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The Builders of the Mounds Devil's Lake, Wisconsin
Click here to read about the legend of Devil's Lake. At any rate, this was our experience as we paddled around Devil's Lake:
Here is a list of all videos accessible from this section and concerning the Effigy Mound Culture in Wisconsin.
1.) Water Panther (Spirit) effigy Mound Madison, WI 2.) Thunderbird Effigy Mound- University of Wisconsin. 3.) Devil's Lake and the Legend 4.) Linear and Bear Effigy Mound, Devil's Lake 5.) Man-Mound Effigy Mound in Sauk County Wisconsin 6.) Alligator Mound, Licking County, Ohio
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Devil's Lake in Wisconsin is entwined in
Ho-Chunk ( Winnebago ) legends that include the story of a great battle
of the Thunderbirds and the Waterspirits. When we visited this lake in
July 2006, it really struck me that there were literally around 50-60
turkey vultures soaring on every cliff above us. The turkey vultures not
only look ancient but are highly revered by the Native Indians, and I
wonder if they are not believed to be the birds that inspired the
legends of the Thunderbirds. The other physical clue that I saw was the
huge boulders everywhere that the ancients claimed are remnants of that
great battle.