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Ciiyod. Tlic iKisition of tho bones !ni.tiht indicate ))nrial of the Ixxly on 

 its side witli arms and le.i;s folded to,t;'i'tlier, l)nt tliis eonld not be decided 

 definitely. The sknil was so badly decayed that no definite idea of its 

 sliape conld lie obtained. Tlie bcnn^s were those of a medinm-sized pei-son. 

 On tlie west side of tlie nionnd. in line with the two slceletons already 

 mentioned, and at aliont tlie same depth as the others, another deposit 

 of human bones was obtained. This deposit consisted of a slvull and the 

 larger bones of the upper and lower extremities. These w(>i'e also greatly 

 deca.yed. The position of these bones precludes the idea of their l)eing 

 the I'esnlt of an oi'dinary burial. The long bones had tlu' appearance of 

 having l>een piled in. vei'y much as a liundle of sticks or stove wood 

 would lie placed. The slvull A\'as jilaced directl.v on top of tlu' other bon(\s. 

 These bones \ver(> those of one body of large bnt not luuisnal statui'e. The 

 relics olitained fi-om tliis mound ;iie at present in the Hanover ("ollege 

 ]Mnsei'ni. 



The reputed •'Indian Mound"' in llu' village of Lancaster, in l.ancester 

 Towiisliip. T. ."). i;. '.). Section ;!.'!, was next examined. It was found to 

 give every evi(h'nce of being a natm-al I'ormation. Tlie so-called •indiaii 

 .Mound" on the ^Vainscott Tlace, near Middle Fork Station cm llie I'. (". 

 (". \- SI. 1,. K. It., was also closi'ly examined. Evidence of its human 

 origin. iinuc\(i-. was entirely wanting. Tliis i)eculiar mound is, in all 

 prolialiilily, liie result of strtam erosion. 



.\ mound situated on tlie second liottom of the Ohio Kiver. a short 

 dist;ince lielow Hanover banding, in Hano\'er Township, T. .".. U. li>. 

 Section IS. was next exca\atcd. 'i'his mound had lieen explored in iiart 

 by .Messrs. C. S. Taylor and W. \\'. Walker, some fifteen years ago. 

 As rei>orted liy Mi-. (i. S. 'i'aylor. now Superintendent of Schools of Jeffer- 

 son County, this mound w;is then some twelve or fourteen feet higli and 

 of conical sliape. At a dei)tli of al)ont three feet from the original top of 

 the nionnd these gentlemen found five copper beads from one-half inch 

 to t hree-(iuarter inch in di.ameter and of I'ougli rtuish. arranged in a circle, 

 as though originally forming a necklace. A considerable quantity of char- 

 coal and ashes was also found, but no human bones. 



Last July a trench eight feet wide was opened through the mound 

 from east to west, and extending to the depth of the mound. All the 

 excavated material was closely searched. At a point approximately three 

 fi'ct above the bottom of the mound two stones, each aliout 15x7x1^2 

 inches, were found in an erec-t i)osition and al)out foiu" feet apart. Two 



