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242, Ancient Bones. 
Art. V. On some ancient human bones &c. with a no- 
tice of the bones of the Mastodon or Mammoth, and 
of various shells found in Ohio and the west ; by Cater 
TWATER, Esq. 
Circleville, May 22, 1820.. 
TO PROFESSOR SILLIMAN. 
Dear Sir, 
Ir has been said, that neither the bones of man, nor 
the remains of any of his works, have been found in any of 
the rock formations of our Globe. This may be true of all 
parts of the earth except Ohio. In this region however a 
number of skeletons have been found in two places at least, 
and the works of man have been discovered in many oth- 
ers. To what epoch or catastrophe of our globe, they are to 
be referred, I leave others to decide, while I proceed to 
relate the facts. 
I am credibly informed, that in digging a well at Cincin- 
nati in this state, an arrow head was found more than ni 
ty feet below the surface. The geology of that place has 
been well described by Dr. neo in his “Picture of Cin- 
cinnati.” It is a very ancient alluvion. Nine miles Sou' 
of the ee shore of lake “Erie, at Ridgeville, Cayaho- 
ga county, several feet below the surface, in the ridge, 
which was Sue the southern shore of the lake, several 
5 ee and one or more human skeletons were found, which 
zine ¢ manier as thoes discovered at Ridgeville 
At Pickaway plains, about three miles South of this town, 
while several persons were digging a well, several years 
since, a human skeleton was found{ seventeen feet six inches 
* Fact derived frrom Moses Eldred, Esq. 
i Authority, Israel Harrington, Esq. of Lower ee 
+ By Major John E. Morgan. 
