. The Cabinet of natural history and American rural sports, with illustrations. Zoology; Animals; Outdoor life; Natural history. AND AMERICAN RURAL SPORTS. 197. No. 1. No. 2. Notes of a Naticralist. By Jacob Geeen, M. D. INDIAN ANTIQUITIES. In the early part of June (1S31,) I passed a da}'' or two at Wheeling, in Virginia. visit was rendered exceed- ingly interesting, by the examination of some of tliose curi- ous objects of antiquity which are aiiiong the few wrecks of the history of the former inhabitants of our country, and are certainly the work of a people much farther advanced in the
. The Cabinet of natural history and American rural sports, with illustrations. Zoology; Animals; Outdoor life; Natural history. AND AMERICAN RURAL SPORTS. 197. No. 1. No. 2. Notes of a Naticralist. By Jacob Geeen, M. D. INDIAN ANTIQUITIES. In the early part of June (1S31,) I passed a da}'' or two at Wheeling, in Virginia. visit was rendered exceed- ingly interesting, by the examination of some of tliose curi- ous objects of antiquity which are aiiiong the few wrecks of the history of the former inhabitants of our country, and are certainly the work of a people much farther advanced in the arts, and greatly superior in power and civilization to the rude Indian tribes which now inhabit our western regions. These vesti2;es of the arts and manners of our aboriorines are gradually disappearing, and, at no very distant period, the American antiquary will have to lament, that his predeces- sors, in this curious field of inquir}'-, did not rescue from oblivion more of these remarkable relics. There appears to have been no ancient fort, camp, or military work in the immediate vicinity of Wheeling, but on the western bank of the Ohio river, on the site of this flourishing town, there was once a village, a place of public worship, or perhaps merely the habitation of some distin- guished chieftain. A few years since, a little to the north of the town, a hearth or fire place was discovered, not many yards from the bank of the river, and about four feet below the surface of the ground. The floor of the hearth was composed of large flat stones, and was strewed with pieces of charred wood and with ashes. There were no bricks,* or any earthen ware found near the place. This spot, I concluded, must either have been an altar, where religious rites were * I saw part of a brick found some miles further down the river. Its surface was fluted, some mould beinir impressed upon the clay before it was burnt. 3 D performed, or a hearth for the ordinary culinary operations of a family. So
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