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West and to the south of this tumulus, and on the same continuous 

 sand rid^e mentioned above, are four or five elevations or tumuli, 

 with an average height of three to four feet, being from two to three 

 hundred feet apart (Group A, No. 3), The ridge is here under cul- 

 tivation, numbers of relics, flint chips, and broken bowlders, are 

 ploughed up on this ridge. 



Northwest of those tumuli, and on the general level of the plateau, 

 \ mile distant, is a mound (Group A, No. 6), which has a circumference 

 at base of 200 feet, and an elevation of 7 feet; it is as yet unexplored, 

 but cultivated annuall}'. 



Four hundred j^ards to the northeast of this mound, and at the junc- 

 tion of the Wooster and Madison turnpikes, can yet be traced a circular 

 work, which has a circumference of 600 feet (Group A, No. 7). 20 3'ears 

 ao-o, I am told by an old settler, that the circle had an elevation at that 

 time of three feet,and that there was a mound four feet high in the centre; 

 at present it is almost obliterated. Its northern side in places has an ele- 

 vation of eight to twelve inches. On the south and eastern side, the 

 work can be traced by the 3'ellow color of the soil. The northeast side 

 is occupied by the Madison turnpike. 



Continuing on to the southwestward of the small tumuli, and along 

 the previously descril)ed sand ridge, we come to what is known as the 

 " Pottery Field" (Group A, No. 4). Here the ridge slopes gently to the 

 south and southeast,^ with an elevation of from 60 to 80 feet above the 

 level of the Little Miami river. This field is a plateau of about four 

 acres in extent, sloping back to the higher ground. On this plateau, 

 fragments of pottery are found in great abundance, Flint chips, arrow 

 points, broken bowlders, burnt limestone, and the shells of the fresh- 

 water muscles (unio) are found all over the surface. Human remains 

 have been found in the adjoining ravines, and on the slopes; the graves 

 were isolated and shallow, and the method of burial was not uniform. 

 Bones of various wild animals are also found. 



Two hundred yards north of the pottery field are several small tum- 

 uli (Group A, No. 5); the largest has a circumference at base of about 

 100 feet, height 5^ feet; this mound has been dug into, but not_vet ex- 

 plored. The pottery field, and also the tumulus (Nos. 4 and 5) are sit- 

 uated in section 9, Columbia township, in what is known as Ferris' 

 woods, in "Still Home Hollow." The largest trees on the potter}^ field 

 measure as follows: A walnut, 15-^ feet in circumference; an oak, 12 

 feet in circumference; a maple, 9^- feet in circumference; and an ehn 

 12 feet in circumference. 



A quarter of a mile farther west, in section 15, on the estate of 

 Joseph Ferris, and just southeast of the family' homestead, is a circular 

 work, with an inside ditch and a central elevation. Its circumference is 



