28 THE PROBLEM OF TITE OHIO MOUNDS. 



important item in this connection is tlmt those graves were in a nionnd. 

 He describes the mound as 35 feet in diameter and 5 feet high, having 

 on one side a projection 35 feet h:)ng of the same heig]it as tlie mound. 

 ISTear by a cache was discovere<l containing twenty one iron im^jh^nents, 

 such as axes, hatchets, tomahawks, lioes, and wedges. lie adds tlie 

 significant statement that near the mound once stood the rn<lian (Del- 

 aware) vilhage of ]vush-kush-kee. 



Graves of the same type have been discovered in Lee County, Va.' 

 Others liave been found in a mound on tlie Tennessee side, near the 

 southern boundary of Scott County, Ya. Allusion has abeady been 

 made to the occasional presence of the Shawnees in this region. In 

 the map of North America by John Senex, Chaoimnon villages are 

 indicated in this particular section. 



The presence of these graves in any part of Ohio can easily ho ac- 

 counted for on the theory advanced, by the well known fact that both 

 Shawnees and Belawares were located at various points in the rciiion, 

 and during the wars in which they were engaged were moving ab()u\ 

 from jdace to place; but the mention of a few coincidences may not be 

 out of place. 



In the American Antiquarian for July, ISSl, is the deRcrii)tion of one 

 of these cists found in a mound in the eastern part of Montgomery 

 County. Mr. Koyce, in the article already referred to, states that there 

 was a Shawnee village 3 miles north of Xenia, in the adjoining county, 

 on Mad Eiver, which flows into the jMiaini a short distance al>ove the 

 location of the mound. 



Stone graves have been found in great numbers at various points along 

 the Ohio from Portsmouth to Ripley, a region known to have been oc- 

 cu})ied at various times hj the Shawnees. 



Similar graves have been discovered in Ashland County.- These, as 

 will be seen by reference to the same report (page 594), are precisely in 

 the locality of the former Delaware villages. 



The evidence is deemed sufficient to show that the Shawnees and Del- 

 awares were accustomed to bury in stone graves of the type under con- 

 sideration, and to indicate that the graves found south of the Ohio iwo. 

 to be attributed to the former tribe and those north to both tribes. 



As graves of this kind are common over the west side of southern 

 Illinois, from the mouth of the Illinois to the junction of the Ohio ami 

 Mississippi Kivers, attention is called to some evidence bearing on their 

 origin. 



Hunter, wdio traveled in the West, says that some of the Indians he 

 met with during his captivity buried their dead in graves of this kind. 



According to a statement made by Dr. Ran to Mr. C. C. Jones, and 

 repeated to me personally, "it is a fact well remembered by many per- 

 sons in this neighborhood [Monroe County, 111.] that the Indians who 



' Elrvcntli Roport, of the Peabody Museum, 1878, p. 208. 

 - SmitliNoniaii IvCMorl Cor 1877, ])\).'2C)\-^()7. 



