. Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . opinion. He assails the description of the stonefort in Clark County, quoted above from Prof. Cox, with almost pre-historic ferocity.* Nothing could be more uncalled for. EdwardTravers Cox was bom in Culpeper County, Virginia, and when fouryears old was brought to Indiana by his father, who joined the NewHarmony colony. He grew up in that most intellectual atmospherein America; studied chemistry and geology under David Dale Owen, 38 Henry W. Haynes, in Winsors Narr. and Crit. Hist, of Am.,
. Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . opinion. He assails the description of the stonefort in Clark County, quoted above from Prof. Cox, with almost pre-historic ferocity.* Nothing could be more uncalled for. EdwardTravers Cox was bom in Culpeper County, Virginia, and when fouryears old was brought to Indiana by his father, who joined the NewHarmony colony. He grew up in that most intellectual atmospherein America; studied chemistry and geology under David Dale Owen, 38 Henry W. Haynes, in Winsors Narr. and Crit. Hist, of Am., Vol. 1, Chap. 6. 39 Archaeological History of Ohio, p. pp. 65-6. 36 INDIANA AND INDIANANS whose assistant he became through all the years while New Harmonywas the headquarters of the United States Geological Survey of theMississippi Valley, until Dr. Owens death in 1859. He was then engagedin mining investigations for private parties, for the national govern-ment and for the state of Illinois, until 1868, when he was made StateGeologist of Indiana. He held that position until 1880, and was of. Prof. Edward Travers Cox immense benefit through his work on the coal fields, and other economicgeological research. Later he was an authoritative mining expert onthe Pacific slope, in New York City, and in Florida, where he was incharge of large phosphate interests, until his death, on Jan. 7, is equally aljsurd to question his ability, his veracity, or his conserva-tism. If the statements of Prof. Cox as to matters of fact cannot beaccepted, we may as well burn up all past records and provide bystatute that hereafter no person shall examine a mound unless accom- INDIANA AND INDIANANS 37 panied by two hostile witnesses, of opposing political parties, who shallbe examined under oath as to the results of the work. When Count Volney visited this country, in 1795, he met and inter-viewed at length the gi-eat Miami chief. The Little Turtle. Volneyexplained to him his theory tha
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