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lapse of a hundred years, is still much in evidence. After a 

 brief service in the army, which included some real fighting in 

 the Black Hawk War, he resigned, studied law and began the 

 practice of his new profession in Cleveland. In 1837 he was 

 appointed assistant geologist on the Ohio Survey under Mather, 

 having allotted to him the topographical and general "surface" 

 work of that organization. He became actively interested in 

 archaeology and especially in the earth works of the so-called 

 mound-builders. He made surveys and maps of many of these 

 under an arrangement with Mr. Joseph Sullivant of Columbus, 

 (who was also deeply interested in the subject,) for a joint 

 investigation and publication. Later, however, much of this 

 material was turned over to the Smithsonian Institution for 

 publication as a part of the great work of Squier and Davis. 

 While in the employment of mining companies in the investiga- 

 tion of copper mines in Northern Michigan, Col. Whittlesey 

 made interesting studies of ancient methods of mining, the re- 

 sults of which were published in the "Smithsonian Contributions 

 to Knowledge" as were other important papers. From his 

 busy pen came also a number of books, mostly on archaeological 

 or historical topics. On the breaking out of the civil war he 

 promptly offered his services to the government, winning fame 

 as an officer of the army, from which, however, he was obliged 

 to resign at the end of a year on account of failure in health. 

 Resuming his explorations in the Lake Superior and Upper 

 Mississippi basin he was able to make very important additions to 

 our knowledge of the mineral wealth of that region. His pub- 

 lished papers were about two hundred in number and were 

 highly esteemed on both sides of the Atlantic. His training as 

 an engnineer and surveyor made him cautious and conservative 

 and he did great service in exposing archaeological frauds and 

 "fakes". He died in Cleveland in October, 1886, having just 

 entered upon his seventy-ninth year. 



Although many years of his life were passed outside of 

 the State, Dr. John S. Newberry always regarded himself as 

 an "Ohio man." He was brought to the state at the age of two 

 years by his parents, his father having founded the village of 



