264 ANCIENT EARTHWORKS IN OHIO. 



In the year 1850, in digging a well, Isaac Stull, near his residence, 

 half a mile south of the village of Orange, about 5 feet below the 

 surface, came upon an earthern vessel that would hold, perhaps, about 

 two gallons. Before discovering this relic he unfortunately stepped 

 upon and broke it. It was found mouth upward, and resembled in 

 many respects a two-gallon crock. The rim around the top was artistic, 

 and intended to aid in lifting the vessel. It was formed of a bluish 

 earth, and seemed to have been subjected to heat. It was ornamented 

 all over the exterior by finely pulverized white flint, somewhat resem- 

 bling rice-grains, which adhered firmly to it. A short time afterward, 

 in plowing in a field northwest of his house, Mr. Stull turned up a frag- 

 ment of the same kind of vessel, as large as his hand. 



In the fall of 1872, Harvey Roberts, residing a short distance west of 

 the Stull farm, on an elevation just north of the creek, while engaged 

 in excavating for the foundation of a building, came upon two human 

 skeletons, about 3 feet beneath the surface, in a sitting posture, in a 

 good state of preservation. These remains were undoubtedly those of 

 Wyandots who had di-ed during their annual residence and hunting ex- 

 cursions along the Mohican, over sixty years ago. Another old Indian 

 cemetery was found on the premises of Jacob Young, about half a mile 

 southeast of Mr. Eoberts's, and many of the graves being very shallow, 

 were exposed in his garden and on the bank of the creek. Most of the 

 skeletons on the lands of Mr. Young, we believe, were buried in a hori- 

 zontal position. We do not see the precise reason for this difference. 

 It may be that the parties found by Mr. Eoberts may have been chiefs 

 or members of another tribe. 



Sprotfs Hill. — On the northeast quarter of section 35, in Clear Creek 

 Township, and about two and a half miles northwest of Gamble's Fort, 

 is Sprott's Hill. This hill is about 90 feet high, and contains, at its base, 

 an area of about five acres. It is composed of alluvium, mixed with 

 gravel and rounded bowlders. The top is about 60 by 90 feet, and 

 nearly flat. Upon this two mounds were erected, each about 25 feet in 

 diameter and 4 or 5 feet high. When Thomas Sprott settled there, 

 some fifty years since, largo trees grew upon and about these mounds. 

 They were about 30 feet apart. From them a view of the Gamble Fort 

 and the mound at Orange can be had. 



In examining the south mound thirty years ago, Thomas Sprott and 

 his brother came upon a sort of stone coffin, constructed of flat stones 

 set on the edges, which contained the skeletons of six or eight Indians, 

 neatly cleaned and packed, in a good state of i)reservation. On the flat 

 stones, constituting the lid of the coffin, more than a peck of red ver- 

 milion was found. These relics were replaced by Mr. Sprott. 



About one and a half miles northwest of the Sprott Mound, on section 

 2G, is 



Bryte's Fort. — This work is quadrangular in shape. Its longest sides 



