FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
oF THE
OHIO STATE
ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
FOR THE YEAR
FEBRUARY 24, 1898, TO FEBRUARY 1,
1899.
GEN. R. BRINKERHOFF, President.
E. O. RANDALL, Secretary.
COLUMBUS, O., JANUARY, 1899.
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To His Excellency, Asa S. Bushnell,
Governor of Ohio:
I herewith have the honor to submit the
fourteenth annual
report of the Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical Society.
covering the year February 24, 1898, to
February 1, 1899.
With very great respect, I remain
Yours truly,
E. O. RANDALL, Secretary.
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OFFICERS
FROM FEBRUARY 24, 1898, TO FEBRUARY
1, 1899.
ELECTED BY
THE TRUSTEES.
GEN. ROELIFF BRINKERHOFF, .. President
REV. WM. E. MOORE, D. D., LL. D., . Vice-President
HON. S. S. RICKLY, . . . . . Treasurer
EDWIN F. WOOD,
.
. .. Assistant Treasurer
E. 0. RANDALL, PH. B., LL. M., . . Secretary
W. C. MILLS, B. SC., (H. and F.), . Curator
TRUSTEES.
ELECTED BY THE SOCIETY.
TERM EXPIRES IN 1899.
HON. JOHN SHERMAN, . .. . Mansfield
PROF. G. F. WRIGHT, ... Oberlin
REV. WM. E. MOORE, . . . . . .Columbus
HON. JOHN B. PEASLEE, . . . ..
Cincinnati
MR. A. H. SMYTHE, . . . . .
. Columbus
TERM EXPIRES IN 1900.
HoN. ELROY M. AVERY, . .. Cleveland
BISHOP B. W. ARNETT, . . . . . . Wilberforce
HoN. S. S. RICKLY, ... Columbus
MR. G. F. BAREIS, . . . Canal Winchester
HON. A. R. MCINTIRE, . .
. . . . . Mt. Vernon
TERM EXPIRES IN 1901.
GEN. R. BRINKERHOFF, . ..
Mansfield
HON. M. D. FOLLETT, . . . ..
Marietta
HON. D. J. RYAN, . .. . Columbus
REV. H. A. THOMPSON, ... Dayton
MR. R. E. HILLS,
.
. . . . . Delaware
APPOINTED BY
THE GOVERNOR.
TERMS EXPIRE AS INDICATED.
HON. ALEXANDER BOXWELL, Red Lion, 1899; HON. E. O.
RANDALL,
Columbus, 1899; HON. CHAS. P. GRIFFIN, Toledo, 1900;
HON. A. ROBESON,
Greenville, 1900; GEN. GEO. B. WRIGHT, Columbus, 1901;
HON. ISRAEL
WILLIAMS, Hamilton, 1901.
FOURTEENTH
ANNUAL REPORT.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, February 24, 1898.
The thirteenth
Annual Meeting of the Society was held
at Orton Hall,
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, at 2:30
P. M.,
Standard time, February 24, 1898. The meeting was
called to
order by the President, General R. Brinkerhoff. The
following
members of the Society were present: -
GENERAL R.
BRINKERHOFF ................ Mansfield, O.
DR. H. A.
THOMPSON ...................... Dayton, O.
GEORGE F.
BAREIS. . . . . . Canal Winchester, 0.
HARLEY BARNES
. ...................... Painesville, O.
J. I. OLDHAM
..................... .........
Reynoldsburg, O.
DR. EDWARD
ORTON ...................... Columbus, O.
CAPTAIN A. E.
LEE ................. "
DANIEL J. RYAN
.. ....................... "
JUDGE JAMES H.
ANDERSON .................. "
ROBERT S. NEIL
........................... "
J. J.
JANNEY................................ "
A. H.
SMYTHE .............................. "
E. F. WOOD
................................. "
E. O. RANDALL, Secretary ................... "
The minutes of
the previous (Twelfth) Annual Meeting (Feb-
ruary 17,
1897), were read by the Secretary and approved.
Upon call for
reports from special committees, Mr. Bareis,
Chairman, made
a report for the Committee on "Local Sections".
This Committee
had made a report at the last Annual Meeting,
(February 17,
1897), which report was at that time referred back
to the
Committee for them to make a further report at this
meeting. (The
original report will be found in full on page 391,
Vol. VI, of
the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society
publications.)
Considerable
discussion was indulged in concerning the
feasibility of
authorizing the establishment of these local or
branch
societies. The prevailing sentiment was to the effect,
that such
branch societies would not be advantageous to the
work or growth
of the society. It would scatter the interest,
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and indeed the property, and it was
finally decided to take no
action at this meeting, but postpone the
matter for another year.
Mr. Rutherford P. Hayes addressed the
meeting in an in-
teresting way, concerning the State
Library and the advantage
to both parties, of making the library
of the society a permanent
adjunct of the State Library, in which
the books of the Society
now have temporary quarters. No action
was taken in this
matter.
Mr. W. K. Moorehead, in a vigorous
speech called atten-
tion to the manner in which some of the
Archaeological Societies,
in the eastern states, had come into
Ohio and made extensive ex-
plorations, "poaching upon our
preserves," as it were - mak-
ing valuable finds and carrying from our
state much important
material which should be ours. This had
especially been done
in Adams, Pickaway and Fairfield
counties. This work had of
course been conducted in a legitimate
way, proper permission
having been obtained from the property
owners. But our So-
ciety, Mr. Moorehead urged, should be
more enterprising and
energetic in pre-empting this field and
forestalling this work.
Our Society should not be second to
those of other states. If
it was of such great importance to
foreign institutions, it was of
still greater value to our own Ohio
Society. Mr. Moorehead
also reported upon the progress of the
Archaeological Map of
Ohio, which the Society is preparing. He
had exhibited the
map at the annual meeting of the American
Association for the
Advancement of Science, held in Detroit
in August, 1897, where
it had attracted much favorable comment.
Rand & McNally, of
Chicago, had made overtures for the
publication of the same,
and the authorities of the Smithsonian
Institute were watching
its completion, and had written our
Society, that arrangements
could probably be perfected, by which
the Government would
publish the map.
When the Annual Report of the Secretary,
to the Society,
was called for, Mr. Randall stated that
with the indulgence of
the Society, he would follow his
precedent of the last two Annual
Meetings, and submit as his report to
this meeting, the same
report he had made, in behalf of the
Executive Committee, to
the Governor. As the Society is one of
the official departments
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of the State, a report to the Governor
is required each year, but
there seemed to be no need of two
separate reports, one to the
Society and one to the Executive. The
action of the Secretary
in this matter was approved, and the
report of the Secretary was
accepted. This report had been printed
and sent to the mem-
bers of the Society, members of the
Legislature and State Of-
ficials. Copies were here at the meeting
and supplied to those
present. (This report is found in full
in Vol. VI, pages 389-407,
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical
Society publications.)
The Secretary also made a detailed
report of the annual meeting
of the Trustees which followed the
annual meeting of the So-
ciety, February 17, 1897. The Secretary,
in an extemporaneous
way, dwelt at some length upon the
various features of the work
of the Society during the previous year,
the appropriations, the
publications, the explorations and
centennial celebrations of the
year just past. That the Society had
done greater and better
work than ever before; it had met with
wider recognition, not
only in this state, but throughout the
country,and its publications
were now sought for by the leading
libraries of the United States.
The Secretary announced that the terms
of the following
Trustees, elected by the Society,
expired at this time: General
R. Brinkerhoff, Hon. M. D. Follett, Hon.
Daniel J. Ryan, Rev.
H. A. Thompson and Mr. R. E. Hills. Upon
motion and vote
the Chair was directed to appoint a
committee of three, who
should nominate five trustees to succeed
those retiring. The
Chair appointed as such committee,
Messrs. Neil, Oldham and
Bareis. The committee retired for
consultation and in a short
time returned and reported as nominees
for trusteeship, for the
ensuing three years (February 1898, to
February, 1901): Gen.
R. Brinkerhoff, Hon. M. D. Follett, Hon.
D. J. Ryan, Rev. H.
A. Thompson and Mr. R. E. Hills. It was
moved that the re-
port of the committee be adopted, which
was seconded and car-
ried, and the Secretary was instructed
to cast the ballot of the
Society for the election of these
Trustees. The Secretary so did,
and the above nominees were declared
duly elected.*
* On March 30, 1898, Governor Bushnell reappointed General
George
B. Wright, of Columbus, and Hon. Israel
Williams, of Hamilton, Ohio, as
Trustees, to serve until February, 1901.
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Mr. Ryan suggested several methods to
elicit interest in,
and work from, the individual members of
the Society. He
thought the Society did not sufficiently
utilize the personal ef-
forts of the members. There might be
some sort of a division,
or classification of the lines of work,
in which the Society is en-
gaged, or should be, such as genealogy,
archaeology, ethnology,
geography, biography, bibliography,
etc., and let the President
of Executive Committee appoint
committees or individual mem-
bers in the Society to do certain work
in these lines. This
proposition drew forth much discussion,
and approval. It was
finally moved and carried that the
President, at such time as he
may deem proper, appoint various
committees to interest them-
selves in such special subjects of work
as might be designated.
In this connection the Secretary
reminded the members that
Bishop Arnett, one of our Trustees, is
engaged in preparing for
the Society a History of the Negro
People of Ohio. Some one
should prepare a volume of brief
biographies of Ohio's Gover-
nors, as information concerning them is
frequently called for.
He would himself visit the village of
Zoar as soon as possible,
and get the data for an article of an
historical character, as the
Society has decided to disband, and a
permanent record should
be made of the history and peculiar
phases of this community.
Mr. Wood proposed the following
amendment to the Con-
stitution: "To amend Section I of
Article 5 to read as follows:
The fiscal year of the Society shall end
February 1, and the
Annual Meeting shall be held at Columbus
within such reason-
able time thereafter, as the Executive
Committee may previously
determine, but not later than June 15.
Due notice of the meet-
ing shall be mailed by the Secretary to
all members of the
Society at least ten days before such
meeting is held."
This proposed amendment caused
considerable discussion.
It was shown that February was a most
inopportune month to
hold the Annual Meeting and attempt to
have a banquet or
other event of a public character, as
that month is crowded with
celebrations, such as Lincoln's and
Washington's brithdays,
which are both recognized by various societies
with banquets,
reunions, etc. The Secretary has found
it almost impossible to
get distinguished speakers and even
prominent members of the
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Society to take part in an Annual
Meeting during February.
The fiscal year should end about
February 1, as that is the time
for the appointment by the Governor of
the two Trustees for
the Society, and the regular state
appropriations date from Feb-
ruary 15, therefore the fiscal year
should close as proposed in
the amendment, but the Annual Meeting of
the Society, for the
election of officers and reunion
purposes, could easily be at some
later and more advantageous date. The
amendment was finally
adopted without change.
The matter of adequate and permanent
quarters for the So-
ciety was considered. The Secretary
stated that it was expected
that the new proposed addition to the
State House, would solve
this problem, either in giving ample
quarters to the Society in
some of the rooms which would be vacated
in the present build-
ing, or in rooms which would be provided
in the new building.
He and the Trustees had this matter in
view and would keep in
touch with the building commission, in
order that no opportunity
in this direction be lost to the
Society.
Several members were elected to the
Society, and Judge Tod
B. Galloway was elected a Life Member.
Instead of the usual custom being
followed of appointing a
committee to wait upon the Governor
while the meeting is in ses-
sion, and to extend to him the greetings
and compliments of the
Soctiey, it was decided that all the
members present who could
do so, should assemble at the office of
the Board of State Chari-
ties, in the State Capitol, at ten
o'clock the next morning (Friday,
February 25), and in a body call upon
the Governor.*
A vote of thanks was given to the
officers of the Society,
and especially to the Executive
Committee and the Secretary,
for their efficient work during the past
year.
Upon the Secretary stating there was no
further business re-
quiring the attention of the Society,
the President announced
* This call was made as agreed, some ten
or fifteen of the members
being present. President Brinkerhoff and
Secretary Randall addressed
the Governor, who in his usual happy
manner, responded, complimenting
the Society upon its work during the
past year, and wishing it further pro-
gress, and expressing his interest in
its purposes and aims and his willing-
ness to aid it in every way that he
could.
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that immediately after the adjournment
the Annual Meeting of
the Trustees would be held in that room.
The meeting ad-
journed at 5 o'clock P. M.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES.
The Annual Meeting of the Trustees was
held at Orton
Hall, O. S. U., February 24, 1898. The
following Trustees were
present: Messrs. Brinkerhoff, Thompson,
Ryan, Bareis, Smythe
and Randall.
My Ryan was made temporary Chairman and
Mr. Randall
temporary Secretary.
General R. Brinkerhoff was reelected
President of the Board
of Trustees for the ensuing year, Rev.
William E. Moore Vice-
President, Mr. S. S. Rickley Treasurer,
Mr. E. F. Wood Assist-
ant Treasurer, Mr. E. O. Randall
Secretary.
In addition to these officers of the
Society, who are ex-officio
members of the committee, the following
Executive Committee
was selected: Hon. D. J. Ryan, Hon. M.
D. Follett, General
George B. Wright, Hon. A. R. McIntire,
and Messrs. George F.
Bareis, R. E. Hills and A. H. Smythe.
The Secretary made a full statement of
the condition of the
affairs of the Society. The policy and
line of work of the So-
ciety was fully discussed.
Mr. Randall made a statement concerning
the office of
Curator, to the effect, that Mr.
Moorehead, as they well knew,
had resigned on the 6th of August, 1897,
when Mr. Clarence
Loveberry was elected Curator to fill
the vacancy, but Mr. Love-
berry had been appointed by the U. S.
Government, an Inspector
in the Department of Veterinary Science,
(Ferbuary 4, 1898),
and had gone to Minneapolis, under leave
of absence granted
by the Trustees. It was decided that the
leave of absence and
his continuation in office could only
extend to the end of the
year, that is, to the time of this
meeting. It was thought best
not to take any action in regard to the
curatorship at this time,
as the Secretary informed the Trustees
that Mr. Raymond Os-
born and Miss Lucy Allen were looking
after the interests of the
Society in the Museum in the absence of
a Curator.
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The matter of the compensation to the
active officers, and
other agents of the Society, found
necessary to be employed,
was taken up and properly disposed of.
The Secretary was
authorized to draw vouchers upon the
Treasurer in favor of per-
sons to whom the Society was indebted.
Upon motion it was decided to hold the
monthly meetings
of the Executive Committee on the first
Wednesday of each
mouth at 3:30 P. M., Standard time, in the
rooms of the Public
Library, Columbus, Ohio.
Meeting adjourned.
PUBLIC MEETING OF THE SOCIETY.
On the evening of March 3, 1898, at 8
o'clock P. M., the
Society held a public meeting in the
House of Representatives,
Capitol Building, Columbus. This meeting
took the place of
the customary annual banquet. The public
was invited as well
as the members of the Legislature. The
hall was crowded, every
seat being taken and many standing in the
lobbies. Gen. R.
Brinkerhoff presided and delivered a
brief and stirring address
on the purposes of the Society and the
work it has accomplished.
Professor G. F. Wright of Oberlin
University and a Trustee of
the Society, made a scholarly
presentation of the extent and
value of the archaeological remains in
Ohio.
Dr. Edward Orton of the Ohio State
University and State
Geologist, read a most interesting paper
on Fort Ancient, its
construction and what it taught
concerning the civilization ex-
isting when it was built.
Dr. James H. Canfield, President Ohio
State University,
delivered an impressive and eloquent
address on the value of
the study of local history, particularly
emphasizing the import-
ance of the work of the Ohio
Archaeological and Historical So-
ciety.
The meeting was one of the best the
Society ever had.
The archaeologic map of Ohio and the map
of Fort Ancient were
exhibited and evidenced the scholarly
and scientific work now
being accomplished by the Society. A
full report of the ad-
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dresses on this occasion will be found
in Volume VI, Society's
Publications, pages 408-441.
WORK OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
More than in any previous year has the
Executive Com-
mittee been faithful, efficient and
indefatiguable in its super-
vision of the affairs of the Society.
According to the plan of
organization and management of the
Society, the Executive
Committee is the direct controlling
authority. Its members
have taken a deep interest in the
purposes and work of the
Society. Every detail of the affairs of
the Society has been di-
rected by the Executive Committee or at
least been carefully
scrutinized by it. Its members have
always promptly and zeal-
ously responded to any call made by the
Secretary. The Execu-
tive Committee as a whole has held
twelve regular or formal
meetings on the following dates in 1898:
February 15, March 3, April 6, May 4,
June I, June 23,
August 12, September 19, October 4, November 2, December 7,
and January 10 (1899).
Special and separate meetings were held
by the Finance
Committee, Committee on Fort Ancient and
Committee on Li-
brary and Museum. The Committee on Fort
Ancient, accom-
panied by the Secretary, made two trips
during the year to Fort
Ancient, viz., on August 5 and on
September 24. The reports
of these sub-committees speak for
themselves.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MUSEUM AND
LIBRARY.
E. O. Randall, Secretary,
DEAR SIR:-The Committee on Museum and Library have been
fairly active during the past year. Soon
after Dr. W. C. Mills became
Curator of the Society and while
"checking up" the specimens the lack
of a proper system of classifying,
arranging and cataloguing again
appeared, as it had often done before.
Every plan contemplated seemed
to have an "if," and no one
was satisfied that we had as yet the plan
to fit our particular needs. After a
thorough canvass of the matter, our
Committee agreed to send Dr. Mills to
Chicago to visit the Field Colum-
bian Museum. The Executive Committee of
the Society heartily ap-
proved this plan. Dr. Mills reports
having been very cordially received,
and was shown many special favors and
opportunities to study their
system. While we may not be able to
carry out their method, in detail,
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for some time to come, a broad
foundation will be laid, so that whatever
modifications may be made to meet our
particular needs will grow out
of this system. The Curator and
Committee are a unit in their desire
to have full, complete and reliable
"data" with each specimen. The
large and increasing number of persons
who visit the Museum for the
purpose of study is not only very
gratifying, but also suggestive that
the interest in the science of
archeology is rapidly increasing. The
catalog shows only a net increase of 458
specimens; there has been a
much more substantial increase, however.
Mr. Secretary, we want to felicitate
ourselves on the good fortune
that awaits us: for already we look
forward with anticipation of great
pleasure and benefit to the meeting of
the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, which is to be
held in Columbus during the
coming summer. We suggest, as highly
appropriate, that Section "H"
(Archaeology) be invited to conduct
their meetings, surrounded by the
inspiration and spirit which hover over
the Museum and in the building
which bears the name of their honored
President and our illustrious
and learned friend.
The Library still has a temporary home
in the State Library Rooms.
We are "casting longing
glances" towards the addition to the Cap-
itol Building, if perchance we shall
have suitable and permanent quarters
so centrally and favorably located. We
hope those having the disposition
and assignment of the space will
consider the importance of the work
of the Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society, and that we
shall be given proper rooms.
Very respectfully submitted,
GEO. F. BAREIS, Chairman.
December 30, 1898.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FORT ANCIENT.
E. O. Randall, Secretary,
DEAR SIR:--The Sub-committee on Fort
Ancient have, during the
past year, made several visits to the
Fort to direct and supervise the
work done, and to devise the best means
to put and keep the grounds
and the embankments in good order, so as
to restore them, as far as
possible, to the condition in which they
were when the Society assumed
possession at the direction of the
Legislature.
The addition made by the purchase of the
Cowden Tract has added
largely to their care and labor. They
are glad to say that the work
done by Mr. Cowen under their direction
has been well done and to
the entire satisfaction of your
Committee. The dams heretofore made
in the washes have been kept up and
reinforced where necessary, so
that the washes are stopped, so that
with care no further damage from
water is to be apprehended.
The work done in the last three years in
clearing away and cutting
the weeds, briars and bushes has been
continued and extended to the
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new purchase, where,
however, much remains to be done, both on the
inside and outside of
the walls. Pursuing the present plan from year to
year, we hope at a
moderate cost to present a beautiful park with green
grass everywhere, and
majestic trees affording pleasant shade, making
an inviting resort for
the citizens of our own and other States.
Already it is
attracting greater numbers, year by year, of the lovers
of Nature and the
students of Archaeology, many of them from other
States.
Your Committee have
entered on the work of repairing the build-
ings, which are out of
repair, and of making an addition to the present
dwelling, so as to
make it comfortable for the tenant and caretaker, and
to furnish a room for
the use of the trustees and the accommodation
of visitors. This work
they expect to have completed by the opening
of the summer.
Respectfully
submitted,
WM. E. MOORE, Chairman.
December 30, 1898.
REPORT OF THE CURATOR.
E. O. Randall,
Secretary,
DEAR SIR:--I take pleasure in reporting that the year's
work,
both in the Museum and
Field, has been successful, and that increased
interest in
archaeological and historical matters is apparent throughout
the State. During the
last few months I have received numerous letters
from various parts of
the State, asking information concerning speci-
mens found in their
respective neighborhoods, and for books on Archae-
ology, and especially
those of our own publication.
On July 1 we commenced
our field work, which was carried on in
Logan, Licking and
Knox Counties, exploring in all fifteen mounds
and seven gravel
burials. Of the mounds explored the large Butcher
Mound in northern
Licking County, and the Larimore Group in southern
Knox County were the
most interesting.
Mound No. 5 of the
Larimore Group contained five headless skel-
etons, all buried
together. These were removed in a good state of pre-
servation, several of
the bones having been pierced with arrow points,
parts of which still
remained firmly imbedded in the bone.
From September 1 to
December 7 my time has been occupied at
the Museum in making
an inventory of the specimens in the Society's
collection. The
following is the summary of the Inventory of Museum
furnished December 7,
1898:
Gr. Axes
............................................. 150
Celts
.................................................. 396
Hammers, stone
..................................... 111
Hammers, gr
......................................... 40
Pottery, broken
...................................... 867
Pottery, whole
....................................... 19
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Casts ...................................... 137
Copper ........................................ 31
Miscellaneous
specimens
.............................. 832
Gouges
............................................... 3
Shell pieces and ornaments............................ 88
Bone implements and ornaments ....................... 190
Bones of
man
.......................................... 1,730
Pestles ................................................ 71
Charts and maps
...................................... 45
Arrow points ......................................... 6,697
Roller Pestles
........................................ 8
Crania
................................................ 14
Cerem onials
......................................... 62
Pipes
................................................. 20
Hematiles ............................................. 59
Photographs .......................................... 720
Slate and stone tubes.................................. 10
Modern Ind. and Hist ................................. 167
Discoidals
............................................. 4
Mica .................................................. 19
Mortars ...................................... ....... 9
Ornam ents ............................................ 146
Spear points ......................................... 827
Miscellaneous flint
.................................... 2,896
Specimens, miscellaneous ............................. 1,348
Total ........................................... 18,336
Thrailkill Collection (loan)
............................ 1,063
Mills Collection (loan) ................................. 191
Skinner Collection (loan) .............................. 389
Field work,
1898 ...................................... 890
Specimens recorded wrong............................. 156
Numbers without specimens.......................... 44
Specimens duplicated
................................. 25
Specimens not numbered .............................. 47
Total Numbers ................................. 20,869
Missing .............................................. 1,348
Total ...........................................
19,521
Specimens not numbered
...............................
47
Total ...........................................
19,568
During the year several collections have been donated
to the
Museum. The following presented specimens: Mr. Chas.
McDarrh,
Urbana, Ohio; Mr. F. N. Draper, West Liberty, Ohio; Mr.
M. E.
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Burdett, DeGraff, Ohio; Mr. A. B.
Coover, Roxabell, Ohio; Frank
N. Beebe, Columbus, Ohio; Mr. B. B.
Herrick, Wellington, Ohio;
Mr. T. S. Cleveland, Calais, Ohio; Mr.
Frank Larimore, Locke, Ohio,
and Mr. W. P. Parks, Utica, Ohio.
Those who have loaned collections: Mr.
M. E. Thrailkill, Colum-
bus, Ohio; Mr. C. G. Night, Columbus;
Mr. Nat. S. Green, Camp
Dennison, Ohio, and Miss Maggie Skinner,
Kalida, Ohio.
The work on the Archaeological Map has
not been neglected, and
I have been able to add ninety
earthworks and burials while in the field
and about the same number by
correspondence.
One of the most interesting and valuable
additions to the Museum
is the copper find from Fort Ancient. It
consists of fifty-four copper
pieces representing breast-plates,
celts, button-shaped ornaments and
bracelets, each individual piece being
hammered together, evidently to
destroy its identity. Some of the
plates, if straightened out, would be
81/2 inches long by 4 inches wide; but they are bent and
hammered
together, so they represent an irregular
mass 2 in. x 1 in. x 1/2 in. With
the copper pieces were found five broken
pieces of slate ornaments and
thirty-four pieces of galenite, and over
all was placed about one hundred
sheets of mica, and all buried within
the space of 18 in. x 24 in. and one
foot deep. They were found by Mr. Warren
Cowen, custodian of the
Fort, and Mr. Wolfe on the farm of the
latter, which adjoins the property
of the State known as Fort Ancient, and
were procured for the Society by
Mr. Geo. F. Bareis, Chairman of the
Committee on Museum.
I beg to thank the officers and trustees
for their cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. C. MILLS, Curator.
December 30, 1898.
PUBLICATIONS BY THE SOCIETY.
The Society issued in August (1898) the
Sixth Volume of
its documents and papers. This volume
comprises some four
hundred and fifty pages and some
twenty-five illustrations. It is
one of the most valuable and interesting
volumes yet issued by
the Society. Its scope is best indicated
by the table of contents,
which is as follows:
Colonel William Crawford. By James H.
Anderson.
The History of Popular Education in the
Western Reserve. By
B. A. Hinsdale.
Franklinton - An Historical Address. By
General John Beatty.
The Ohio Indians. By Col. E. L. Taylor.
The Pathfinders of Jefferson County. By
W. H. Hunter.
The Centennial of Jefferson County.
Compiled by W. H. Hunter.
Fourteenth Annual Report. 291
Stanton Day - Ohio Men and Ideas. By
Prof. W. H. Venable,
LL. D.
Edwin M. Stanton. By Gen. Daniel
Sickles.
A Tribute to Stanton. By Hon. J. H.
Trainer.
Pioneer Day. Addresses by Hon. J. J.
Gill, John M. Cook, Esq.,
Hon. Webster Davis.
Military Day. Address by Gen. S. H.
Hurst.
Addenda to the Pathfinders of Jefferson
County.
Thirteenth Annual Report of the Society
to the Governor. By E. O.
Randall, Secretary.
Addresses before the Ohio State
Archaeological Society-General
Brinkerhoff, Professor Wright, Professor
Orton, President Canfield.
The demand by societies and libraries of
the country for the
publications of the Society has been
steadily increasing. Two
editions of volumes I, II and III were
published previous to
this year (1898). The 73rd General
Assembly in the Appro-
priation Bill, (April, 1898)
appropriated $3,000.00 to the Society;
"For re-printing volume I, II, III,
IV, and V, of the Society's
annual publications; each member of the
73rd General Assembly to be
provided with ten copies of each volume,
to be delivered under the
direction of the Secretary of
State." (See page 243, Vol. 93, Ohio Laws.)
"It was supposed at the time that
the appropriation was mude that
the distribution of these books could be
made by the Secretary of State
under the provisions of Section 70, Ohio
Revised Statutes. Indeed that
was the opinion of the members of the
Finance Committee. But it was
decided that the distribution of these
books did not come within the
purview of that law, and the Secretary
of State had no means at his
disposal covering this matter. While no
provision was made in the
appropriation to the Society for the
expense of delivering these books,
the officers of the Society decided to
assume this expense from their
general fund at the sacrifice of other
needs of the Society, believing that
the Legislature will, in its next appropriation,
make good this amount.
As one of the objects of this
appropriation on the part of the Leg-
islature was to secure sets of these
publications for distribution among
the school and public libraries, it is
expected that the members will
donate more or less of their sets to
libraries in their neighborhood or
district." (Circular letter from
Secretary Randall to members of the
Legislature.)
The society has innumerable requests
from societies, libra-
ries and individuals for these books but
is, of course, unable to
supply the demand. It is evident,
however, that these volumes
take high rank as historical matter
among the libraries and
students of American history. Two
Quarterlies-that for Octo-
292 Ohio
Arch. and His. Society Publications.
ber, 1898, and January, 1899, are
issued, and will appear as Vol-
ume VII. Certainly no State in the Union
is officially publish-
ing more creditable or valuable
historical works.
ZOAR AND GNADDENHUTTEN.
On September 7, 1898, the secretary
visited Gnaddenhutten
and Zoar to obtain such material as
would be thought of value
to the society concerning those
historical towns. A stay of sev-
eral days was made at Zoar and much
valuable data obtained
relating to the history and working of
the Separatist community
which has since dissolved. A full report
concerning the Zoar
society will appear in the forthcoming
volume of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society.
On September 29 occurred the centennial
anniversary of the
settlement of Gnaddenhutten by John
Heckewelder and the
Moravian Mission. Our society was
invited to participate in that
event. Vice President Wm. E. Moore,
Curator W. C. Mills,
Assistant Treasurer E. F. Ward, and
Secretary E. O. Randall
represented the society and took part in
the public exercises of
the day. A full account of this
celebration will be published in
our society publications.
WORK OF THE CURATOR.
On August 7, 1897, Mr. Warren K. Moorehead
resigned the
office of Curator and Mr. Clarence
Lovebery, who had been
acting as assistant, was promoted to the
Curatorship, but after a
few months of effective service on
February 8, 1898, he was
given a leave of absence, having been
appointed to a position as
Inspector in the Government department
of Veterinary Science,
with headquarters at St. Paul, Minn.
Miss Lucy Allen took
charge of the Museum and performed the
duties of Curator until
June 1, 1898, when the Executive
Committee elected Mr. W. C.
Mills, Curator. Mr. Mills is a graduate of the Ohio State
University, and has had considerable
experience in the line of
Archaealogical work, and thus far has
most satisfactorily filled
the position. He has visited Chicago and
Cincinnati in the in-
terest of the society, studying the
methods persued by the
Fourteenth Annual Report. 293
Archaeological Museums in those cities.
He has inaugurated
some marked improvements in the care and
management of the
society's museum, and has made several
trips to various parts of
the State inspecting localities of
archaelogical interest.
LECTURES.
On the evening of March 12, 1898,
Colonel Robert B.
Stanton, the eminent engineer and
archaeologist, lectured under
the auspices of the society in the
auditorium of the 0. S. Uni-
versity on the "Cliff Dwellers of
the Southwest." The lecture
was illustrated by fine stereopticon
views, and he was listened to
by an audience of students and citizens
that completely filled
the hall.
On the evening of April 11, 1898, at the
same place, Colonel
S. K. Donavin delivered a most
interesting lecture on the In-
surrection of John Brown at Harper's
Ferry and his trial and
execution of which Mr. Donavin was an
eye witness. It is ex-
pected Mr. Donavin will contribute an
article on this subject for
the publications of the society.
QUARTERS FOR THE SOCIETY.
The secretary can only repeat more
earnestly than ever what
he has frequently before said concerning
the needs of the society
for permanent and ample quarters.
Although the society is ac-
complishing better and larger works each
year, it is more and
more hampered by the lack of adaquate
quarters. It is sincerely
hoped the new state house building, now
in process of erection,
will provide for this long desired want
of the society.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, the secretary wishes to
express the apprecia-
tion of the society for the interest
taken in and aid rendered us
by Governor Bushnell; the members of the
Seventy-third Gen-
eral Assembly and all the State
officials with whom the society
has come in contact; also the daily
papers of Columbus and
other cities for their generous
treatment, and to The Review of
Reviews, The Ohio Educational
Monthly, The Bible Teacher for
294
Ohio Arch. and His. Society Publications.
Sunday Schools, and other magazines and periodicals. Letters
acknowledging our reports and commending
the work of our
archaeological department have been
received from leading in-
stitutions throughout the country,
notably the Smithsonian
Institute, Washington, D. C.; American
Museum of Natural
History, New York; Field Columbian
Museum, Chicago;
Archaeological Museum, Toronto, Canada;
Museum of Natural
History, Cambridge, Mass.; University of
Pennsylvania, Phila-
delphia, University of Cincinnati, etc.,
etc.
Personally, the secretary wishes to
thank the trustees and
especially the executive committee for
their uniform kindness.
and courtesy to him. Respectfully submitted,
E. O. RANDALL,
Columbus, Ohio, February, 1899. Secretary.
Fourteenth
Annual Report. 295
TREASURER'S
REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1899.
RECEIPTS.
On hand
February 1, 1898
........................ $549 64
Membership
dues ................................. 136
00
Books sold
....................................... 19 00
Interest on
Permanent Fund ....................... 70
93
From State
Treasurer-
For care of
Fort Ancient .......................
119 75
For
reprinting publication ..................... 3,000 00
For current
expenses.......................... 2,303 31
For
publications .............................. 963
11
For field
work and Museum................... 490
55
-----$ 7,652 29
DISBURSEMENTS.
Reprinting
Volumes I-VI ........................ 3,000
00
Boxing and
shipping above ........................ 143
35
Publications
.........
............................ 1,443 20
Job
printing
...................................... 72 71
Care of Fort
Ancient .............................. 119 75
"Field
work and Museum .......................... 490
55
Expense of
Trustees ............................... 90 50
Salaries
(3)........................................ 1,280 00
Permanent Fund .................................. 95 93
Postage
.......................................... 95
79
Office
expense .................................... 100
00
Lectures
at O. S. U ............................... 31 15
Annual
meeting, 1898 .............................. 40 75
Freight and
express............................... 22 43
Office
furniture ................................... 48
45
Stationery and
supplies ............................ 12 32
Sundry
expenses ................................. 23
14
Balance on
hand February 1, 1899 ................ 542
27
$ 7,652 29
Respectfully
submitted,
S. S. RICKLY,
Treasurer.
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
oF THE
OHIO STATE
ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
FOR THE YEAR
FEBRUARY 24, 1898, TO FEBRUARY 1,
1899.
GEN. R. BRINKERHOFF, President.
E. O. RANDALL, Secretary.
COLUMBUS, O., JANUARY, 1899.
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