SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO
STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
(June 6, 1902.)
The seventeenth Annual Meeting of the
Ohio State Archaeo-
logical and Historical Society was held
in the parlors of the Y.
M. C. A. building, Columbus, Ohio, at
2:30 P. M. June 6, 1902.
The following members were present:
Judge J. H. Anderson, Columbus; Mr. E.
H. Archer, Co-
lumbus; Mr. G. F. Bareis, Canal
Winchester; Gen. R. Brinker-
hoff, Mansfield; Mr. Gerard Fowke,
Chillicothe; Prof. Frank
S. Fox, Columbus; Hon. R. E. Hills,
Delaware; Mr. W. H.
Hunter, Chillicothe; Mr. J. J. Janney,
Columbus; Col. James
Kilbourne, Columbus; Rev. I. F. King,
Columbus; Rev. N. B.
C. Love, Deshler; Hon. A. R. McIntire,
Mt Vernon; Prof. J.
P. MacLean, Franklin; Prof. C. L.
Martzolff, New Lexington;
Prof. W. C. Mills, Columbus; Prof. B. F.
Prince, Springfield;
Hon. E. O. Randall, Columbus; Hon. D. J.
Ryan, Columbus;
Hon. S. S. Rickly, Columbus; Col. W. A.
Taylor, Columbus;
Rev. H. A. Thompson, Dayton; Gen. J. L.
Vance, Gallipolis;
Hon. E. E. White, Columbus; Mr. E. F.
Wood, Columbus;
Gen. George B. Wright, Columbus; Prof.
G. Frederick Wright,
Oberlin.
The meeting was called to order by the
President, Gen. R.
Brinkerhoff. E. O. Randall, Secretary,
was called upon for the
minutes of the previous annual meeting
(held April 26, 1901,
Y. M. C. A. building, Columbus, Ohio).
The Secretary read the condensed report
of that meeting
as published in Volume X (page 72) of
the annual publication
of the Society. That report was received
and approved.
In regard to the past year's work the
Secretary made the fol-
lowing report:
Heretofore I have prepared this report
at the beginning
of the year, and had it published in the
Quarterly and also in
pamphlet form, the latter for the
benefit of the Governor of
(71)
72 Ohio Arch. and His. Society Publications.
Ohio, and for the members of the
legislature, but after a con-
ference with Governor Nash, it was
concluded that such was an
unnecessary expense and that my report
made at the annual
meeting, and which will be published in
our annuals, would
be sufficient for all purposes. It must
be remembered that the
minute book which I keep has full
stenographic reports of the
annual meeting and the meetings of the
Trustees and the Execu-
tive Committee. I now make for the first
time my report for
the past year, beginning with the last
annual meeting (April 26,
1901).
PERMANENT BUILDING PROJECT.
As to the permanent building project,
which was the main
topic of discussion at our previous
annual meeting, there is
much to report, though little of result.
At that meeting, as a
reference to the minutes will show, a
committee of five consist-
ing of Dr. W. H. Scott, Hon. C. P.
Galbreath, Gen. J. W. Keifer,
Prof. G. Frederick Wright and E. O.
Randall were appointed
a standing committee on permanent
building. This committee
was to meet at the call of the
Secretary. At the meeting of the
Executive Committee, held July 12, it
was suggested to the Sec-
retary that he confer with some of the
wealthy people of Co-
lumbus with the view of obtaining
personal subscriptions towards
the erection of a building. Our very
efficient and long serving
treasurer, Mr. Rickly, stated that he
would give $1,000 toward
the project of purchasing the First
Presbyterian church property
on the corner of State and Third
streets; the building could then
be had for $25,000. Several leading
citizens were interviewed,
but the result was so discouraging that
the scheme of secur-
ing voluntary individual aid was
abandoned. The sentiment was
almost universal that the Society was a
state institution, and
should be provided for by the state. The
idea of uniting the
project with that of the Art School
Building was canvassed,
but to no avail. It was finally
concluded that we could only
look to the legislature for the
consumation of our hopes in this
direction.
On July 15, 1901, there was a called
meeting at the Hol-
lenden Hotel, Cleveland; there were
present Messrs. Orr, Niles
and McGrew of the State Library
Commission; C. B. Galbreath,
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State Librarian, Mr. W. H. Brett and
other officers of the State
Library Association, two or three
members of the legislature,
several newspaper correspondents and E.
O. Randall, representing
our Society. The meeting held lengthy
sessions both in the
afternoon and in the evening, the
purpose being, if possible, to
formulate some united plan which could
be presented to the
forthcoming legislature. It was
recognized that the State Li-
brary needed new quarters, as well as
the State Archaeological
and Historical Society. It was believed
that those two could
be domiciled in one building, and that
support in that scheme
could be obtained from the State Library
Association. It was
known that the State University needed a
library building, and
would perhaps ask for one from the 75th
General Assembly.
It was certain that three library
buildings could not be secured,
probably not even two. As Secretary
Randall was not em-
powered to commit the Society to any
plan the meeting resulted
merely in the ventilation of the views
of the various parties
represented. The Secretary reported the
Cleveland meeting to
the Executive Committee at its meeting
on September 13.
On November 15, the Permanent Building
Committee met
in the office of Secretary Randall with
all members present,
every phase of the building project was
considered, and it was
practically unanimous that a plan of
union with the State Library
was not only feasible, but perhaps under
the circumstances, the
only one obtainable. The Secretary,
however, expressed great
doubt whether the legislature would
provide funds for the grounds
and for a building so soon after the
erection of the new state
house annex. The result of this
conference, which it was agreed
was merely suggestive, was to be
reported by the Secretary to
the Trustees of the Society at their
next meeting.
On January 10, 1902, the Secretary, representing the Society;
and the members of the Library
Commission, held a conference
in the State Library office. The
commissioners at that time
announced that after carefully looking
the field over and con-
ferring with the Governor and leading
members of the legislature,
they had concluded not to ask the
general assembly for any
appropriation for a building. They would
leave the Historical
Society to take the initiative in that
matter if the Society so
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desired. They would heartily support us.
The building might
practically be ours and be called the HISTORICAL BUILDING. The
State Library to have quarters therein.
Following this conference
the Secretary held interviews with the
Governor, speaker of
the House and chairman of the House
Finance Committee. All
were decidedly of the opinion that it
would be unadvisable for
our Society to ask for a new building,
especially in the city
where an additional expense would be
incurred for the purchase
of a site. The only project at all
likely to be approved would
be an appropriation for the erection of
a building on the Uni-
versity grounds.
On January 20, at a called
meeting of the Trustees, at
which twelve were present, the Secretary
made a full report of
the course of the building project to
that date, and the condi-
tion it was then in. He urged that the
trustees ask the legis-
lature for funds to erect a building on
the University campus,
believing that to be the only request
which the legislature would
grant. President W. O. Thompson, O. S.
U., was present and
made a plea for the building on the
campus. He stated the
building would be entirely under our
control, and management,
but that it could receive light and heat
from the University
without expense to ourselves, that he
believed it was the proper
place for us, that the Wisconsin State
Society and the Pennsyl-
vania State Society had their quarters
on the University grounds
of their respective states. Concerning
this idea a lengthy dis-
cussion ensued. It developed, however,
that with the exception
of the Secretary the opinion was
unanimous that the Society
should not go upon the college campus
but should wait until
it could secure quarters near or in the
center of the city.
As it would have been a vain thing, and
indeed militated
against the interest of the Society,
under the circumstances, to
ask for this, the building project for
the present was abandoned.
The building committee, however, by vote
was continued with
the idea of having the matter brought
before the next (76th)
General Assembly.
SERPENT MOUND.
January 9, 1902, the Secretary
visited Serpent Park and
was present at the erection of the
tablet on the mound, near
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the "tail of the serpent,"
which act was in accordance with the
provisions of the deed of the property
to the Society from Har-
vard University. A detailed account of
the placing of this mon-
ument will be found in the Quarterly of
the Society for April,
1902. This tablet is made of beautiful Vermont gray granite
and cost the Society $200.00.
May 30, the Secretary paid another visit
to Serpent Mound
for the purposes of inspection. He found
that it had been
most excellently cared for by the
custodian, Mr. Daniel Wal-
lace, who lives in a log hut just back
of the mound park. The
serpent has been thoroughly restored to
serpentine perfection,
and was never, speaking after the manner
of snakes, in so
"charming" a condition, thanks
to the faithfulness and efficiency
of his keeper, Mr. Wallace. The great
need of the park is a
suitable building for the residence of
the custodian. This has
been anticipated, as will be noted under
the report concerning
the appropriations.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Secretary reported that while the
general assembly had not
granted all that the Society asked for
in its budget, it had
made reasonable appropriations for the
various departments of our
work. The Secretary had been most courteously
treated by the
members of the Finance Committees and
the members of the
legislature in general. It was certainly
a great tribute to the
work and standing of our Society, that
its requirements were
recognized and cheerfully acquiesced in.
For the year 1902 we
were granted in the appropriation bill
$2,500 for the Publica-
tion Fund. For Field work, care of Ft.
Ancient and Serpent
Mound, $3,750.00-(this
to include $750 for the erection of a
building on Serpent Mound.) Current
expenses $3,000. For
the year 1903 Publication Fund $2,000. For Field
work, care
of Ft. Ancient and Serpent Mound, $2,000. Current expenses
$2,500.
The new members of the General Assembly
were desirous
of obtaining copies of our publications,
and at the request of
various members of the Legislature, and
not at the request of
our Society, the finance committee
placed in the general appro-
priation bill the item of $6,500 for
"the reprinting of volumes
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Arch. and His. Society Publications.
one to ten of our annual publications,
each member of the 75th
general assembly to receive ten complete
sets." In the general
appropriation bill for 1903 the item of
$2,500 was inserted for
the purpose of permitting the Society to
make an exhibit at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, to be
held in St. Louis in the
year 1904. It being understood that this
exhibit would be in
quarters properly constructed in the
Ohio building.
MIAMISBURG MOUND.
Hon. John C. Myers, representative
from Montgomery
county, made the request to the Society
that it purchase the
Miamisburg Mound at Miamisburg. This
mound is the second
most important one of its character
perhaps in the United States.
It is of perfect conical shape, some
seventy feet high with the
circular base of three hundred feet in
diameter. It is located
just outside the city on one of the
highways. Prof. Mills, the
Curator, and Secretary Randall visited
it and conferred with one
of the proprietors, only to learn that
the price asked for the same
was $6,000, which included only some
five acres of very cheap
land. The Secretary refused to make any
such proposition to
the Finance Committee of the House;
$1,000 would be regarded
as a high price. Mr. Myers drew up and
introduced a bill
appropriating that amount ($1,000) for
the purchase of the
mound. This bill was referred to the
finance committee, but
it was thought best not to push its
approval at the present ses-
sion, as the committee had already done
handsomely by the
Society. The bill never left the pocket
of the committee.
OHIO STATE CENTENNIAL.
Hon. D. M. Massie, Chillicothe, brought
to the attention
of Secretary Randall the forthcoming
centennial anniversary of
the admission of Ohio into the Union.
After some correspon-
dence a resolution was prepared by Mr.
Massie and introduced
by Hon. James C. Foster, of Ross county.
It unanimously
passed the House and also the Senate,
where it was championed by
Hon. Thomas M. Watts, Senator from
Highland county. That
resolution is as follows:
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WHEREAS, On the 29th day of November, 1802, the first
constitution of Ohio was ratified by the
convention which framed
it; and,
WHEREAS,
On February 17, 1803, congress passed an act
admitting Ohio into the Union under that
constitution; and,
WHEREAS, On March 1, 1803, the
first General Assembly
of Ohio assembled and organized and Ohio
thereupon became a
state; and,
WHEREAS, The Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical
Society proposes to celebrate the
centennial anniversary of the
above named great and important events
in the history of Ohio
in a suitable manner; and,
WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the
state of Ohio rec-
ognizes the importance and significance
of these events and
believes that they should be duly
celebrated; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Ohio Archaeological and Historical So-
ciety be requested to take charge of
said celebration and con-
duct it, and that the governor of this
state be requested and
empowered to appoint seven honorary
commissioners to represent
the state in the preparation for and
carrying on of this centen-
ial celebration.
PUBLICATIONS.
As to the publications of the past year
the Society's Quarterly
has regularly appeared, viz: July and
October, 1901, and Jan-
uary and April, 1902. These
quarterlies have since appeared
in book form as volume X of the annual
publications. The book
speaks for itself. It is perhaps the
most valuable in the series of
those issued by the Society. In May,
1902, appeared the long
promised "Archaeological History of
Ohio," the material for
which was prepared by Mr. Gerard Fowke.
It makes a large
quarto volume of 775 pages with some 350
illustrations. The total
cost of this book, including plates and
the compensation for the
services of Mr. Fowke, was $3,200. This
comprises the first
edition of one thousand copies. It will
be sold to those not
entitled to a copy at the price of $5.
The Society is certainly
to be congratulated that it has finally
succeeded in presenting to
the public a complete, attractive work
on the Archaeological re-
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mains in Ohio. No state in the Union
could produce a book
equal to it.
ITINERARY OF THE SECRETARY.
July 18, 1901, was celebrated by the Pan-American Exposi-
tion as Ohio Day. The Secretary was
present at the exercises
held in the auditorium, which were
witnessed by thousands of
Buckeyes. A full account of the
proceedings of that day was
prepared and published by the Secretary
in the October Quarterly
of the Society. (Page 243, Volume X.)
In September the Secretary made a trip
to the Maumee
Valley for the purpose of visiting the
localities of Forts Miami
and Meigs and Battle Field of Fallen
Timbers. A hasty trip was
also made to Thamesville, Ontario,
Canada, to obtain correct data
concerning the battle field of the
Thames, on which Tecumseh
was killed. During the year visits were
made to Fort Ancient
and Serpent Mound pertinent to the care
of those places.
APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES.
On September 9, 1901, Hon. Israel
Williams, of Hamilton,
Ohio, a Life Member and Trustee of the
Society, died in Denver,
Colorado. An obituary notice of Mr.
Williams appears in Vol-
ume X, page 249 of the annual. On
November 22 Governor
Nash appointed Hon. R. E. Hills of
Delaware to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Mr. Williams. Mr.
Hills' term will
extend to February 1904. On April 3, 1902, Governor Nash
appointed Prof. B. F. Prince,
Springfield and E. O. Randall
Columbus, to succeed themselves as
Trustees, the term of ap-
pointment continuing until February
1905.
LECTURE OF REV. HENRY M. BAUM.
On the evening of April 11, 1902, Rev. Dr. Henry M.
Baum,
D. C. L., delivered a lecture under the
auspices of our Society
in the auditorium of the Ohio State
University. An immense
audience of the literary and cultured
people of the city and
University completely filled the large
hall, and for two hours
the lecturer held the undivided
attention of his hearers. His
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subject was "Archaelogical
Discoveries in the Old World." The
lecture was copiously illustrated by
colored stereoptican views.
Mr. Baum is the editor of the
Archaeological Monthly known
as "Records of the Past,"
published at Washington, D. C.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Secretary reported that the interest in,
and attention to, the
affairs of the Society the past year by
the members of the Exe-
cutive Committee, had been unabating.
Meetings were held at
Columbus on May 21, July 12, September 13 and
November 20,
19O1 and January 20, May 9, 1902. There had also been several
meetings by special committees,
publication, finance, Ft. An-
cient, etc.
CONCLUSION OF SECRETARY'S REPORT.
In conclusion the Secretary
congratulated the President,
Trustees and members of the Society upon
the work accomplished
the past year. There has never been a
more fruitful year in the
history of the Society. It had become
more widely known, its
influence had been increased, its value
more largely recognized
and its work more permanent. Its great
need now was a build-
ing, and room for the proper care and
display of the property it
was acquiring and for the library which
was rapidly increasing
in size and importance. The report of
the Curator concerning
the Library, Museum and Field Work would
be given by Mr.
Mills. The Secretary particularly
complimented the work and
valuable co-operation of the Curator.
The report of the Secretary was
received, approved and
ordered placed on file.
Mr. W. H. Hunter offered a resolution
that a vote of thanks
be given Secretary Randall for his
faithful and excellent work
in behalf of the Society before the
Legislature. The resolu-
tion was endorsed by several, and
adopted by a unanimous vote.
Prof. Wright and Mr. Fowke spoke of the
value of the Mi-
amisburg Mound, and expressed a desire
that it become the prop-
erty of the Society. The Executive
Committee was authorized
to use every effort to get possession of
the Mound.
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The Curator's report was here called for and is given
in full
at the close of the report of this meeting.
The thanks of the Society were extended to Prof. Mills
for
the zeal and enterprise displayed in his work and the
past year and
for his excellent report concerning the explorations of
the Adena
Mound.
Mr. E. F. Wood, assistant treasurer, in behalf of
Treasurer
S. S. Rickley, made the following report:
TREASURER'S
REPORT.
FOR YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1902.
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand February 1, 1901 .................. $776
26
Active membership dues ............................ 84 00
Life membership dues .................. ............ 292 50
Interest on
permanent fund
........................ 72 99
Refunded from
expenses of 1900 .................. 25
00
Books sold and subscriptions ...................... 240
90
From State Treasurer, appropriation for-
Reprinting publications ........................ 3,600
00
Repair and care of Serpent Mound ............. 588
15
Care of Fort Ancient ........................... 988 90
Current expenses .............................. 2,794
04
Field work and explorations .................... 1,000
00
Publications
................................ ..
1,354 71
T otal
......................................$11,817
45
DISBURSEMENTS.
Publications .......................................
$1,357 66
M useum and library .........................
...... 277 42
Job printing ...................................... 50
00
Office expenses .................................... 100
00
Salaries ................ ....................... 1,405 00
Field work ........................................ 1,275 13
Fort Ancient ...................................... 1,128 90
Serpent M
ound ..... ...................
......... 603 15
Exhibit at Pan-American Exposition ..... ........... 219 50
Committee and trustees expenses ................... 154
56
Reprinting publications (balance) .................
3,600 00
Expenses of annual meeting, 1901 .................. 83
95
Sundry incidental expenses......................... 78 08
Express and freight ................................ 78 51
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Postage
........................................ 136
84
Fire insurance
.................................... 52
00
Transferred to
permanent fund..................... 365
49
Sundry supplies
................................... 27 09
Balance on hand
February 1, 1902 .................. 824
17
Total...........................................$11,817 45
S. S. RICKLY, Treasurer.
The Permanent Fund on
February 1, 1902 amounted to
$2,683.47.
The report of the
Treasurer was approved and ordered placed
on file.
ELECTION OF TRUSTEES.
The Secretary
announced that the Trustees whose terms ex-
pired at this meeting
were the following: Hon. Samuel F.
Hunt, Cincinnati;
Prof. J. P. MacLean, Franklin; Prof. G.
Frederick Wright,
Oberlin; Col. James Kilbourne, Columbus;
Judge James H.
Anderson, Columbus. Upon motion the chair
appointed a committee
of five upon nomination, viz: Rev. H. A.
Thompson, Hon. D. J.
Ryan, Mr. George F. Bareis, Hon. A. R.
McIntire and Gen.
George B. Wright. The committee after a
conference reported
in favor of the reelection of Prof. G. F.
Wright, Col. J.
Kilbourne, Judge J. H. Anderson, Prof. J. P.
MacLean; and Prof. C.
L. Martzolff, New Lexington (place of
Samuel F. Hunt). These to serve until February, 1905. Upon
motion the Secretary
was authorized to cast the ballot of the
Society for the
nominees named by the committee. The board
of trustees therefore
now stands:
TERM EXPIRES IN 1903.
HON. ELROY M. AVERY
................... Cleveland.
BISHOP B. W. ARNETT
.................. Wilberforce.
HON. S. S. RICKLY ........................ Columbus.
HON. A. R. MCINTIRE
..................... Mt. Vernon.
MR. G. F. BAREIS
.......................... Canal W inchester.
TERM EXPIRES IN 1904.
GEN. R. BRINKERHOFF
.................... Mansfield.
HON. M. D. FOLLETT
...................... Marietta.
HON. D. J. RYAN
......................... Columbus.
REV. H. A. THOMPSON
................... Dayton.
MR. W. H. HUNTER
....................... Chillicothe.
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82 Ohio Arch. and His. Society
Publications.
TERM EXPIRES IN 1905.
COL. JAMES KILBOURNE.
................... Columbus.
PROF. J. P. MACLEAN
...................... Franklin.
PROF. G. FREDERICK WRIGHT............... Oberlin.
JUDGE JAMES H.
ANDERSON ................ Columbus.
PROF. C. L. MARTZOLFF
................... New Lexington.
APPOINTED BY THE
GOVERNOR.
(Terms expire as
indicated.)
HON. CHAS. P. GRIFFIN,
Toledo....................... 1903
REV. N. B. C.
LOVE, Deshler
.......................... 1903
GEN. GEO. B. WRIGHT,
Columbus ...................... 1904
HON. R. E. HILLS, Delaware.......................... 1904
PROF. B. F. PRINCE, Springfield.......................
1905
HON. E. O. RANDALL,
Columbus...................... 1905
FRANK B. SANBORN.
At this period of the
meeting President Brinkerhoff intro-
duced Mr. Frank B.
Sanborn of Concord, Mass., formerly editor
of the Springfield
Republican, friend, patron and biographer of
John Brown, author of
the Lives of Emerson, Thoreau, Channing
and other
distinguished men of letters whom he intimately knew.
Mr. Sanborn responded
to an enthusiastic reception in the fol-
lowing address:
"It gives me
great pleasure to be here and talk with you
gentlemen about the
American Indian. Twenty-four years ago
I had a chance of
observing a tribe of Indians in the northern
part of Massachussets,
and I discovered this fact about these
Indians which may be
interesting to you, that out of this tribe
of five hundred, only
one of them (and that a woman) was a
pure Indian. The
others were all of mixed blood. This
woman was a fine type
of a middle aged, pure blooded
Indian, her husband
was a mixture of Indian and negro
but was a very bright,
intelligent fellow and was really the
head of the tribe. I
suppose our Massachusetts Indians represent
as well as any, the
fact that civilization leaves its traces. The
pure Indian type is
becoming more and more rare and probably
the only pure types
are found in the far west. When I came
here I was informed
that you were going to visit one of these
wonderful earthworks
and I hope that I may have the pleasure
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of being one of your party. I have heard
much regarding Ft.
Ancient and want to hear the latest
theories regarding its age
and structure."
CENTENNIAL AT CHILLICOTHE.
Mr. W. H. Hunter spoke earnestly and
enthusiastically in
favor of the Society holding its
celebration of the Ohio Cen-
tennial in Chillicothe, the first
capital of the state, and where the
constitution was adopted, on November 29, 1802. Mr. Hunter
submitted resolutions, requesting the
Centennial be held at
Chillicothe, by the City Council of
Chillicothe, signed by its
President, Fred C. Mader, and Robert D.
Alexander, City
Clerk; by the Ministerial Association of
Chillicothe signed by
Austin M. Caurtenay, President, and
Chauncey M. Hamben, Sec-
retary; from the Merchants' Protective
Association of Chillicothe,
signed by its President, Charles Hoyt
and Secretary H. K. Gal-
braith; from the Landlords' Protective
Association signed by W.
D. Mills, President, H. K. Galbraith,
Secretary; and from the
Grocers' Protective Association. These
were all received and
ordered placed upon file.
Col. W. A. Taylor made a very
interesting and detailed
statement concerning the admission of
Ohio into the Union, the
importance of the event and the fitness
of its recognition by the
Historical and Archaeological Society.
He favored the cele-
bration being held in Chillicothe.
Prof. C. L. Martzolff stated that it
would be a very fitting
thing for the Society to prepare a
little publication concerning
the centennial, its significance, the
literature pertinent thereto,
and a program to be followed by the
public schools in celebrating
the event on the day in question. This
suggestion met with
hearty approval but no action was taken
thereon.
After considerable discussion concerning
the date and place,
to be agreed upon, for the Centennial
celebration of the admission
of Ohio, it was moved and agreed by
unanimous consent, that
the rule of section 1, article 5, of the
constitution, be suspended
as to the holding of the annual meeting
at Columbus for the
year 1903, and that the time and place of
the next annual meet-
ing be referred to the executive
committee for their action.
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This was done in order that if desired
the annual meeting of the
Society might be held at Chillicothe at
the time of the centennial
celebration.
FT. ANCIENT.
Mr. Bareis, chairman of the Ft. Ancient
Committee, being
called upon for a report of the work
done during the past year,
said: "I hope that every one will
try to arrange to go to Ft.
Ancient tomorrow with the Trustees, and
see what excellent work
has been done in the way of permanent
improvements. The
house and out buildings have all been
newly roofed, the walks and
roads are in splendid condition. We have
also set out an orchard
and built a new fence of 100 rods. I
also wish to say that thou-
sands of people from all over the state
have visited the fort
during the past year."
Dr. H. A. Thompson moved that a vote of
thanks be ex-
tended the executive committee for their
excellent work during the
past year. The motion was unanimously
carried.
A fitting obituary notice of the death
of Thomas Wilson of
the Smithsonian Institution was read by
Prof. W. C. Mills. (It
will be found in another part of this
Quarterly.)
There being no further business of
importance before the
meeting it was adjourned.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES.
The annual meeting of the Board of
Trustees was held im-
mediately upon the adjournment of the
annual meeting of the
Society. The following trustees were
present: James H. An-
derson, G. F. Bareis, R. Brinkerhoff, R.
E. Hills, W. H. Hunter,
James Kilbourne, N. B. C. Love, A. R.
McIntire, J. P. MacLean,
C. L. Martzolff, B. F. Prince, E. O.
Randall, S. S. Rickly, H. A.
Thompson, G. B. Wright, G. Frederick
Wright.
Letters regretting absence were received
by the Secretary
from Samuel F. Hunt, M. D. Follett and
B. W. Arnett.
Gen. Wright acted as temporary chairman
and E. O. Ran-
dall, temporary secretary. The election
of the various officers
of the Society was then held.
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The following list of officers was
elected: Gen. R. Brinker-
hoff, President; Gen. George B. Wright,
1st Vice President;
George F. Bareis, 2d Vice President; E.
O. Randall, Secretary
and Editor; S. S. Rickly, Treasurer; E.
F. Wood, Assistant
Treasurer; W. C. Mills, Curator and
Librarian.
The following were selected as members
of the Executive
Committee: G. Frederick Wright, Hon. A.
R. McIntire, Prof.
B. F. Prince, Hon. D. J. Ryan and W. H.
Hunter -with the
officers above as ex-officio members.
Upon motion it was decided that the
Society accept the
invitation from Chillicothe to celebrate
at that place the Ohio
Centennial Anniversary - the day to be
later determined by the
Executive Committee.
The Board of Trustees adjourned with the
understanding
that the Executive Committee would meet
at the call of the Sec-
retary.
FORT ANCIENT EXCURSION.
On Saturday, June 7, a party consisting
of the officers and
accompanying members of the Society made
a visit to Fort
Ancient, the members of this party were
as follows: Gen. R.
Brinkerhoff, Col. and Mrs. James
Kilbourne, Gen. John Beatty,
Judge J. H. Anderson, Gen. G. B. Wright,
Prof. J. P. MacLean,
Hon. A. R. McIntire, Prof. B. F. Prince,
Prof. C. L. Martzolff,
Dr. H. A. Thompson, Hon. Frank B.
Sanborn (Concord, Mass.),
Mr. R. S. Neil, Prof. W. C. Mills, M. H.
M. Sessions, Mr.
G. F. Bareis and E. O. Randall.
The party were met at the station by Mr.
Warren Cowen,
the custodian of the Fort. Carriages
were provided for an
inspection of the wonderful and
interesting pre-historic walls
and fortification. After a lunch at the
house of the custodian
within the old Fort, addresses were made
concerning the various
theories and investigations respecting
the Fort by Messrs. Mills,
MacLean, Sanborn and others. Never has
the Fort been in such
admirable condition, and Mr. Warren
Cowen was highly com-
plimented on all sides for his faithful
and efficient service in
looking after the property in his
charge.
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Arch. and His. Society Publications.
ADDITIONAL LIFE MEMBERS.
Since the last annual meeting the
following have become
life members of the Society: Hon. David
S. Gray, Columbus;
Major W. F. Goodspeed, Columbus; Harry
P. Wolfe, Columbus;
S. S. Knabenshue, Toledo; Emil Schulp,
Lovell; Col. E. L.
Taylor, Columbus; Rev. N. B. C. Love,
Deshler. Mr. Love
was elected at the annual meeting in
1901, but his name was
inadvertently omitted in the published
list.
CHILLICOTHE COMMISSION.
On Thursday, June 19, 1902, Governor Nash, in accordance
with the authority granted him by the
House Joint Resolution No.
53 (75th General Assembly), introduced
by Mr. Foster-this
resolution is found in the minutes of
the annual meeting supra -
appointed the following commissioners to
co-operate with the
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical
Society in the prepara-
tion for and carrying on of the Ohio
Centennial Celebration:
Gen. J. Warren Keifer, Springfield; Hon.
Rush R. Sloane, San-
dusky; Gen. B. R. Cowen, Cincinnati;
Gen. James Barnett, Cleve-
land; Hon. D. S. Gray, Columbus; Gen.
Charles M. Anderson,
Greenville; Robert W. Manly,
Chillicothe.
REPORT OF THE CURATOR AND LIBRARIAN.
BY W. C. MILLS.
(Submitted at the Annual Meeting, June
6, 1902.)
It gives me great pleasure as Curator
and Librarian of your
Society to make my report upon the
conditions and progress of
the Museum and Library during the past
year ending January
31, 1902.
The work in the Museum has been
unusually active during
the past year; many changes have been
made, especially in the
way of new cases for the display of new
specimens that have
come into our possession. Through the
kindness and generosity
of the Trustees of the Ohio State
University we were able to
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procure a number of wall cases that were
greatly needed in the
Museum.
A number of collections have been added
to the Museum
during the past year, the most notable
being the Adams collec-
tion of Portsmouth. This is one of the
finest private collections
in the State and includes at a rough
estimate between three and
four thousand specimens, the greater
part of which have not
yet been catalogued. The collection
includes more than 100
pieces of pottery, 60 pipes, more than
100 fine slate and bone
pieces such as gorgets, banner stones,
bone and shell implements
and ornaments, several hundred axes,
celts, etc., and one of the
finest collection of hematite specimens
in the country.
The field work during the past summer
has been notably
successful. On the 21st of June I
entered into a contract with
Mr. Froelich, of Chillicothe, to remove
the large mound known
as Adena, and situated upon his farm,
just outside and in sight
of the corporate limits of Chillicothe.
The finds were very val-
uable and of especial importance. For a
full account of this
exploration see No. 4, Vol. X of the
Society's publications.
About the middle of February of last
year I was directed by
the Executive Committee of the Society
to prepare and place on
exhibition, at the Pan American
Exposition, Buffalo, New York,
a series of objects representing the
archaeology of Ohio. This
gave me about forty days in which to
select the specimens from
the Museum, pack and ship them to
Buffalo and then unpack
and place them on exhibition. This we
successfully accomplished
in the time allotted for the work, and
it was the first complete
installation on exhibition in the
Ethnology Building. When we
take into consideration the large number
of specimens removed
from the Museum we can but feel, after
looking the ground over
a little later, that it was a very great
undertaking and a very
successful one. The number of specimens
removed from the
Museum was upwards of 10,000, yet only
about 8,000 were placed
on exhibition; 2,000 were returned for lack of proper space, cases,
etc., for their exhibition. The plea set
forth by the commissioner
at the time, was that he could not spare
the room; but the real
truth was, we might have been granted
twice the amount
of space, as the building had finally to
be filled with a mis-
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cellaneous collection, such as natural
history objects, exhibi-
tions of agricultural products, etc., so
that the curators in charge
were kept busy trying to give the
meaning of "Ethnology" and
"Archaeology," as a great many
of the visitors thought perhaps
the big word meant some improvement in
agriculture or some
new natural history specimen. A number
of very fine collec-
tions were placed in the balcony of the
building. This section was
very inaccessible, and not more than one
person in fifty that
entered the building on the ground
floor, visited the balcony.
The space occupied by the Ohio State
Archaeological and Histor-
ical Society was on the ground floor and
occupied almost one
quadrant, with a space of 12 feet square given us in the center
of the building. In this center piece we
reproduced the twelve-
foot section of the Baum prehistoric
village site, which was seen
for the first time by a great many of
our trustees and members.
This collection was one of the most
attractive features at the Ex-
position and drew the attention of more
people than any single
exhibit in the building. It was
especially interesting to scientists
and to those interested in archaeology,
and more than one hundred
visitors left their cards with a word of
encouragement, saying
that it was by far the most interesting
and valuable collec-
tion in the Exposition. The exhibit
beside the section of the
Baum village site was the material
obtained from this village,
which may be described as a gentleman
expressed himself to me
after looking over the collection:
"I have been interested in
astronomy all my life, but after
looking at this collection I see now why
so many people are in-
terested in archaeology. I see now why
explorations are of so
great an importance. By this exhibit I
can almost see into this
village site, here as is shown I can see
what they lived upon, the
animals they had for food, the grains
they cultivated to make
their bread of, implements which they
fashion out of bone, stone
and shell, the fish hooks with which
they caught their fish, the
whetstones with which they made their
awls and needles and
the scraper with which they scraped the
tanned skins. Here
the representative of the little homes,
here the burying ground,
and here the refuse pits, all this I
imagine I can see at once and
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this is what intrests me. I will
hereafter take a deep interest
in archaeology."
I had many kind expressions from learned
men from all
over the country as to results at the
Baum village site.
The remainder of the exhibit was merely
a collection of the
best specimens of mound-builders'
implements and ornaments.
We had a good representation of the
Flint Ridge material, we
also had a good representation of the
various valleys of the State;
for instance, Scioto valley was
represented by the excellent col-
lction of Mr. Adams, of Portsmouth. Mr.
Bareis, of Canal
Winchester, furnished a number of fine
specimens from his col-
lection. Our own work in the field from
year to year was highly
appreciated by everybody.
One case ten feet in length was filled
with copper pieces.
But the collection of copper that
attracted the most attention
of those interested in prehistoric man
was the Fort Ancient col-
lection, which was procured by Mr.
Bareis.
We also had a representation of a burial
at Fort Ancient,
and a large drawing of Fort Ancient was
placed in a frame and
hung upon the wall. We had a number of
charts and drawings
of various forts throughout the state,
also a chart showing the
territory excavated at the Baum village
site. Upon the wall we
also had a large map of Ohio showing the
location of mounds
and earthworks.
The labeling and arrangement of our
collection was not sat-
isfactory. In the first place we were
compelled to install the ex-
hibit when the weather was so
disagreeable that it was unfit for
one to do work in the building. The
agreement with the com-
missioner was that we be furnished a
labeler upon our arrival
there, but we were unfortunate in not
getting this labeler until
two days before we were ready to return
home. However,
in spite of the difficulties which the
collection encountered,
namely, the arrangement and labeling, we
carried off the
gold medal against all competitors in
the United States.
The following were the jurors who passed
upon this collec-
tion:
Prof. Edward S. Morse, Chairman; E. H. Garibay,
Prof. W. H. Holmes, Jose I. Torralbas,
and Prof. Otis T. Mason.
Silver medals were granted to the Field
Columbian Museum and
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to Prof. Frederick Starr, of Chicago
University and the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. At the close of
the Exposition the collec-
tion was carefully packed and every
specimen was returned and
is now on exhibition in the Museum at
Orton Hall.
During the Exposition our collection was
carefully looked
after in May by Mr. A. B. Coover, of
Roxabell, Ohio, and dur-
ing the months of June, July and August
by Miss Pearl Coutel-
lier, assistant in the Museum and
Library.
In the past winter the material obtained
from the ash pits of
the Baum village site was carefully
worked over and the bones
of the various animals all assorted and
selected. This required a
great deal of attention and care,
especially when it is borne in
mind that only part of a barrel of these
specimens could be ex-
amined at once, and they had to be
carted from the main building
of the University to Orton Hall, which
took a great deal of time
and extra work. The question may come to
you, "of what value
is the collecting of these animal bones
from the pits, and what
good is to be obtained from a study of
them." In the material
from Baum village site several important
things have been brought
to light; in the first place 35% of all
the bones found in this vil-
lage site belong to the Virginia deer.
We have in our collection
fifty skulls of this animal, of the
fifty only two or 4% are female
and the remainder or 96% are males. Of
this 96%, 74% were
killed during fall and winter while the
remainder or 22% were
killed during the summer. In the first
place the finding of so
few female skulls would show that they
made a selection of the
animals they killed, secondly that
during the winter and fall
they required more animal food because
the grain and nut supply
was practically exhausted. The following
is the list of animals
so far found: Virginia deer, elk,
raccoon, black bear, box turtle,
Indian dog, ground hog, wild cat, gray
fox, gray wolf, mink,
opossum, beaver, rabbit, muskrat, otter,
mountain lion, skunk,
wild turkey, wild goose, bald eagle,
trumpeter swan, great horned
owl, and barred owl. Perhaps the most
interesting of the re-
mains is that of the Indian dog. We know
that dogs were do-
mesticated by man long before the
earliest record of history, their
remains being associated with the rude
implements of the ancient
cave and lake dwellers of Central
Europe. The remains of the
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dog found in this village site is
described by Prof. F. A. Lucas
as being "a short-faced one, much
the size and proportion of the
bull terrier though probably not short
haired." Prof. Lucas says
he has obtained specimens apparently of
this same breed from
the old village sites in Texas and from
the old Pueblos.
I have also during the winter been
working upon material
from the different flint quarries of the
state. Not only have I
been studying the hand specimens
obtained from Flint Ridge, but
I have been devoting much time to a
study of the microscopical
section made from flint obtained from
the flint quarries at Flint
Ridge. For a long time it had been
considered that we have no
true flint in the United States, and
that the only true flint comes
from Europe, yet in making sections I
have been unable to tell
one from the other, only perhaps in
color. But when a clear
piece of chalcedonic flint is procured
which constitutes the greater
part of the flint at Flint Ridge, it is
quite impossible to tell it
from flint that is obtained from many
places in Europe. Under
the microscope it shows the same
structure, the same distribu-
tion of crypto crystaline ground mass,
which is chalcedonic in
character. In Prof. Wilson's report he
states that the only dif-
ference that he can notice in the Ohio
flint and European is that
Ohio flint is devoid of foraminifera,
and in this I have found
Prof. Wilson's statements perfectly
true. Yet while Prof. Wilson
has used only a few slides, I have used
almost seventy, and in
these seventy slides I have been able to
find as high as twelve
different forms of foraminifera in one
slide, while in others fewer
were found. However, my examination so
far proves that we
have just as true flint in Ohio as is
found in any other country.
I need only to repeat what has so often
been presented to
our Society, our great need of room for
exhibition purposes.
With suitable quarters we can within the
course of eight or ten
years build up one of the finest and
best Archaeological Museums
in the country. You have heard what
Prof. Wright has said
concerning the Museum in that far away
Siberian country, and
what great importance it was to men who
would travel long dis-
tances to see what could be gathered
together for scientific study,
in one country. We have the same
opportunity in Ohio, perhaps
a greater field to work upon, as our
President once said in a
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speech before this Society, "we are
the spoils of all nations," and
you can go to any large foreign
collection and there find Ohio
fully represented. It has often been
said by writers on archaeo-
logical subjects that if you wanted to
study types of Ohio speci-
mens you would be compelled to go to Mr.
Douglass' collection
in New York city and there you would
find the greatest variety
of Ohio forms of any place in the
country. Why is this? It is
simply because men with means and
influence have come into
the state and carried out of it a vast
store house of material. Yet
with all that we should not feel
discouraged. We have just as
good material in Ohio today as perhaps
has ever been carried
away from it. Although many of the great
mounds have been
destroyed, yet all I ask is opportunity
to follow up the footsteps of
some of these explorers and work over
the mounds that have
been but partly examined and we will
have enough to make one
of the greatest Museums in the United
States.
Room number 7 which the University
granted us for a dis-
play of historical relics, had to be
abandoned as a display room,
and used altogether for the storage of
duplicate specimens and
specimens that come in and lack room in
which to display them,
and also duplicate books, which come to
us from all sections of
the country.
The growth of the library of the Society
has made wonderful
progress. At present every available
space is taken up with books
and pamphlets. We have at present
several hundred volumes rep-
resenting the various historical and
scientific Societies of the
world, that should be bound and placed
upon shelves. We have
suitable place to store the pamphlets
but no place to put the books.
At the present time our accession book
shows 1,643 bound vol-
umes. This does not include volumes that
are ready for the
bindery or those that will be completed
perhaps with the next
issue of the various publications that
we are receiving in exchange.
The accessions to the library are
without expense to the Society.
We buy no books, all come to us as gifts
or exchange. It is sin-
cerely hoped the trustees and members of
this Society will take
a deeper interest in helping to further
the increase of the Li-
brary.