gS ANCIENT MONUMENTS. 



It is impossible, in this connection, to trace the analogies which the Ohio struc- 

 ture exhibits to the serpent temples of England, or to point out the extent to which 

 the symbol was applied in America, — an investigation fraught with the greatest 

 interest both in respect to the light which it reflects upon the primitive super- 

 stitions of remotely separated people, and especially upon the origin of the 

 American race. 



PLATE XXXVI. No. 1. 



" THE CROSS," PICKAWAY COUNTY, OHIO. 



The work here figured is found near the little town of Tarlton, Pickaway 

 county, Ohio, in the narrow valley of " Salt creek," a tributary of the Scioto 

 river, eighteen miles north-east from Chillicothe, on the great road to Zanesville. 

 In position it corresponds generally with th5 remarkable work last described, 

 though wholly unlike it in form. It occupies a narrow spur of land, at a 

 prominent point of the valley ; its form is that of a Greek cross, ninety feet 

 between the ends, and elevated three feet above the adjacent surface. It is 

 surrounded by a slight ditch, corresponding to the outline of the elevation ; in 

 the centre is a circular depression, twenty feet across and twenty inches deep. 

 The sides of the cross correspond very nearly with the cardinal points. Immedi- 

 ately back of it, is a small circular elevation of stone and earth, resembling that in 

 connection with the Granville effigy, (No. 2 of the Plate,) and denominated an 

 altar in the description of that work. Several small mounds occur near by; and 

 upon the high hill, a spur of which is occupied by the cross, are several large 

 mounds. Mounds are quite numerous in this little valley, and on the hills 

 bordering it ; but it is not known to contain any enclosures. 



PLATE XXXVI. No. 2. 



" THE ALLIGATOR." LICKING COUNTY, OHIO. 



This strange work occupies a position somewhat analogous to that of the great 

 serpent already described. It occurs about one mile below the town of Granville, 

 Licking county, Ohio, upon a high and beautifully rounded spur of land, which 

 projects boldly into the delightful valley of " Raccoon creek," a stream which, in 

 conjunction with the " South fork," forms Licking creek or river, the principal 



