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bles have been found by Mr. L. B. Gary, on the banks 

 of Grand River at Mechanicsville, in Austingburgh town- 

 ship, Ashtabula county. This is considerably east of the 

 known outcrops of this rock in Ontario. 



THE AMBOS MOUND. 



BY WARREN K. MOREHEAD. 



The money donated by various individuals tor Archaeo- 

 logic explorations under the auspices of the Ohio Academy 

 of Science was employed in the exploration of the Ambos 

 Mound, situated within the limits of the city of Columbus. 

 While the sum on hand was inadequate for the expense in- 

 curred, the work was continued until the whole structure 

 was thoroughly explored. 



The mound is eight feet high and ninety feet in diame- 

 ter. It is composed of ordinary cla3^ It is located near 

 the Green Lawn bridge, South High street. It belonged to 

 a series of tumuli covering the site of Columbus, and its 

 nearest fellow mound was on the present site of the church 

 at the corner of Mound and High streets. Being the last 

 mound within the corporate limits of Columbus, its explora- 

 tion attracted much interest and more than 800 persons vi.s- 

 ited it each da3^ The examination extended over a period of 

 three weeks, from two to three men being employed each 

 day . 



It is hardly necessary to enter into a detailed description 

 of the discoveries. Suffice it to saj^ that complete field 

 notes of each day's work are preserved and that these are 

 accompanied by photographs and drawings. A total of twen- 

 ty-seven skeletons were found in the mound. Most of these 

 lay upon the base line (or bottom) of the structure and were 

 original interments. There was little evidence of the mound 

 having been disturbed" by previous excavators. 



Nearly all of these interments were unaccompanied by 

 relics. With several of the more important individuals were 



