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be Runic or Phceoecian, therefore the stone was sent 

 to Europe for an interpretation by scholars and pundits 

 of the " universities." Casts were taken of it in plaster 

 and wax, and the genuine stone and its copies received 

 extended attention. Our Government had a drawing 

 made of the famous stone, the work being done to 

 illustrate "Schoolcraft's Indian Tribes." At the time 

 the stone was found, and for a number of years after- 

 ward, no one questioned its genuine character, but at 

 length Mr. Squier, an eminent archaeologist, suggested 

 that the whole thing might be a fraud, although the 

 "find" was made before many impositions of the 

 kind were practiced. Prof. Charles Whittlesey, of 

 Cleveland, a man well versed in archaeological science, 

 in his pamphlet, !N"o. 33, denounces the Grave Creek 

 Stone as an imposition. Mr. J. E.Wharton, of Ports- 

 mouth, Ohio, claims to be the only person now living 

 who saw the stone taken from the earth when dumped 

 from the wheelbarrow. He says that the loam adher- 

 ing to its lettered surface bore evidence of having 

 been there for centuries, and there was no oppor- 

 tunity for fraud in the case, nor inducement, inas- 

 much as the relic was never offered for sale by its 

 owners. It is now in the Smithsonian Institute, at 

 Washington. 



The next engraved stone in the line of impor- 

 tance, perhaps, is the one taken from a mound in this 

 city. The tumulus was at the intersection of Mound 

 and Longworth streets, and was razed to grade the 

 ground for street purposes. While the loam was be- 

 ing carted away a stone five inches long, three inches 

 broad, and half an inch thick was found, and upon 

 cleaning its surface a fine display of ornamental fiut- 

 ings was discovered. This stone bears the name of 



