Pleistocene Geology of Moravia Quadrangle 399 
the ridge flattens and becomes rather indefinite; but to the west 
of the next public road we come to an elongated ridge that appears 
to split into two distributaries, both of which turn rather sharply 
to the south. That these ridges are genetically associated with 
the esker does not seem proved especially since their continuation 
north or east is so indefinite. Were the ridges dilferently oriented 
we would scarcely consider their association with a subglacial 
stream, but the direction they take from a line which is continuous 
with the esker would seem to indicate the influence of more active 
ice in the Locke valley deflecting the esker stream southward as 
these ridges point. 
In this connection reference may well be made to a geographic 
influence illustrated particularly in this esker as well as in some of 
the others. I refer to the location of farm buildings at the inter- 
section of highways with this ridge of drift. Commencing at its 
supposed point of origin it is noted that every highway crossing 
save the last to the extreme southwest has been made the location 
of farm buildings. 
No. 9. This esker lies directly north of the southern portion 
of No. 8. Locally it is referred to by the farmer as the ‘‘ Indian 
Road,’’ and the older residents have a legend as to this turnpike 
of drift having been constructed by the red men. The ridge is 
indeed scarcely higher than a well made pike, and its course 
through a swamp area about a half-mile wide is very suggestive 
of artificial origin. The topographic map makes the slope occu- 
pied by this esker much steeper than it really is. As a matter of 
fact in its whole distance the esker descends northward less than 
thirty feet, whereas by the mapping it should drop one hundred. 
The swamp appears to be the result purely of undeveloped drain- 
age lines, as it occupies a flat elevated area including perhaps a 
square mile. It has been heavily forested, and in lumbering 
operations the esker is used as a highway. 
No sections are present, but judging from the surface it is 
inferred that the esker material is coarse; in some places the 
presence of till was noted. No characteristic terminal phenom- 
ena were observed; the ridge begins and ends almost impercep- 
tibly. While its course is not straight, nevertheless the curves are 
few and long. 
