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��ancient eartliwork. the principal one in Rich- land County. About two miles south of this '■ fort.'' as it may well be termed, there is a mound al)out five feet high and twenty feet in diameter, that has never been opened.

Outside of the present limits of this county, in that part now comprised in Ashland Count}', there are several remains, all of which have been examined by Dr. Geo. W. Hill, of Ash- land, and descriptions of them made. Only an abridged description of each can be given here.

��his face. The other cranial bones showed this was truly a giant.

About one-fourth of a mile southwest of the village of Orange, in a sugar-grove belonging to the estate of the Xorris family, exists an ancient mount, four or five feet high, and of considerable extent in outline. When the first settlers located here, large trees grew upon the mound. About forty jears ago. Dr. Deming and others excavated the mound and found well- preserved skeletons, with remnants of pottery. ^

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��In (Grange Township, about thirty-five years ago. while excavating a bluflT on the creek, east of the residence of the late Patrick Murray-, for the purpose of improving the road, a num- ber of skeletons were unearthed, among which was one supposed to have been over seven feet high. The bones of this giant were in a good state of preservation, but it is a little doubtful if his height was equal to that given by his ex- cited discoverers.

Col. John Murray, who found the bones, found no difficulty in passing the under jawbone over

��flints, etc. In 1850, George Barrick, when dig- ging a well for Isaac StuU, near his residence, one-half mile south of Orange Village, at the depth of five feet l)elow the surface found an earthen vessel that would hold perhaps two gal- lons. He unfortunately broke this valuable relic. It was foimd mouth u^jward. and I'esem- bled in many respects a common two-gallon crock. The rim around the top was artistically made and was intended to be used in lifting the vessel. It was formed of bluish earth, and seemed to have been subjected to the action of

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