What to see in America . nd mentioned is one of about 10,000, large andsmall, scattered over Ohio. In no other state have theMound Builders left so many remarkable works. Especiallynoteworthy are those at Fort Ancient in the Little MiamiValley, and Circleville and Chillicothe in the Scioto are of huge proportions. In the southern part of thestate beside Brush Creek, seven miles from the railwaystation of Peebles, is the famous Great Serpent. Acrossthe widely opened jaws it measures seventy-five feet, andjust behind the head thirty feet. It is five feet high, and,following the curve
What to see in America . nd mentioned is one of about 10,000, large andsmall, scattered over Ohio. In no other state have theMound Builders left so many remarkable works. Especiallynoteworthy are those at Fort Ancient in the Little MiamiValley, and Circleville and Chillicothe in the Scioto are of huge proportions. In the southern part of thestate beside Brush Creek, seven miles from the railwaystation of Peebles, is the famous Great Serpent. Acrossthe widely opened jaws it measures seventy-five feet, andjust behind the head thirty feet. It is five feet high, and,following the curves, 1348 feet long. The tail is a triplecoil. Between the distended jaws is an oval inclosure onehundred and nine feet in length and thirty-nine broad with aheap of stones at its center. The purposes the mounds served were vari-ous. Some wereused for sepul-chres, some foraltars or religiousrites, others prob-ably for resi-dences, and manyserved such pur-poses as advancedposts or signal A Cincinnati Bridge stations in COn-. Ohio 225
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