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Rh and the area were covered with large oak trees. The place now goes by the name of Bryte's Fort.

B.—Two mounds stand upon a high natural elevation (90 feet) covering about 5 acres at the base, and being about 60 by 90 feet on the top, which is nearly flat. Each is 25 feet in diameter and 4 or 5 feet high. They are situated on the northeast quarter section 35, Clear Creek Township. At least one of them was explored as early as 1844, by Thomas Sprott and brother, who found a number of human skeletons in a kind of stone cist, upon which was almost a peck of red Indian paint. The bones were replaced.

C.—A circular inclosure containing 2 acres, more or less, is situated just north of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, and within the city limits of Ashland. The farm was formerly owned by Henry Gamble. In 1812-'15 the first settlers found embankments from 3 to 4 feet high, and from 8 to 10 feet wide at the base. A forest of oak, hickory, sugar, and ash grew upon and near this work. It overlooked the valley to the south and east, and had a gateway at the southwest opening near a fine spring. The site has been plowed for more than fifty years; and scarcely a trace of it remained in 1878.

D.—At this point is a circular inclosure located near the north line of the northeast quarter section 9, Mohican Township, one mile east of Jeromeville.

E, F.—On the farm of Nicholas Glenn are a mound and an earthwork. Information might be obtained from John Glenn, jr., or from William Gondy, an old settler, both of whom live at Jeromeville, Ohio. The works are about 2 miles southwest of Jeromeville.

G.—The Mohican town called Johnstown was located here. In the years 1808-'10 it contained Delawares, Mohegans, Mohawks, Mingos, and a few Senecas and Wyandots. Captain Pipe, a Wolf Indian, ruled the village until he left it, in 1812.

H.—This large circular inclosure and burial mound are situated in Wayne County, just south of the road leading from Lake Fork to Blatchleysville, and just east of the road leading from McZena to Blatchleysville. These remains are upon a high, gradual elevation overlooking a vast range of prairie, northeast and southeast, as well as the valleys westward. The circle is a little less than one-third of a mile in circumference. At present the embankments are from 1 to 2 feet in height. The area and embankment are covered by the forest growth, which is not older than 60 or 70 years, the Indians having burned this region annually until about 1812, for the purpose of hunting. Years ago the mound was opened by unknown persons. In 1876 the author visited it, and found that an animal had burrowed into it and brought out a fragment of skull, which is now in his possession. Some time after, Mr. Thomas Bushnell, of Hayesville, made excavations in the mound and found only bones, among which was a well-preserved skull. The mound is 25 or 30 feet in diameter and 4 feet in height.