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It is stated that there are effij^y iiiouiids iii tb'e "Bad Lands," and 

 that on the Little Missouri Kiver near its headwaters are imuierous 

 mounds on terraces, mostly conical, but some of them effigies. 

 New York Suu, August 2, 1885. 



OHIO. 



Adams County. 



"Tlie Great Serpent Mound" on the land formerly owned by John J. 

 Lovett in Brattain Township, near Brush Creek, in the extreme north- 

 ern part of the county. 



sDesci-ibed aud figured in Aug. Mod. (1818), pp. 90-93, PI. 85; Baldwin's Auc. 

 Amer. (1871), pp. 27, 28, Fig. 9; description, Wilson's Preh. Man, 3d ed. 

 (1876), vol. 1, pp. 316, 317; C. C. Joues, Sui. Rep. (1877), p. 279; J. P. Mac- 

 Lean, Mound Builders, pp. 55-.57, Fig. 9; Short's N.Am, of Antiq. (1880), 

 p. 34 ; S. D. Peet, Am. Antiq., vol. 6 (1884), pp. 402-404, Fig. b9. The figures 

 and descriptions by these authorities are based wholly on what is given 

 b3^ Squier and Davis in Anc. Mou. A few additional particulars, 17th 

 Rep. Peab. Mus., vol. 3 (1884), pp. 348, 349 ; Proc. Am. Antiq. Soc, new ser., 

 vol. 3 (1883), pp. 11-14. Description aud figure from new survey, J. P. Mac- 

 Lean, Am. Antiq., vol. 7 (1885), pp. 44-47; E. A. Allen, in The Prehistoric 

 World (1885), pp. 352, 353. From further examinations, W. H. Holmes, 

 Science, vol. 8 (1886), pp. 624-628, Figs. 1 and 2, and also Auc. Pottery of 

 the Miss. Valley (1885), p. 163, from Proc. Dav. Acad. Sci., vol. 4 (1882-1884), 

 p. 183. Described and figured from new survey, in Report. Model in 

 National Museum. Brief description in Antiq. of the State of Ohio (1887), 

 by Henry A. Shepherd, p. 64-66. Also described by S. D. Peet, Am. Autiq., 

 vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 140-143, Figs. 11 and 12. Has been purchased by the Pea- 

 body Museum, 

 Mounds in the Ohio Kiver bottom at the mouth of Brush Creek. 



Reported by Frederick Bierbower. 



A mound at Cherry Fork. 



Reported by W. A. Robe. 

 Circular earthworks and ?nound half a mile north of the village of 

 Winchester. 

 Mound a mile and a quarter north of these works on Entry No. 3. 

 Small mound ou Entry i!!^'o. 8. 



Description and plan of first-mentioned works by J. P. MacLeati, Sm. Rep., 

 1885, pt. 1, pp. 893, 894. 



"Oave Hill" 2 miles south of West Liberty (Cherry Fork post office). 

 Reported by Mr. MacLean. 



Allen County. 



Several large mounds in this county and stone gravies at Herring. 

 Ancient cemetery, 3 miles northeast of Herring. 



Reported by J. H. Camp. 



Ashland County, 



"Kamsey's Fort," a quadrangular earthwork on the SW. j, Sec. 28, 

 Jacksoti Township. 

 Two mounds in the north part of Perry Township. Exphjredi 

 Described by George W. Hill, ^lu. Rep. 1877, j>p.26l. 26;:^, 



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