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passed through the Tymochtee pass into the Scioto Valley a 

 little above Marion, whence it continued down that river to Ports- 

 mouth on the Ohio. It is interesting to note, also, that General 

 Harrison in the Campaign of 1812 followed this trail with his 

 army from Columbus to Port Clinton, and that his ammunition 

 wagons had much to do in deepening the marks of the trail 

 where it passes through Spiegel Grove. 



Two other important north and south trails connected the 

 lake region with the Ohio. One leaving the Maumee River at 

 Defiance passed up the Auglaize valley into the valley of the 

 Great Miami near Loramie Reservoir and reached the Ohio near 

 Cincinnati. Another leaving Lake Erie at Cleveland followed 

 up the Cuyahoga River to Akron where it passed over into 

 the valley of the Tuscarawas, reaching the Ohio River at 

 Marietta. The east and west trails were in general less direct, 

 except that which led along the south shore of the lake. The 

 trail next south of this, leading from the upper Ohio, followed 

 the Mahoning River to Warren and thence westward through 

 Ravenna, Cuyahoga Falls, Medina, and Norwalk, and passed 

 on thence to Toledo and Detroit. Another passing through Co- 

 lumbiana Co., turned southwesterly down the Tuscarawas River 

 to Coshocton and thence to Circleville where it joined a north- 

 west and southeast trail leading from Mercer County to Galli- 

 polis. These and other trails have now been pretty thoroughly 

 traced out and it is interesting to note that the Indians had by 

 instinct discovered the lines of least resistance which have been 

 brought to light by our modern civil engineers in locating the 

 canals and railroads of the State. 



The most striking objects of archaeological investigation in 

 Ohio are found in the prehistoric mounds and earthworks of 

 the State, which are numbered by the thousand, — no less than 

 5,396 being enumerated in the archaeological atlas of Ohio recently 

 published by our Society. Of these 587 are enclosures, 354 vil- 

 lage sites, 714 ordinary interments, 39 cemeteries, 17 stone graves, 

 5 effigy mounds, 109 flint quarries, and 6 caches, while burial 

 mounds number 3.513, furnishing altogether material for 

 archaeological investigation unrivalled in any other state of the 



