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baukment and the area were covered with large oak trees. The i)lace 

 uow goes by the uaiue of Bryte's Fort. 



B. — Two mounds stand upon a high natural elevation (90 feet) covering 

 about 5 acres at the base, and being about 60 by 90 feet on the top, 

 which is nearly flat. Each is 25 feet in diameter and 4 or 5 feet high. 

 They are situated on the northeast quarter section 35, Clear Creek Town- 

 ship. At least one of them was explored as early as 1844, by Thomas 

 Sprott and brother, who found a number of human skeletons in a kind 

 of stone cist, upon which was almost a peck of red Indian paint. The 

 bones were replaced. 



C. — A circular inclosure containing 2 acres, more or less, is situated 

 just north of the Atlantic and Great Western Eailway, and within the 

 city limits of Ashland. The farm was formerly owned by Henry Gamble. 

 In 1812-'15 the first settlers found embankments from 3 to 4 feet high, 

 and from 8 to 10 feet wide at the base. A forest of oak, hickory, sugar, 

 and ash grew upon and near this work. It overlooked the valley to the 

 south and east, and had a gateway at the southwest opening near a fine 

 spring. The site has been plowed for more than fifty years ; and scarcely 

 a trace of it remained in 1878. 



B. — At this jioint is a circular inclosure located near the north line 

 of the northeast quarter section 9, Mohican Township, one mile east of 

 Jeromeville. 



E, E. — On the farm of Nicholas Glenn are a mound and an earthwork. 

 Information might be obtained from John Glenn, jr., or from William 

 Gondy, an old settler, both of whom live at Jeromeville, Ohio. The 

 works are about 2 miles southwest of Jeromeville. 



G. — Tlie Mohican town called Johnstown was located here. In the 

 years 1S08-'10 it contained Delawares, Mohegans, Mohawks, Mingos, 

 and a few Senecas and Wyandots. Captain Pipe, a Wolf Indian, ruled 

 the village until he left it, in 1812. 



H, — Tbis large circular inclosure and burial mound are situated in 

 Wayne County, just south of the road leadiug from Lake Fork to Blatch- 

 leysville, and just east of the road leading from McZena to Blatchleys- 

 ville. These remains are upon a high, gradual elevation overlooking a 

 vast range of i)rairie, northeast and southeast, as well as the valleys 

 westward. The circle is a little less than one-third of a mile in circum- 

 ference. At i)resent the embankments are from 1 to 2 feet in height. 

 The area and embankment are covered by the forest growth, which is 

 not older than 60 or 70 years, the Indians having burned this region 

 annually until about 1812, for the i)urpose of hunting. Years ago the 

 mound was opened by unknown persons. In 1876 the author visited it, 

 and found that an animal had burrowed into it and brought out a frag- 

 n)ent of skull, which is now in his possession. Some time after, Mr. 

 Thomas Bushnell, of Ilayesville, made excavations in the mound and 

 found only bones, among which was a well-preserved skull. The mound 

 is 25 or 30 feet in diameter and 4 feet in heisrht. 



