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settler. At this point it is claimed that he overtook tha Indians and was 

 killed, as he was never seen afterwards. But some years later a skeleton 

 was found in a pit where a tree had uprooted, which was supposed to be 

 the skeleton of the settler, being the last reminder of the Indians who no 

 doubt buried their dead in sitting postures in Hog Back, prepared originally 

 by their predecessors, the Mound Builders. 



The mound is in an enclosure of about six acres always covered with 

 blue grass and was undisturbed until fifteen years ago. Several very 

 large beech trees are still standing on the same, also very large stumps 

 of blue poplar trees. After the land was sold, the new owner at once be- 

 gan to haul gravel and great destruction has taken place. Many skeletons 

 have been taken out and their bones, along with the gravel, hiive helped 

 to make the many good roads of Hanover township. 



Seven large spears and manj' ornaments of bone, mollusk, shale beads, 

 ornamented bear teeth, polished but not pierced, Beaver, Ground Hog and 

 Wildcat teeth have been found. 



Exhibit 1. The skull of this solou of the past is one of ttie most per- 

 fectly preserved specimens taken from Hog Back. Oh, if he could only tell 

 what his cranium once possessed in Ivuowledge ! He was no doubt a JNIound 

 Builder, as he was found in nearly the middle of the great ridge and about 

 seven feet under the surface. The carelessness of the gravel diggers was 

 unfortunate indeed, as no other part of him was saved and what artifacts 

 might have been buried with hiin were lost. 



The soul of the man 



The organ of thought — 



Tell me, if you can, 



What this man might have wrought. 



2. This broken Femur — s6e how it was stoved and how firmly It 

 welded together. I would like to know the name of the prehistoric sur- 

 geon ! I took up a skeleton on the highest point twelve years ago of a man 

 no doubt 90 or 100 years old, judging the age from the teeth. He was a 

 very large man. His jaws were so huge that I could i)lace them on the 

 outside of my jaw and move my chin very freely. lie had a broken left 

 rib which was lapped together and healed very nicely. 



3. This banded Slate Bird iVmulet, being the first of the slate arti- 

 facts that were found in the mound, is what arclueologists term tlie Duck, 

 or Lucky Stone, and was lied on llic bow ol' the boat t<J insure success 

 for the day's hunt and catcb. 



