settler. At this point it is claimed that he overtook the Indians and was 
killed, as he was never seen afterwards. But some years later a skeleton 
was found in a pit where a tree had upreoted, which was supposed te be 
the skeleton of the settler, being the last reminder of the Indians who no 
doubt buried their dead in sitting posiures in Hog Back, prepared originally 
by their predecessors, the Mound Builders. 
The mound is in an enclosure of about six acres always covered with 
blue grass and was undisturbed until fifteen years ago. Several very 
large beech trees are still standing on the same, aiso very Jarge stumps 
ot blue poplar trees. After the land was sold, the new owner at once be- 
gan to haul gravel and great destruction has taken place. Many skeletons 
have been taken out and their benes, along with the gravel, have helped 
to make the many good roads of Hanover township. 
Seven large spears and many ornaments of bone, mollusk, shale beads, 
ormaumented bear teeth, polished but not pierced, Beaver, Ground Tlog and 
Wildcat teeth have been found. 
Hxuipir i. The skull of this solon of the past is one of the most per- 
fiectly preserved specimens taken from Hog Back. Oh, if he could only tell 
What his cranium once possessed in knowledge! Ie was no doubt a Mound 
TLuilder, as he was found in nearly the middle of the great ridge and about 
seven feet under the surface. The carelessness of the gravel diggers was 
unfortunate indeed, as no other part of him was saved and what artifacts 
might have been buried with him were lost. 
The soul of the man 
The organ of thought— 
Tell me, if you can, 
What this man might have wrought. 
2. This broken Femur—see how it was stoved and how firmly it 
welded together. I would like to know the name of the prehistoric sur- 
geon! I took up a skeleton on the highest point twelve years ago of a man 
no doubt 90 or 100 years old, judging the age from the teeth. He was a 
very large man. His jaws were so huge that I could place them on the 
outside of my jaw and move my chin very freely. He had a broken left 
rib which was lapped together and healed very nicely. 
3. This banded Slate Bird Amulet, being the first of the slate arti- 
facts that were found in the mound, is what archieologists term the Duck, 
or Lucky Stone, and was tied on the bow of the boat to insure success 
for the day’s hunt and catch. 
