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ference, and from 2J to 3 feet liigb. In Leech Township, on the west 

 side of the river, is a group of six monnda, which have not been exam- 

 ined; neither has the one which is on the east of the river at the Iron 

 Bridge, where the stage road crosses the stream. Abont one mile east and 

 one mile south of the bridge are three mounds, standing as shown on the 

 map, one of which was examined, and found to be a burial mound. 

 About 100 yards southwest of these mounds is a i)it 10 or 12 feet square 

 and 7 or 8 feet deep, and within 6 or 8 feet of tbe river bank. It has 

 never been examined. One of the old men in the vicinity told me he 

 had noticed it every year for a long time, and says it is not nearly so 

 large as it used to be. Just below, at the mouth of the Pond Creek (on 

 the west side of the river), is a square inclosure, said to be 100 jards or 

 more square, called the Old Fort, but I have not seen it. In Massillon 

 Township is a group of seven or more mounds, as shown on the map. 

 It is a very high bluff, and has been a famous place for the ancient race. 

 It is a good fishing and hunting locality, the river at that i)oint con- 

 taining a shallow rapid or rifSe, and just across the river on the east 

 side is a low, flat, bottom land, stretching around for miles, and has been 

 one of the choice spots for game. 



In the northeastern part of the county are two mounds, which, from 

 the description given, must be the largest in the county, being GO or 80 

 feet high and wide in proportion, but they have never been examined. 



Our mounds, as a rule, do not at all compare with those on the Ohio 

 Eiver, about 60 miles south of us. They are small and scattered, and are 

 generally found in groups of from 3 to 20. I must not omit to mention 

 that there are a number of mounds outside of Wayne County, situated 

 on the bank of a river in White County. I have never been to see them, 

 but I have been told that they number between thirty and forty, all 

 in a row and following the trend of the river. Throughout the county 

 generally are found more or less of the stone implements, but they are 

 much more plentiful near the streams and in the timbered lands, and 

 are scarce on the prairie. 



In the Smithsonian Report for 1876 (page 430) is cited a remark of 

 Messrs. Squier and Davis relating to the disks of black flint. There 

 have been two dei)Osits found in this country, one in the county south of 

 us (White), and one in the county west (Jetterson). The first one con- 

 tained thirteen of them, of which I obtained eight, and the other con- 

 tained forty-six, of which I obtained several. Speaking of the disks, 

 on page 440 (1876), it is said: '-Thus far not one of thera has been found 

 isolated or bearing marks of use." This is a mistake, if mine are of the 

 same kind as those spoken of by them, as I have found three in this 

 county, one at a time, and one of them not quite twice the size of a trade- 

 dollar. They are of the same stone and the same shape, &c., but none 

 bear marks of use. In addition to those given above, fifteen more mounds 

 have been found in Massillon Township. They are on the west side of 

 the river, about one inch (as measured on the map sent) from the north 



