The ice age in North America and its bearing upon the antiquity of man5th edwith many new maps and illus., enland rewritten to incorporate the facts that bring it up to date, with chapters on Lake Agassiz and the Probable cause of glaciation . eferred to. In October, 1889, Mr. W. C. Mills, president of a localarchaeological society of some importance at Newooinerstown,on the Tuscarawas River, in Ohio (see map on page 168), founda flint implement of palaeolithic type fifteen feet below the sur-face of the glacial terrace bordering the valley at that facts were noted by Mr. Mills in hi
The ice age in North America and its bearing upon the antiquity of man5th edwith many new maps and illus., enland rewritten to incorporate the facts that bring it up to date, with chapters on Lake Agassiz and the Probable cause of glaciation . eferred to. In October, 1889, Mr. W. C. Mills, president of a localarchaeological society of some importance at Newooinerstown,on the Tuscarawas River, in Ohio (see map on page 168), founda flint implement of palaeolithic type fifteen feet below the sur-face of the glacial terrace bordering the valley at that facts were noted by Mr. Mills in his memorandum-book atthe time, and the implement was placed with others in his col-lection. But, as he was not familiar with implements of thattype, and did not at the time know the significance of thesegravel deposits, nothing was said about it until meeting me thefollowing spring, when I was led fi-om his account to suspect 646 THE ICE AGE IN NORTH AMERICA. the importance of tlie discovery. Mr. Mills soon aftersent the implement to me for examination, and its valueat once became apparent. In company with Judge C. and two or three other prominent citizens ofCleveland, I inunediately visited Newcomerstown. A cut ;-^^!^r«* v^^.
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