The Prehistoric Jlonuments of the Little Miami Vallei/. 12.) 



hills. On this plain, and on the north side of the turnpike, in a line 

 with the first mound described above, are three mounds about 200 feet 

 apart (Group C, Nos. 2, ;^, 4). Nos. 2 and 3 have an elevation of about 

 four feet. No. 4 has an elevation of ten feet, with a circumference of 

 250 feet at base. Neither of these have been explored; Nos. 2 and 3 

 are cultivated annually. South of the turnpike, and on the same level, 

 are two mounds (Group C, Nos. 5 and 6); the largest, No. 6, has a 

 height of five feet, and No. 5 a height of three and one half feet above 

 the general level of the plain. 



Four hundred _yards southwest of the last two mounds, and on the 

 same level, on the lands, of the Martin e.^tate, is situated the " big 

 mound." This is the largest mound in this vicinity, and in the county. 

 Its present elevation is about 39 feet, with a circumference of 625 feet 

 at base (Group C, No. 7). It has been cultivated for the last thirty 

 years, with the exception of the last two years, and is now overgrown 

 with blackberry bushes. It was at one time covered with forest trees; 

 a large oak on its top had a diameter of four feet; this I have from re- 

 liable authoritv- It has not been explored; the proprietor desires to 

 let the dead rest, as he expresses it. 



West of this mound, 300 yards distant, is a small mound annually 

 cultivated, and now about three feet high (Group C, No. 8); north 

 of this last mound, and on the first bottom of the Miami River, are the 

 remains of a mound, this was cut away in the building of the turnpike 

 (its site is marked by an asterisk). Bones and relics were found at 

 the time, but I could learn nothing more than that fact. Continuing 

 westward we reach the Odd Fellows' Cemetery at Newtown ; in 

 this cemeterj' is a mound (Group C, No. 9), with an elevation often 

 feet; circumference at base 210 feet; it has not been explored. 300 

 yards northwest of this mound, on the Plainville road, was a mound; it 

 has been recently removed, its material being used for the purpose of 

 making a fill on the road. It contained bones, charcoal, etc., but not 

 much attention was given it by its destroyers. It had a height of about 

 seven feet, and a circumference of 150 feet (Group C, No. 10). Directly 

 in front of the old M. E. Church, in Newtown, was a mound; it was re- 

 moved, and the material used in the construction of the Plainville road 

 (site marked by an asterisk). 3-4 mile south of Newtown, on the Clough 

 Creek, Newtown road, on the lands of Col. Jewett, is a mound 15 feet 

 high, and a circumference at base of 225 feet; it has not been explored 

 (Group C, No. 11). 



Mound No. 12, of this Group, is situated half a mile east of the Union 

 Bridge, on the Batavia turnpike, and immediately in front of the old 

 Turpin homestead. It has been much reduced in size; its present ele- 

 vation is ten feet; its circumference, 175 feet at base. 



