. The mound builders : being an account of a remarkable people that once inhabited the valleys of the Ohio and Mississippi, together with an investigation into the archæology of Butler County, the aid of the plans something may be known ofthese gigantic works. In 1836 Col. Charles Whittleseymade a very accurate survey; and since then additionshave been made so that it may now be said that we havethe works complete. Our engraving is drawn from theplan as given in Wilsons Pre-Historic Man, whichmay be said to contain all that has been discovered. By the aid of the accompanying plan (Fig. 3,)
. The mound builders : being an account of a remarkable people that once inhabited the valleys of the Ohio and Mississippi, together with an investigation into the archæology of Butler County, the aid of the plans something may be known ofthese gigantic works. In 1836 Col. Charles Whittleseymade a very accurate survey; and since then additionshave been made so that it may now be said that we havethe works complete. Our engraving is drawn from theplan as given in Wilsons Pre-Historic Man, whichmay be said to contain all that has been discovered. By the aid of the accompanying plan (Fig. 3,) thereaders attention may be called to the most interestingfeatures, although only a general discription will beattempted. Beginning at the most Mestern point wefirst encounter a true circle twenty-eight hundred andeighty feet in circumference, and six feet in height, withno ditch. On the southwestern part of this wall is afeature never before noticed. It seems to indicate thatthe builders commenced to carry out parallel lines fromthis point, but after having reached one hundred feetabandoned the idea and closed the opening by erecting amound one hundred and seventy feet long and fourteen. 34 SACRED ENCLOSURES. feet high. This mound overlooks the whole series ofthese works, and has received the name of the Observa-tory. At the northeastern part, or directly oppositethe Observatory is the gateway leading into an avenuethree hundred feet long and sixty broad, the walls ofwhich do not exceed four feet in height. This avenueterminates in one of the eight gateways of an octagonenclosing upwards of fifty acres. The gateways of theoctagon are at the angles of the wall, and each coveredupon by a mound five feet high by eighty to one hun-dred feet 1)ase, and placed sixty feet interior to the wall. From tlie octagon there extend three lines of jiarallelwalls. The line extending toward the south has beentraced a distance of about two miles. The others extendin an easterly direction, and
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