MARY DEAN VINCENT
MOUND.
A. B. COOVER.
[Mr. Coover is a Life Member of The Ohio
State Archaeological and
Historical Society and has assisted
Prof. W. C. Mills in many of the
archaeological explorations made by the
Society. Mr. Coover acted as
Curator of the Museum of the Society
during the absence of Prof. Mills
while in charge of the Society's exhibit
at the Jamestown Exposition.
It was during this time that Mr. Coover
made the explorations herein
described. - EDITOR.]
Under directions of the Secretary of the
Ohio State Archae-
ological and Historical Society, I left
Columbus on Wednesday,
October 2d, for Beverly, 0., to
investigate the finding of skele-
tons at the Mary Dean Vincent mounds in
Washington county.
Upon my arrival at the home of Mr.
Vincent I found that the
description of the find as printed in
the Beverly Dispatch under
the date of September 20th was correctly
stated; a part of this
description I incorporate in my report.
"Mr. E. B. Vincent, a prominent
farmer who resides three miles
above Beverly on the west side of the
Muskingum river, while working
in a field a few days ago, came in
contact with a large stone, standing in
a perpendicular position. On
investigation he found that the stone was
part of an enclosure which proved to be
a prehistoric grave, eight feet
long, four feet wide and two feet deep.
This grave was enclosed with
stones ranging in size from one to two
feet square.
"Within the grave Mr. Vincent found
a skeleton in a fair state of
preservation and surrounding it were
several rare prehistoric relics.
Among these were two fine spearheads
-one white and the other black -
four inches long and perfect in every
respect; a gorget (celt) of fine pol-
ish, five inches long; and several stones
of a hard granite substance with
perforations, probably used as
ornaments. Nearly all these relics were
found around the head and shoulders
pointing toward the remains.
"Mr. C. L. Bozman, a life member of
the Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical Society, with Mr. Corner,
photographer at Beverly, drove
up to the site on Monday and secured
photographs of the remains as they
were found.
"About one hundred yards north of
the grave where the remains
were found, there is a prehistoric mound
known to all older citizens as
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