. Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . of the skeletons of two adults and one child. Thesegraves, the stones of one being still in place, were found to be madeby placing thin slabs of stone on end, forming the .sides and ends, thetop being covered by other slabs, making a rough stone coffin in whichthe bodies had been placed. There was no indication of any moundhaving been erected, and they were placed .lightly on the slope of thebank. This kind of burial is so distinct .from that of the burials in themound that it is possible t
. Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . of the skeletons of two adults and one child. Thesegraves, the stones of one being still in place, were found to be madeby placing thin slabs of stone on end, forming the .sides and ends, thetop being covered by other slabs, making a rough stone coffin in whichthe bodies had been placed. There was no indication of any moundhaving been erected, and they were placed .lightly on the slope of thebank. This kind of burial is so distinct .from that of the burials in themound that it is possible that the acts may be refeiTed to two distinctraces who have occupied the territory successively, though they mayprove to be of the same time and simply indicate a special mode adoptedfor a distinctive purpose. ^ Even more striking is the stone fort in Clark County. Prof. Cox, who, after surveying it, pronounced it one of the most re-markable stone fortifications which has ever come under my notice,gave the following description of it: 1 Bulletin of Essex Institute, Vol. 3, No. 2, November, >UP OP J oil flip Ohio Kh-pr:t ,..Iiitlrana>V\\\«N«AVi^\o\. E. T. V07CS/a/f f/eo/oytsf INDIANA AND INDIANANS 7 The locality selected for this fort presents many natural advantagesfor making it impregnable to the opposing forces of pre-historic occupies the point of an elevated narrow ridge which faces the Ohioriver on the east, and is bordered by Fourteen Mile Creek on the westside. This creek empties into the Ohio a short distance below thefort. The top of the ridge is pear shape, with the part answering tothe neck at the north end. This part is not over twenty feet wide andis protected by precipitous natural walls of stone. It is two hundredand eighty feet above the level of the Ohio, and the slope is verygradual to the south. At the upper field it is two hundred and fortyfeet high and one hundred steps wide. At the lower timber
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