| In the summer of 2006
I visited this site as well as a number of others in the area. The
scenery is breathtaking as well as dry as a bone.
Turtle Butte has a figure of a turtle on it and it is made up of
boulders, placed side by side to form the figure of a turtle. This
is on the north side of the Big Muddy Lake, about 8 miles west of
the village of Minton.
Wild Man's Butte, about 9 miles south of the village of Gladmar,
has a figure of a woman on it. The figure directs the visitor to
enter a sacred circule of stones. On the site of the hill there
are traces of effigies of at least one eagle. This site is not open
to the public and arrangements with the landowner that lives nearby
must be arranged before visiting this site.
In the Big Beaver area two of these monuments can be found; one
is a figure of a buffalo and the other is a "medicine wheel".
By far, the largest of these is the turtle. It is over 120 feet
long. Buffalo runs are also to be found in the district. The main
one is situated on the North side of the lake. by May Zyla.
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