Government Surveyors described the Winnebago village site of Tay-e-hee-dah as the "ruins of an old Indian village."

The evidence

• “The Indian name of this village was Tay-e-hee-dah. When, in 1834, the Government Surveyors were there, they described it as the " ruins of an old Indian village." At the beginning of the Black Hawk war, it was found deserted; but how long previous to that date it had remained so, is not known. Tradition represents it to have once been populous.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/08-rock-county-ch02-mounds-indians-black-hawk-settlement.md, PDF p. 320

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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