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Show THE PRESENT STATE OF ‘The former has two waiis, with a ditch be- These wails were twenty feet in height. tweenthem. outer of earth taken The inner wall was of clay ; the The walls of the from the ditch between the walls. square fort are ten feetin height; with erghi gileways, besides the one leading into the adjoining circular tort. on the inside with Each of these gateways is defended a mound of earth four feet high, and forty ‘eet diameter, Each mound is two rods within the gate- \ / atthe base. way. and direct in front of it, no doubt for defence. The square and the cirele of these forts are said to be : + os * fe Ldanr mathe-_ and are thought to indicate much most exaet; matical skill; as not the least error can be detected in their device. In the centre of the round fort was a mound ten feet On in height, and several rods tn diameter at the base. a a six rods, was its eastern side, and extending The top 0 meit. ahalf circle composed of pebbles. ere e this tumulus was about thirty feet In diameter, to it from te leading turnpike like a modern way aS ; east. This mound has beer removed and its ace Some things found in it shall be noted. : oe plored. eene! ; human skeletons. A great quantity of heads, arrows behef they must have ve at ‘Uhey were so large as or spears. ea enn been the latter. made of an elk s ay m at Philedt Hh a museu was here found, and is now } j phia. A silver ferrule encompassed the =Frd — conta a a small sword. or large kinte, 3 e . ist ape ea ‘ = oh ack. e inz= the blade terrule, The—— blade.was eae at ; which stiver eng aces... 20! ao chiniured by roiimg aces. t. py rust. * the ox} de, or rust n of the handle, there We t Butin the hotehe ofiron , of t —— ol ri oS s:milat tag i, Sie} 1€ ae cks a Some bri inserted. Se size of the shank formerly And a_ large. 22:4 th. “barnt were here found. Pee dF i length Q of = aud a hai \ineb \yRCH au a foot pe bread preadati ¢ it aits well 1H 1. ¢ .: sat. 4 in . ISRAEL. — \ | \___ numbers of buman bones, of all sizes . were here found Here were found also with those bones stone axes and knives, and various ornaments, ; Not far from this tumualus was a semi -circular ditch The injormer remarks it was six feet first discovered it. At the bottom lay deep when he “a great quantity of human bones.” These are supposed te be the remains of men slain in some vreat battle. They were all of the size of men, and layin confu sion, as though buried ina pile, and in haste. Here might. about the last of those more civilized peopl have been a, e who in- 7° habit ed that station; thus entombed ina ditch by a~ residue of their brethren spared; or by their ! Savage enemies, if allin the fortress were cut off The articles discovere: lin the 1€ grea gre; t tumulus were humerous ; sometl ing seemed to have bee small n with every corps. buried On the river Scioto, mounds are frequently found, usuaily on hills with fair prosspe pe cts to the east. Near Chil muco icot thehe aare are some¢ hatinter e stiugo e g nes OF . In Chilicoth othe,e, — ge Mma iteon eee ae, ne demrition of | at Sil3 SIXty feet in diameter at the base ; and contained hum an bones. Under its base in the centre lay a ske leton on a platform of twenty feet, formed of bar k; and over‘it a mat fi / ed of some bark. On the breast lay a pi : es . 3 St4aY a piece ‘o of : cope / per; alsoa Curious stone five inches in lensth. tw rn x 0 :in breBas adth, with two per | ior ations throug h 1; it. » ¢ COn tal ning a string of sinews of some ani mal. On¢ this string were . Many beads of ivory, or bone. Phe whole appeared ~ , Ms 2 oie op tt & s eeand 0 e, !a Iy Of t hick, formed eee nree’ ; ihre Lp hail i AND plate of iron “ which (says the writer wh o Witness) had become an oxyde ;” or pla was an eye te of rust.—~ “The mirror (he adds) answered the purpose very fwell for which it was intended.” | About forty rods from this round fort, was anot her tumulus, “ more than ninety feet in height,” says the | writer in the Archeology; which was placed on anarti- | ficial hill. It appears to have been a burying place ; and probably was a high place for wors hip. la On the waters of the Scioto, at Circleville, Ohio, Here is a notable instance of these military works. other are two forts adjoining ; one an exact circle; the asquare. JUDAH \ to.have been \ kind ~ designed to w carupon of breast-plate . yp re ») i < . 7 ye iy: KX &. the * a ee Ah.a2 : eS f ‘ . . neck, 5 as a |
