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face the east and west, and arc very nearly 500 feet each in length, while 

 the north and south ends are each about 250 feet long, making the 

 whole length of the embankment about 1,500 feet. Near the southwest 

 corner was a gate- way leading to a very fine spring, four or five rods dis- 

 tant. A deep ravine encircles the west side and south end of the work, 

 while there is a gradual descent from the north end and eastern side, 

 showing that it was erected for defensive purposes. The view from the 

 fort in all directions is very fine, and takes in an area of four or five miles. 

 The Orange Mound and those of Sprott's Hill were plainly discernible. 

 When Mr. John Bryte commenced to clear his farm, fifty-four years ago, 

 he found large oak trees and other timber growing on the embankment, 

 and often walked upon it in hunting squirrels. "When he first saw it 

 the walls were between 3 and 4 feet high, and perhaps 10 or 11 wide at 

 the base. He has been cultivating the fort for nearly fifty years, and 

 the embankment is nearly obliterated. For defensive purposes, the site 

 was a good one. The water of the adjoining spring would supply a 

 large army. It is situated on the summit where the brooks divide to 

 flow north to Lake Erie and south to the WbiteAYoman, the Muskingum, 

 and the Ohio. 



Many stone axes, fleshers, arrow-heads, polished and perforated stones, 

 and pipes have been found in the vicinity of the foregoing work. 



Shambaugli's Fort. — Returning to the south end of the county, we 

 ascend the Black Fork of the Mohican. At the farm of Lewis Oliver, 

 and one or two points below, were found mounds of 5 or G feet in height 

 and about 30 feet in diameter at the base. A little southwest of Perrys- 

 ville, on the road leading to Newville, on the summit above the village, 

 was a mound overlooking the valley the size of the ones described. 



Passing up the stream to near the old Indian village of Greentown, 

 to the lands of Mr. John Shambaugh, on the north side of the stream, 

 on section 18, we find another circular fort, containing very nearly two 

 acres, with a gate-way looking to the west. In the center was a mound, 

 about 4 feet high, which had probably been an altar or lookout. When 

 first discovered, the embankment was about 3J feet high and 10 wide 

 at the base. It is difficult to conjecture for what purpose the work was 

 constructed, as it was situated on the bottom, fully a quarter of a mile 

 from the elevated lands on either side of the stream. A small brook 

 flowed by it, from which, no doubt, water was obtained. Timber — such 

 as oak, hickory, and elm — grew upon and within the work, the larger 

 trees being over 3 feet in diameter. The lands along the streams are 

 very fertile, and the site of the fortification having been plowed over 

 for half a century, the embankments are merely traceable. 



The Parr Fort. — About one mile distant from the work alluded to, on 

 section 19, is found what is known as the Parr Fort. It is also a circular 

 work, the embankment, when first discovered by the pioneers, being 

 about 7 feet high, and 12 or 14 in diameter at the base. It inclosed an 



