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It must have been the tomb of an important person, the burial 

 place of some great man, highly esteemed by his companions. The 

 mound is, as shown in the plan, surrounded by a ditch and embank- 

 ment. " The mound, which covers the entire area, save a narrow 

 strip here and there, is 115 feet long and 9G feet wide at base, with 



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Fin. 7. — Inclosure in mound, Hocking County, Ohio. 



a height of 23 feet. . . . The surrounding wall and ditch are 

 niterrupted only by the gateway at the east, which is about 30 feet 

 wide. The ditch is 3 feet deep and varies in width from 20 to 23 

 feet. The wall averages 20 feet in breadth and is from 1 foot to 3 

 feet high." The upper 5 feet of the mound was of yellow clay, the 

 balance of the w^ork being formed of dark surface soil. '"At the base, 

 30 feet from the south margin, was a bed of burnt clay, on which 

 were coals and ashes. \\\ the center, also at the base, were the re- 



