ANCIENT REMAINS IN OHIO. 



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the surface of the ground, and is now in the possession of 3Irs. B. M. 

 Haywood, of Bayfield, Wis. The thickness near the ends is shown by 

 the cross-sections at aft and at b h. 



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Cbpper CuilifJf/ ioo7' from /iiiife- River. Mivvrv^ 



Fig. 3. 



Figure 3 represents a copper cutting tool from Knife River, on the 

 northwest shore of Lake Superior, Minnesota. It was found in 1805, 

 and is now in the collection of the Western Eeserve and Xorthern His- 

 torical Society of Cleveland, Ohio. It was evidently cold-hammered, 

 and the surface is rough from corrosion. 



ANCIENT REMAINS IN OHIO. 

 By J. P. MacLeax, of Hamilton, Ohio. 



WorJcs near Wiyichester, Adams County, O/uo.-^- Winchester Township 

 is located in the extreme northwestern corner of Adams County, Ohio. 

 The terminal moraine of the great ice age enters the township at the 

 northeastern corner, extends diagonally across it, and passes out at the 

 southwestern extremity. The township, for agricultural purposes, is 

 the richest in the county. The soil, for the most part, is poor, known 

 as cold clay, and the surface broken by the tributaries of Brush Creek. 



North of the village of Winchester, a distance of one-half mile, is a 

 series of circular works, which for fifty or more years have been plowed 

 over. Near the center of these works is a mound {A) (Plan 1) 8 feet 



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