Iro-quois Indians in the cast and tlw Al-gonquins Al-gonquins and lower tribes of the Mississippi. Mis-sissippi. Dr. liarrctt gathered from his discoveries dis-coveries that ceremonial rites attended attend-ed by cannibalism were indulged in, but tlio cxUent to which the practice went could not, of course, bo determined. deter-mined. Neither does it appear that the true North American Indian, as wo know him in history consorted with the " Azatlanians " nor was guest at their feasts. Not that it makes any particular partic-ular difference at this lato date, but we sincerely trust that tho heroes of Longfellow and Cooper were ji ot tainted taint-ed with tine blood of ancestral eaters of their wives and children or their neighbors or their wives and children. INDIANS CANNIBALS? Tho suggestion tlxat the forebears of our noble red man might possibly have had cannibalistic tendencies and that they ivould have preferred a well-done well-done forearm of one of their fellow men to a rare beefsteak no doubt will be a distinct shock to those who hold firmly firm-ly to tho nobility of tho noble red man as well as to his redness. An archaeologist of Wisconsin professes, to havo found evidences that convince him that the prehistoric gentlemen who built the "Indian'' mounds on Crawfish Craw-fish river in that state now and again indulged in a banquet, the chief dish being ono which would now be re- I garded as quilo indelicato to sot be- j fore a guest. ' The fabled city of Azatlan, AViscon-: AViscon-: sin, was discovered in 1533 and sur- veyed in 1S3" by X. H. Ilyer. The place was named Azatlan by tho sur-- vryor because the Aztecs had a tradi-jtion tradi-jtion that their ancestors came from Uhe north, and the possibility that tho newly discovered remains might have liern built by them suggested the name. When tho first survey was made, tine enclosure covered about eighteen acres. Tho remains of tho city were enveloped in a wail of earth and adobe bricks, which was 631 feet Jong on the north, 1)19 feet on (he west and 7u3 feet on IIjc 6outh, making its total length L'7'jO feet. It was about five feet in height. Keceiitly, Dr. S. A. Darretl, president of (he W'iscousin An li;i.'oIngical society, !i:is mndurfed some ext.'nsive rrsearrlii's at Azatlan. T1m invesl ia! ions iiu'liid-ed iiu'liid-ed CAeaval ions of considerable depth. |