OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY
FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1899, TO FEBRUARY 1, 1900.
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. O. RANDALL, PH. B., LL. M., .. Secretary
W. C MILLS, B. Sc., (H. and F.), . . .
Curator and Librarian
TRUSTEES.
ELECTED BY THE SOCIETY.
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
Term Expires in 1902.
HON. JOHN SHERMAN, . . . Mansfield
PROF. G. F. WRIGHT, . . . . . . Oberlin
*REV. WM. E. MOORE, . . Columbus
+ROBERT CLARKE, .
. Cincinnati
JUDGE JAMES H. ANDERSON, . . . . Columbus
APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.
Terms Expire as Indicated.
HON. CHAS. P.
GRIFFIN, Toledo, 1900; HON. A. ROBESON, Greenville,
1900; GEN. GEo. B. WRIGHT, Columbus, 1901; HON. ISRAEL
WILLIAMS,
Hamilton, 1901; PROF. B. F. PRINCE, 1902; HON. E. O.
RANDALL, 1902.
* Died June 5,1899. Gen. G. B. Wright was elected
Vice-President to succeed Dr. Moore.
No one was chosen to fill the vacancy in the
Trusteeship caused by his death.
+ Died August 26,1899. No one was elected as his
successor on the Board of Trustees.
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To His Excellency, ASA S. BUSHNELL, Governor of Ohio;
I herewith have the honor to submit the
fifteenth annual
report of the Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical Society,
covering the year February 1, 1899, to
February 1, 1900.
With very great respect I remain
Yours truly,
E. O. RANDALL, Secretary.
(347)
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT.
The annual meetings of the Society had
heretofore been held
during the month of February but at the
meeting held February
24, 1898 the constitution was amended to
the effect that the
fiscal year of the Society shall end
February 1, and the annual
meeting shall be held within such
reasonable time thereafter,
as the Executive Committee may
previously determine, but not
later than June 15th. For sufficient
reasons the Fourteenth
Annual Meeeting was delayed in 1899
until May 1, when it was
held in the Parlors of the Y. M. C. A.
Building, Columbus, Ohio
at 2 P. M. standard. It was called to
order by President General
Roeliff Brinkerhoff, with the following
members present: Prof.
B. F. Prince, Springfield, Prof, Young,
Fostoria, George F. Bar-
eis, Canal Winchester, Prof. G. F.
Wright, Oberlin, Gen. R.
Brinkerhoff, Mansfield, Gen. G. B.
Wright, Col. W. A. Taylor,
Frank T. Howe, Mrs. Rath Merrill, Prof.
W. C. Mills, Rev. W.
E. Moore, Hon. S. S. Rickly, J. J.
Janney, E. F Wood, E. O.
Randall, Columbus.
The minutes of the previous (thirteenth)
annual meeting
(held February 24, 1898) were not read
in full as they were
lengthy but the synopsis of the
proceedings as given in the
printed report of the secretary of the
society to the Governor
(January 1898) was read and approved.
Secretary Randall then said, as had been
his custom in pre-
vious meetings, he would submit his
annual report to the gov-
ernor for his annual report to the
Society. The secretary supple-
mented this written report by an
extended oral statement con-
cerning matters deserving the attention
of the Society.
He reviewed the history of the
proposition of the Hayes
heirs to transfer Spiegel Grove to the
Society; the part to be
taken by the Society in approaching
Convention of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science; the proposal and
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plan for quarters for the Society in the
new Capitol building;
and the consequent removal of the
Museum, now in Orton Hall,
and probably with it the Archaeological
collection of the Univer-
sity, to the expected new quarters; the
participation of the Society
in the forthcoming Ohio Centennial at
Toledo, in which it was
generally understood by the officers of
the Society, and the Cen-
tennial Commissioners, that the
department of Archaeology and
Ethnology, at the exhibition, would be
under the management
of our Society, with Prof. G. F. Wright
of Oberlin in charge;
Col. James Kilbourne, the President of
the Commission, is one
of our Life Members and thoroughly in
harmony with the desires
of the Society concerning the exhibit,
though nothing definite as
yet had been determined.
On February 9, 1899, the terms of office
as Trustees, ap-
pointed by the Governor, of Alexander
Boxwell, of Red Lion
and E. O. Randall of Columbus expired,
and Governor Bushnell
on March 1 appointed as their successors
Prof. B. F. Prince of
Springfield and E. O. Randall of
Columbus, these to serve for
three years from February 9, 1899.
The Secretary congratulated the Society
upon its progress
the past year, the influence it was
exerting in the line of history,
biography and archaeology in the State
of Ohio and elsewhere,
the Society is each year receiving
larger recognition from the
public and school libraries and from
Societies of similar nature
in all parts of the United States and in
foreign countries.
Gen. Brinkerhoff spoke concerning the
Spiegel Grove pro-
position, earnestly advocating its
acceptance by the Society, if
possible. He thought many friends of the
late R. B. Hayes
could be found to assist in this
project. We should secure the
Library Americana and the valuable
manuscripts and state docu-
ments preserved in the Hayes home. He
thought the Odd Fel-
lows and members of the Prison Reform
Association and Na-
tional Charities Association and other
philanthropists would co-
operate, if the home could also be made
a sort of depository and
bureau of information for these
interests mentioned. The Sec-
retary thought while these institutions
were worthy in
themselves, and deserving all support,
that the members of the
Ohio Archaeological and Historical
Society would be opposed
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to its being affiliated with projects so
foreign to its purpose.
The main objection advanced to the
scheme was that the Hayes
heirs stipulated that the Library and
manuscripts should not be
removed from the home, and its location
was too inaccessible for
scholars and the general public desiring
to consult such works.
The Secretary had printed a lengthy
circular setting forth the
Hayes proposition and asking for its
approval, and this circular
had been sent to a large list of persons
likely to be interested in
the scheme, especially were they sent to
former friends of Presi-
dent Hayes and to the members of the New
York Ohio Society.
There had been practically no response
to these circulars and
the Secretary believed it would be
difficult to secure the amount
required ($25,000.00). The Secretary,
however, was urged to
still continue his efforts to bring this
matter before the proper
parties. President Brinkerhoff was
requested to assist.
The report was called for from the
Special Committee on
Local Sections of the Society, which
Committee had been ap-
pointed two years before at the Annual
Meeting of the Society
in February 1897, their report in
February 1898 having been
referred to them for another year's
consideration. The Com-
mittee reported that upon further
consideration and consultation
they were satisfied that the idea of the
Local Sections or branches
of the Society in various parts of the
State was not feasible, and
would not redound to the benefit or
influence of the Society.
They had no special report to make but
thought that the matter
ought to be dropped. By motion the
committee was dis-
charged, thus disposing of the subject.
The Curator, W. C. Mills, made an oral
report; there were
some 19,000 specimens belonging to the
Society now in the
Museum; he gave an account of a trip
made by him under
the direction of the Society along the
Ohio River in the south-
ern part of the State for the purpose of
visiting localities offering
mounds or sites of interest to the
Society; he had received
several collections of archaeological
specimens, either as loans
or donations to the Society. One of the
most valuable finds of
the Society was that of specimens of
copper ornaments found
just without the walls of Ft. Ancient.
These specimens were
a rare discovery, as it is believed
there is only one other instance
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in the United States of finding similar
ornaments. That other
find is now in the Museum of the State
Historical Society of
Wisconsin, at Madison.
Slow progress has been made towards the
completion of the
Archaeological Map, as it is difficult
to obtain data concerning
mounds, sites, etc. without visiting, in
person, the sections of
the country to be reported. It is a
valuable feature, however,
of our work and should be prosecuted
with all possible effort.
Many archaeologists throughout the
country are interested in
the completion of this map.
The Secretary explained the special
appropriation made by
the last General Assembly (73rd) of
$3,000 for the republication
of volumes one to five inclusive of the
previous annuals of the
Society. It was intended that that
amount would secure to
each member of the Legislature ten
complete sets (i. e. ten
copies each of volumes one to five) and
also leave the Society
some three hundred sets for its
distribution to libraries and for
exchange for the works of other
societies, but in the meantime
Volume VI appeared and the members
desired to complete their
sets by having an equal number of Volume
VI, and this addi-
tional expense to the Society for the
enlarged edition of Volume
VI had to be deducted from the total
amount of the $3,000,
thus depriving the Society of its
expected quota of Volumes
one to five. It is believed the next
Legislature (74th) will, in
its appropriation for publications, make
up for this deficit.
The Trustees elected by the Society
whose terms matured
at this time are: Hon. John Sherman,
William E. Moore, Prof.
John B. Peaslee, Prof. G. F. Wright and
Mr. A. H. Smythe.
A Nominating Committee consisting of
Messrs. Bareis, Taylor
and Wood was appointed to name
candidates for election as
their successors. After due consideration the Committee re-
ported the following nominees to serve
for three years, viz:
Hon. John Sherman, Mansfield; Prof. G.
F. Wright, Oberlin;
Robert Clarke, Cincinnati; Rev. William
E. Moore, Columbus,
and Judge James H. Anderson, Columbus.
The Secretary was,
by vote, instructed to cast a ballot for
these nominees and he
so did, and they were declared elected.
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The Secretary complimented the work
being done by Mr.
W. C. Mills, the Curator. He had largely
rearranged and
relabeled the specimens in the Society's
Museum, and was plan-
ning for explorations that would
doubtless be most valuable
to the Society. He bespoke for the
Curator approval and
encouragement.
In view of the part which the Society is
to take in the com-
ing Ohio Centennial, it was greatly
desired that the Legislature
make ample provision for work along the
archaeological lines
during the coming year.
The Executive Committee and the
Secretary were instructed
to make every possible effort to secure
suitable quarters for the
Society in the new Capitol Building.
The Secretary reported the dilapidated
and almost tenant-
less condition of the Custodian's house
on Ft. Ancient and stated
there would have to be extensive repairs
and additions, if not
a practical rebuilding of the house.
There was no hotel or
stopping place for visitors at the
station or Fort, and there
should be accommodations provided for
those who come from
a distance and are compelled to remain
during the day or over
night, and particularly should this be
done in view of the coming
convention of the Association for the
Advancement of Science,
when large numbers of delegates would be
visiting at the Fort.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES.
The annual meeting of the Trustees was
held immediately
upon the adjournment of the annual
meeting of the Society.
There were present the following
Trustees: Gen. R. Brinker-
hoff, Gen. George B. Wright, Rev. Wm. E.
Moore, Prof. B.
F. Prince, Prof. G. F. Wright and
Messrs. S. S. Rickly, Geo.
F. Bareis and E. O. Randall. The
election of officers of the
Board of Trustees to act as officers of
the Society for the ensuing
year resulted as follows: Gen. R.
Brinkerhoff, President; Rev.
Wm. E. Moore, Vice-President; Hon. S. S.
Rickly, Treasurer;
Mr. E. F. Wood, Assistant Treasurer; Mr.
E. O. Randall,
Secretary, and Prof. W. C. Mills,
Curator.
The following were selected as members
of the Executive
Committee, which acts as the governing
authority of the Society:
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Messrs. Brinkerhoff, Moore, Wright (G.
B.), Wright (G. F.),
Prince, Bareis, Rickly, Ryan, Randall,
Anderson, McIntire.
It was decided that the meetings of the
Executive Commit-
tee be held on the first Wednesday of
each month at 3:30 P.
M. in the Reference Room of the Public
Library, Columbus.
On the evening of the annual meeting
(May 1) Prof. Archer
B. Hulbert, of Hudson, Ohio, delivered a
lecture before the
Society and invited guests in the
Auditorium of the 0. S. U.
His subject was the "Early Roadways
and Indian Trails of
Ohio," a subject of which Mr.
Hurlbert was complete master, as
he had spent some two years in traveling
over the state and
informing himself upon this unusual and
almost forgotten
topic. The lecture was illustrated by
stereopticon views and
the large audience was intensely
interested in the discourse
of the professor.
WORK OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The work of the Executive Committee
during the past year
has been especially exacting and
energetic. The work done at
Ft. Ancient; the participation of the
Society in the proceedings
of the Convention for the Advancement of
Science and the plan-
ning for the work in connection with the
Ohio Centennial, added
much to the labors of the Committee. The
Committee has held
twelve meetings during the year (1899);
January 11; February
10; March 1; April 10; May 1; June 7;
July 7; August 9;
September 5; October 4; November 1 and
December 8. The
following comprised the Standing
Committees. Finance: Rickly,
Wright (G. B.), Ryan; Ft. Ancient:
Anderson, Bareis and Mills;
Museum and Library: Bareis, Orton and
McIntire; Publication:
Ryan, Prince and Randall; Ohio
Centennial Committee: Wright
(G. F.), Brinkerhoff and Randall.
Special and separate meetings
were held by the Committees on Finance,
Ft. Ancient and Library
and Museum. The members of the
Committees have always
promptly and zealously responded to any
call made by the Secre-
tary. Every detail of the affairs of the
Society has passed under
the supervision of the Executive
Committee and most accurate
and complete minutes of the preceedings
of these Committees
have been kept by the Secretary.
Vol. VIII-23
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SCIENCE CONVENTION.
In the month of August, (21 to 26 inclusive),
there was held
at Columbus the Annual Convention of the
American Association
for the Advancement of Science, and in
the management of
that Convention our Society took a
conspicuous and commend-
able part. The Secretary of the Society
(Randall) was a mem-
ber of the Executive Local Committee,
having full charge of
the arrangements for the Convention and
he was also chairman
of the Excursion Committee. Dr. Edward
Orton, one of our
Life and most zealous members had the
distinguished honor of
being President of the Association and
of presiding over the
Convention. The meetings of the
Association in its various
branches were held in the buildings of
the Ohio State Univer-
sity, giving the members an excellent
opportunity to visit the
Museum of our Soctiey and the delegates
to the Archaeological
section of the Convention were highly
pleased with what they
saw of our Society and the work it is
doing. Many distin-
guised archaeologists in the country,
such as Profs. Putnam and
Russell of Harvard University, McCurdv
of Yale, Leverett of
Chicago, Wilson of Smithsonian Institute
and Hovey of New-
burryport and others took special
interest in our Society and
spoke in the highest terms of the value
and extent of our col-
lection and the progress of our work. At
the close of the Con-
vention the delegates, through their
Executive Committee, pub-
licly and formally expressed their
thanks to the Archaeological
and Historical Society and its Secretary
for the very efficient
aid contributed to the success and
pleasure of the Convention.
On the evening of August 23rd, during
the Convention, at a
public meeting held in the Board of
Trade Auditorium, Prof.
Thomas Wilson, Curator of the
Smithsonian Institute, presented
to the Archaeological and Historical
Society as custodian for
the State of Ohio, a fine portrait of
Thomas Corwin. Secretary
Randall explained to the audience the
significance of the event,
Prof. Wilson made the presentation
speech and Hon. D. J. Ryan
received the portrait in behalf of the
State and the Society. In-
teresting remarks on the part of the
Corwin Family were made
by Mr. George W. Cropper of Cincinnati,
grandson of the distin-
guished Governor Thomas Corwin.
Fifteenth Annual Report. 355
EXCURSION TO FORT ANCIENT.
On Saturday, August 26, among other
excursions which
were planned for the profit and pleasure
of the members of the
Convention, was one to Fort Ancient
under the direction and
auspices of our Society. The special
train for the occassion was
generously furnished to the Society by
the P. C. C. & St. L. Ry.
Co. through the courtesy of Mr. J. M.
Harris, D. P. A. of Colum-
bus. The party consisted of 100 people,
delegates to the Con-
vention and members of the Society. The
weather was perfect
and all the arrangements passed off
without a flaw. Luncheon
was served in the open air in the old
Fort and an after dinner
program was carried out, Secretary
Randall acting as Toast
Master with speeches from Prof. G. F.
Wright of Oberlin, Rev.
A. C. Hovey of Newburryport, Mass. and
Prof. G. G. MacCurdy
of Yale, Prof. Frank Leverett of U. S.
Geological Survey, Hon.
Josiah Morrow of Lebanon, Trustee George
F. Bareis and Cura-
tor W. C. Mills. All the portions of the
Fort were inspected
and the distinguished guests expressed
themselves enthusiastic-
ally over the extent of the earthworks
and the admirable manner
in which they were cared for by our
Society.
CARE OF FORT ANCIENT.
This is a fitting place to speak of the
work during the past
year by the Society in the preservation
and improvement of Ft.
Ancient. On Aug. 1, 1899, the previous
contract with Mr. War-
ren Cowen as custodian of the Fort
expired, and the Executive
Committee authorized the Secretary to
enter into a new contract
with Mr. Cowen for another period of
three years. Mr. Cowen by
experience, efficiency and faithfulness
has become valuable to
the Society, in the office which he has
filled for so many years.
By the terms of the contract he has
charge of the Fort; the
duty of seeing that the embankments are
kept intact and unin-
jured and of keeping the interior clear
of underbrush, rubbish,
etc. It is also incumbent upon him to
employ and keep in the
Fort house a tenant who shall always be
on the ground, to
guide visitors and to look after and
protect the property. The
house of this tenant, an old and at the
start very unsuitable
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one for the purpose, had become so
dilapidated and insecure
that repairing and remodeling was a
necessity, practically to the
extent of its being rebuilt, and this
has been done the past year
by order of the Executive Committtee
under the direction of the
Ft. Ancient Committtee, Mr. Bareis
devoting much time and
attention to the work and most
satisfactorily has he performed
the task assigned to him. The Ft.
Ancient Committee, the Sec-
retary and some of the officers of the
Society made trips to the
Fort as occassion required. The herewith
accompanying report
speaks for itself.
Mr. E. O. Randall, Secretary:
DEAR SIR:--The past year marked an active period in the
work of the Committee on Ft. Ancient, as
well also, a sad one.
In the death of Rev. Wm. E. Moore, D.
D., who for several years
served as chairman of this Committee,
and also filled the posi-
tion of Superintendent of Fort Ancient,
the Ohio Archaeological
and Historical Society lost a most
intelligent and enthusiastic
student of this remarkable ancient
earth-work. The days spent
in his congenial company, visiting the
Fort-planning how to
preserve and restore its wonderful walls
and gateways, and how
best to make it attractive and pleasant
as a resort for the student
and others -will not soon be forgotten.
It is due his memory,
that we mention, how he gratuitously
devoted his varied infor-
mation and many days of his time to the
best interests of this
work.
The policy adopted by Dr. Moore, of
preserving and restor-
ing the walls, of clearing the
undergrowth and draining off the
surface water has been continued. The
walls on the first pur-
chase are all now quite well cleared and
the work of clearing the
later purchase is progressing. Many of
the most interesting
parts of the whole works are found on
the last purchase; these
walls were so densely covered with
undergrowth that few who
visited the Fort ventured to explore
them. The present arrange-
ment, lately entered into with Mr.
Warren Cowen of having a
man and team constantly employed on the
grounds will greatly
expedite matters. A great deal of labor
is still required in re-
moving fallen and dead trees, in putting
in stone and brush
dams and adding to those already in, to
prevent further washes,
and in keeping down the weeds and
undergrowth on the ground
already grown over. Appropriation to
carry on this work will
be needed for a few years yet, when the
place will be practically
self-supporting.
Fifteenth Annual Report. 357
According to the recommendation of our
Committee the
Executive Committee authorized us to
remodel the residence
building. The work was planned and
contracted early in the
summer and is now completed; the old house was
remodeled and
four new rooms added. We now have a
commodious 8 room
house, substantially built, attractive
in apearance, and affording
a suitable residence for the custodian
and also rooms for the
use of the Society and its officers and
transient visitors.
The visit of the American Association
for the Advancement
of Science to Ft. Ancient, last August,
afforded a rare apportunity
to submit the work undertaken by our
Society to the critical
judgment of some of the most expert
students of the ancient earth-
works of our country. Expressions of
surprise and unstinted
words of praise and approval, of what
Ohio is doing along this
line were the result. These works are
the records in earth and
stone of an ancient people-Ohio men-who
once inhabited our
rich valleys and verdant hills, and they
should be as sacredly pre-
served and cared for as those left in
sculpture or manuscript.
More persons have visited Fort Ancient
the past season than
ever before. Some-the larger number-come
to see and study,
others are attracted by the magnificent
view, that the clearing of
the walls has revealed. Your Committee
is of the opinion that
an annual excursion should be arranged
for, at such time as the
governor, the members of the
legislature, teachers and others
could make this trip: such an annual visit would be in
line with
the desire of the Society and with the
object the State had in
view when the purchase was made.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. F. BAREIS, Chairman.
PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY.
The publications of the Society the past
year have been
especially valuable, judging by the
demand for them by the
libraries, colleges and scholars
throughout the country. In Sep-
tember was issued Volume VII of our
annuals; the table of
contents was as follows:
The Indian Tribes of Ohio. Warren K.
Moorehead.
Report of Field Work. Warren K.
Moorehead.
Centennial Anniversary of Wayne's Treaty
of Greenville.
Address of Governor McKinley.
The Treaty of Greenville. Samuel F.
Hunt.
Address of Wm. J. Gilmore.
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Society Publications.
The Western Reserve. F. E. Hutchins.
Fourteenth Annual Report. E. O. Randall.
The Gnadenhutten Centennial.
The Rev. John Heckewelder. Wm. H. Rice.
An Outing on the Congo. William H.
Safford.
This volume contained the quarterlies up
to and including
April, 1899. In addition to this volume
the Society has also
issued a quarterly for Judy (1899)
devoted to the "History of
the Zoar Society," by E. O.
Randall, and the quarterly for Octo-
ber containing articles on "David
Tod," by Gen. G. B. Wright,
and a supplemental article on the
"Pathfinders of Jefferson
County," by W. H. Hunter. The
quarterly for January, 1900,
will contain articles by Archer B.
Hulbert on the "Indian Trails
and Early Roadways of Ohio," and an
"Experience of an
Arkansas Traveler in Ohio," by
Thomas Wilson, of the Smith-
sonian Institute.
For a long time the Society has desired
to publish an
Archaeological History of Ohio, and it
has finally entered upon
that work by the employment of Gerard
Fowke, of Chillicothe,
to prepare the material for such a book.
It is not feasible to
present in advance a detailed outline of
subjects or arrange-
ment, but as proposed by the Trustees
and Mr. Fowke this
volume will treat, as fully as space
will allow, of:
Paleolithic man: What the term means;
how the knowl-
edge of his existence is gained; the
evidence in America, and
especially in Ohio.
Mound Builders: The various theories as
to their origin;
historical reference; character of the
works, as-
A. Enclosures, on hills or level lands;
extent, possible
uses, situation in regard to
topographical surroundings.
B. Mounds; size, situation, contents,
similarities and dif-
ferences.
C. Village-sites; same as mounds.
D. Customs and methods of life so far as
analogy by com-
parison with known peoples will justify
us in assuming.
E. Distribution of various sorts of
remains.
F. Description and explanation of the
various classes of
relics.
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Indians; their migrations; their manner
of life; their var-
ious stages of culture; the history of
those found in Ohio at its
settlement; the resemblance in the
features of their work and
habits (of the southern Indians) to some
observed in the remains
of the Mound Builders.
Relics (using the word in common
meaning); sources of the
various materials used; the manner of
procuring them; methods
of converting into desired shapes; uses
of various forms; com-
parison of mound specimens with those in
use in various parts
of the world.
This volume will consist of some five
hundred pages and
will be fully illustrated with maps,
diagrams and reproductions
of mounds, forts, etc., of special
prominence. Ohio is the richest
state in the Union in archaeological
material and resources, and
this work, when complete, will be not
only of greatest interest
to people in Ohio, but of greatest value
to archaeological students
throughout the world. No state has yet
produced such a work.
Mr. Gerard Fowke is unusually well
qualified to accomplish
this for the Society. He is an accurate
and painstaking scholar.
For many years he has been a close and
careful student of
archaeology. He has done admirable work
under the auspices
of the United States Government for the
Smithsonian Institute
and for the State of Ohio in the
department of geological sur-
vey. He also spent nearly a year in
Siberia and some of the
oriental countries making scientific
observations and securing
archaeological specimens and data for
the American Museum
of Natural History of New York. This
book will be especially
timely and serviceable in view of the
part which the Archaeolog-
ical and Historical Society is to take
in the forthcoming Ohio
Centennial.
The State has never put forth any
documents so eagerly
and extensively sought after or so
valuable as the publications
of this Society. The material contained
in its annuals is all
especially prepared for this purpose by
prominent, competent and
reliable authors. Much of it cannot be
found in any form what-
ever in any other publications. The
Society is thus collecting
and disseminating original historical
and archaeological data of
inestimable value.
360 Ohio Arch. and His. Society Publications.
PREVIOUS VOLUMES OF THE SOCIETY.
As this annual report will reach a great
many readers who
are unacquainted with the work of our
Society, it is deemed
proper to incorporate herein the tables
of contents of the six
volumes heretofore published.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
Aboriginal History of Butler County,
Ohio. J. P. MacLean.
Ancient Earthwork near Oxford, Ohio. R.
W. McFarland.
Archaeological Exhibit for the Ohio
Centennial. M. C. Read.
Archaeological Directory of Ohio. A. A.
Graham.
Archaeological, Historical and Pioneer
Collections in Ohio.
Archaeology in Ohio, Importance of the
Study. G. F. Wright.
Archaeology in Ohio, The Relation of the
Glacial Period to. G. F. Wright.
Beginning of the Colonial System of the
United States, The. I. W.
Andrews.
Bibliography of the Earthworks of Ohio.
Mrs. Cyrus Thomas.
Blennerhassett. E. O. Randall.
Chase, Salmon P. N. S. Townshend.
Curtis, Henry B. A. R. McIntire.
Earthworks, The Proper Method of
Exploring.
Earthworks of Franklin County, Ohio. P.
M. Wetmore.
First Circumnavigation of the Earth. B.
A. Hinsdale.
Fort Hill, Ohio. W. A. Overman.
Gallagher, William Davis. W. H. Venable.
Historical, Pioneer, and other such
societies in Ohio.
Legislation in the Northwest Territory.
A. A. Graham.
Letter from a Pioneer Author to a
Pioneer Editor.
Literary Periodicals of the Ohio Valley.
W. H. Venable.
Mounds and Earthworks of Ohio, Report on
the Present Condition of
G. F. Wright.
Ohio Company, Services of, in Defending
the United States Frontier
from Invasion. W. P. Cutler.
Ordinance of 1787, The. W. P. Cutler.
Origin of the Ohio Company.
Pioneer Days in Central Ohio. Henry B.
Curtis.
Pre-glacial Man in Ohio. G. F. Wright.
Pyramids and Buried Cities in the Land
of the Montezumas. Fannie
B. Ward.
Serpent Mound Saved, The. F. W. Putnam.
Some Early Travelers and Annalists of
the Ohio Valley. W. H. Venable.
The Society and the Quarterly. Geo. W.
Knight.
The Society: Constitution and By-Laws
of; History and Prospects of;
Fifteenth Annual Report. 361
Members of; Notes; Proceedings of, 1885,
1886, 1887; Reports for
the year 1887-8.
Western Land Policy of the British
Government from 1763 to 1775. B. A.
Hinsdale.
Maps and Illustrations.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
Aboriginal Implements, Manufacture and
Use of. Gerard Fowke.
Addresses: of Gov. J. B. Foraker, Rev.
A. L. Chapin, Rev. Edward Ever-
ett Hale, Hon. R. B. Hayes, Rev. Henry
M. Storrs, Rev. Joseph
Tuttle.
Andrews, Israel Ward, D. D., LL. D. W.
P. Cutler.
Building of the State. Joseph Cox.
Centennial Celebration at Marietta,
April 7, 1888.
Communications relating to same.
Department of History and Archaeology in
the Ohio Centennial at Colum-
bus, September 4 to October 19, 1888.
Discovery, Right of. B. A. Hinsdale.
Documents, Preservation of--Unpublished
Letters from 1775-1782. A.
A. Graham.
Documentary History of Ohio. A. A.
Graham.
Down South Before the War. W. H.
Venable.
First Church Organization in Marietta.
Rev. C. E. Dickinson.
Gallagher, William Davis (concluded). W.
H. Venable.
German Pioneers. Bernard Peters.
Gray, John, Washington's Last Soldier,
Poem. Private Dalzell.
Historic Travels, 1840-1847,
Recollections of. Henry Howe.
Hoar, Hon. George F., Oration of.
Loring, Hon. George B., Letters of.
Memorial Structure at Marietta.
Monarchists and Jacobins, A Familiar
Talk About. William Henry Smith.
Mound Opening, Detailed Account of. W.
K. Moorehead.
Nullification in Ohio. Daniel J. Ryan.
Ohio Boundary, or the Erie War. L. G.
Addison.
Popular Errors Regarding Mound Builders
and Indians. Gerard Fowke.
Relic Department of the Centennial
Celebration at Marietta.
Remarks: of Rev. W. B. Arnett, Rev.
Edward Everett Hale, Hon. Samuel
F. Hunt, Rev. I. N. Sturtevant.
Republican Party in Ohio, Early History
of. Henry B. Carrington.
The Society: Annual Meetings of Third
and Fourth; Addresses of
Prest. F. C. Sessions; Book Notices;
Editorial Notes; Rooms of.
Triumph of Liberty, Poem. R. K. Shaw.
Tucker, Hon. Randolph, Oration of.
Western Land Cessions, Important
Documents Relating to.
Western Reserve, Sale of. B. A.
Hinsdale.
362 Ohio Arch. and His. Society Publications.
Whipple, Commodore Abraham. David
Fisher.
Why is Ohio called the
"Buckeye" State? Wm. M. Farrar.
Nineteen Illustrations.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.
Bradbury, Horace R., Address of.
Campbell, Governor James E., Address of.
Burnham, Major John, and His Company. E.
C. Dawes.
Centennial Anniversary at Gallipolis.
Century and Its Lessons, The. Dr. N. J.
Morrison.
Divine Workmanship, Rejoicing in,
Sermon. Rev. George W. Lasher,
D. D.
Educational Lessons of this Hour. Rev.
H. A. Thompson.
Fort Ancient, Description of. Warren K.
Moorehead.
French Settlement and Settlers of
Gallipolis. John L. Vance.
Judiciary, Laws and Bar of Ohio. David
K. Watson.
Jones, J. V., Address of.
Marshall, R. D., Address of.
Methodist Success, Philosophy of,
Sermon. Rev. David H. Moore, D. D.
Methodism in Gallipolis, History of.
Rev. P. A. Baker.
Migrations and their Lessons, Sermon.
Rev. Washington Gladden.
Military Posts, Forts and Battlefields
in Ohio. A. A. Graham.
Moravian Massacre, The. Wm. M. Farrar.
Muskingum Valley, Pioneer Physicians of.
Dr. E. C. Brush.
Ohio, Description of, in 1788.
Presbyterians of Ohio, Sermon. Rev. S.
F. Scovil.
Remember the Days of Old, Sermon. Rev.
John Moncure.
Relic Room, Gallipolis, Articles in.
Rio Grande College, History of. Rev. J.
M. Davis.
Scioto Company and its Purchase, The.
Daniel J. Ryan.
The Society: Annual Meetings,
Proceedings of Fifth and Sixth; Act of
Incorporation of; Synopsis of By-Laws
of; Trustees, Officers and
Members of; Reports of Officers of;
Trustees of, Meeting.
Eighteen Maps and Illustrations.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV.
The Beginning of the Ohio Company and
the Scioto Purchase. Major
E. C. Dawes.
An Early Abolition Colony and Its
Founder. A. A. Graham.
The Underground Railroad in Ohio. Prof.
W. H. Siebert.
Boundary Line Between Ohio and Virginia.
Introductory.
Argument Concerning Boundary Line
Between Ohio and Virginia.
Samuel F. Vinton.
Fifteenth Annual Report.
363
Boundary Line Between Ohio and Indiana,
and Between Ohio and Mich-
igan. Special reports of Dr. T. C.
Mendenhall and A. A. Graham.
The Ohio-Michigan Boundary Line Dispute.
T. B. Galloway.
Samuel Finley Vinton. Madeleine Vinton
Dahlgren.
Samuel Galloway. Washington Gladden.
Leo Lesquereux. Dr. Edward Orton.
Francis Charles Sessions. Washington
Gladden.
Henry Howe, the Historian. Joseph P.
Smith.
Rutherford Birchard Hayes. Washington
Gladden.
A Description of Fort Ancient. Warren
King Moorehead.
The Society: Minutes of the Seventh,
Ninth and Tenth Annual Meetings
of; Annual Reports of; Roll of Honorary
and Life Members of;
Sketches of Life Members of.
Maps and illustrations.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME V.
1. From Charter to Constitution. Being a
collection of Public Docu-
ments pertaining to the Territory of the
Northwest and the State of
Ohio, from the Charters of James I., to
and including the First Consti-
tution of Ohio, and the State Papers
relating to its admission into the
Union, showing thereby the Historical
Chain of Title of said State
from 1606 to 1803. D. J. Ryan.
2. Work of the Society for the year 1896
in Archaeological Research and
Exploration. W. K. Moorehead.
3. Report of Proceedings of Society for
1895 and 1896. E. O. Randall.
4. The Evolution of Ohio Counties, J. F. Laning,
Six maps and forty-nine illustrations.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME VI.
1. Colonel William Crawford. By James H.
Anderson.
2. The History of Popular Education on
the Western Reserve. By
B. A. Hinsdale.
3. Franklinton-An Historical Address. By
General John Beatty.
4. The Ohio Indians. By Col. E. L.
Taylor.
5. The Pathfinders of Jefferson County.
By W. H. Hunter.
6. The Centennial of Jefferson County.
Compiled by W. H. Hunter.
7. Stanton Day-Ohio Men and Ideas. By
Prof. W. H. Venable,
LL. D.
8. Edwin M. Stanton. By Gen. Daniel
Sickles.
9. A Tribute to Stanton. By Hon. J. H.
Trainer.
10. Pioneer Day. Addresses by Hon. J. J.
Gill, John M. Cook, Esq.,
Hon. Webster Davis.
11. Military Day. Address by Gen. S. H.
Hurst.
12. Addenda to the Pathfinders of
Jefferson County.
13. Twelfth Annual Report of the Society
to the Governor. By E. O.
Randall, Secretary.
14. Addresses before the Ohio State
Archaeological Society-Gen. Brin-
kerhoff, Prof. Wright, Prof. Orton,
President Canfield.
15. Twenty Illustrations.
364 Ohio Arch.
and His. Society Publications.
QUARTERS FOR THE SOCIETY.
The most perplexing problem with which
the Society has
wrestled since its organization has been
that concerning proper
quarters for its property and work. It
has been greatly ham-
pered in its progress and usefulness by
lack of Museum, Library
and Office quarters. When the project
for the new capitol build-
ing took definite shape it was hoped and
expected that edifice
would solve our difficulty and give us
ample accommodations,
either in some of the rooms vacated in
the old building or in
spacious quarters especially assigned us
in the new. On May
12 (1899) the Secretary appeared before the Building Commis-
sion and was given a patient hearing as
to the needs of the
Society for a local habitation. After
due consideration by the
Committee and with the hearty
endorsement of the Governor
the Building Commission tendered to the
Society the top or
fourth floor of the new building, and
the architect was requested
to consult with the officials of the
Society and arrange the par-
titions and furniture in accordance with
the requirements of
the Society. It was supposed at that
time that the proposed
room would more than meet our needs.
Subsequently it was
found necessary to so change the plans
of the building that the
fourth story was largely cut into and
occupied by extending
the height of the Court rooms in the
story below and by the
intervention of the elevator, light and
air shafts, so that the
space finally placed at our disposal was
a narrow strip on the
east side of the building, giving us in
total in the new state
house but 1900 square feet of floor
space, as compared with
3300 square feet in Orton Hall of the
Ohio State University.
The room now allotted us in the
University is totally inade-
quate for our purpose and all this
without reference to quarters
for our library, which was then cared
for in one of the alcoves
of the State Library. This led to the
disappointing decision
that the Society could not be
accommodated in the new build-
ing, and the rooms to be vacated in the
old building were to
be so apportioned for existing state
departments, that there was
no room in that quarter at our disposal.
The Secretary reported
this state of affairs to the Executive
Committee at its meeting
on September 5, and a committee
consisting of Messrs. Randall,
Fifteenth Annual Report. 365
Bareis and Mills was appointed to confer
with the University
authorities and learn if any increased
accommodations could
be obtained there. The Executive
Committee of the Trustees
of the Ohio State University were very
hearty in their expres-
sions of support and in their endeavors
to satisfactorily arrange
for the retention of the Society's
quarters upon the College
Campus, and after several joint
consultations additional cases
were provided for our specimens in Orton
Hall, and an excel-
lent library room and shelves erected
therein exclusively for
our Library, and a room assigned us as a
Museum for our his-
torical relics. These quarters are now
occupied as provided by
the Ohio State University. Our Library has been removed
from the State Library into the new
quarters and it is now
mutually understood by the Trustees of
the Society and the
Trustees of the 0. S. U., that for an
indefinite period, at any
rate, we will remain at the University,
with the expectation that
in the near future the Legislature will
either provide a special
building for us or quarters adapted to
our purposes in connec-
tion with some of the buildings erected
for the University. In
our compulsory abandonment of the new
Capitol the Trustees
of the Society attach no blame to the
Building Commission,
but rather do we wish to thank them for
desiring to do all that
they could in our behalf.
While the Society might be more
independent and distinct
in its work and growth if it had
quarters isolated from any other
state interest, yet on the other hand
much of our work is identical
with and collateral to some of the
departments in the University,
and perhaps it is for the joint interest
of both that the Society
be located upon the grounds of and
operate in touch with the
Ohio State University.
SPIEGEL GROVE PROPOSITION.
In April, 1898, the heirs and children
of Rutherford B.
Hayes made a proposition, after proper
consultation, to the
Trustees of the Society to the effect
that they would transfer
and deed to the Society the home of
their father at Fremont,
Ohio, known as Spiegel Grove, containing
about twenty-five
acres of land with the homestead buildings;
this transfer to
366 Ohio Arch. and His. Society Publications.
be upon the condition that the Society
"raise a fund of $25,000
to be set aside and managed in such a
way that the principal
should not be encroached upon, but the
income from it devoted
to preserving and caring for the Spiegel
Grove property." This
proposition was never legally accepted
by the Society, but the
option of its acceptance was left open
until July 1, 1899. Cir-
culars in behalf of the object, and
asking for approval and
financial support, were sent to various
persons throughout the
country who it was believed might be
interested therein.
There was practically no response to the
appeal. President
Brinkerhoff and Secretary Randall
personally conferred with
prominent parties thought likely to
assist, but after proper effort
had been made it was concluded the fund
could not be easily
raised, if at all, and the Trustees of
the Society have never been
thoroughly convinced of the wisdom of
securing the property,
even if feasible. At their meeting on
December 8, 1899, the
Trustees resolved to discontinue further
efforts in this direction.
The Trustees feel that it is proper at
this time that they extend
to the Hayes heirs their grateful
appreciation of the generous
proposition and the effort they have
manifested in the interest
of our Society.
SERPENT MOUND.
During his visit to the city on the
occasion of the Conven-
tion for the Advancement of Science,
Prof. F. W. Putnam, of
Harvard University, stated to the
officers of the Society that
if they would accept, repair and
hereafter suitably preserve and
guard, the property known as Serpent
Mound, located in
Adams County, near Peebles Station, and
now the property of
the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology in con-
nection with the Harvard University,
that the Trustees of that
institution would transfer to us said
property. This property
consists of some fifty-eight acres of
land known as the Serpent
Mound Park, including the remarkable,
unique and interesting
relic of the Mound Builders, an earthen
structure in the form
of an immense serpent, some thirteen
hundred feet in length
(for full description and history of
this mound, see Vol. I., page
187 of the Society's annuals.) The
Trustees of the Peabody
Fifteenth Annual Report. 367
Museum paid several thousand dollars for
the property and
expended some two thousand dollars more
in excavating, restor-
ing and preserving this property. It is
proposed to transfer it to
the Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society without any
financial consideration, and only upon
the condition stated above.
This is a rare opportunity for the State
Society to obtain this
invaluable property and should not be
permitted to pass without
acceptance. It will cost but a few
hundred dollars to put it in
proper condition and require perhaps one
hundred and fifty to
two hundred dollars a year to preserve
and guard it. By request
of the Trustees, Messrs. Wright (G. F.),
Randall and Mills vis-
ited the Mound on November 12 and subsequently reported to
the Trustees that the proposition should
by all means be
accepted, if provision could be made to
cover the expense inci-
dental to the condition of acceptance
and retention. This Mound
is visited daily by scholars and
curiosity seekers from all parts
of the country, and accurate models of
it have been made and
are in many of the Archaeological
Museums in the United States
and foreign countries.
OHIO CENTENNIAL.
It is intended, both by the Society and
the Centennial Com-
missioners, that we will take a very
active and prominent part
in the exhibition at Toledo in 1902. Col. James
Kilbourne,
President of the Centennial Commission,
is one of our life mem-
bers and zealously in accord with our
purpose and work. The
Hon. D. J. Ryan, Director General of the
Centennial, is one of
our life members, trustee and a member
of the Executive Com-
mittee. The Hon. Charles P. Griffin, of
Toledo, one of the
leading officials of the Board of
Managers of the Centennial,
is also one of our life members and a
trustee. It is conceded
that the proper authority to have charge
in that exhibition of
the section of Archaeology and Ethnology
is the Archae-
ological and Historical Society. Prof.
G. F. Wright, of Oberlin,
one of the foremost scholars in
Archaeology and Ethnology in
the country, will have the immediate
supervision of the details
of the exhibit to be made in this
department.
368 Ohio
Arch. and His. Society Publications.
And in this undertaking the Western
Reserve Historical So-
ciety, J. P. MacLean, Librarian, and the
Natural Historical Soci-
ety of Cincinnati, Josua Lindahl,
Director, have expressed them-
selves as desirous of co-operating in
every way possible with
the Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society.
WORK OF THE CURATOR.
Mr. W. C. Mills the Curator has done the
Society most ex-
cellent service the past year. The
duties of his office have mater-
ially increased. Numerous additions to
the collection of speci-
mens have been made. The Museum is
becoming each year
more and more the place of visitation by
strangers and the object
of study by students in archaeology and
ethnology. Many of the
teachers of the public schools have
taken their pupils to the
Museum that they might be interested and
stimulated and pro-
fited by the object lessons which the
Museum teaches in the
topics the pupils are studying in their
text books.
Mr. Mills' report, herewith given
briefly sketches the main
feature of this year's labor. An
extensive and detailed report of
the field work conducted under his
supervision the past summer
will appear in volume VIII of the
Society's Annual Publications,
which will be issued in April 1900.
MR. E. O. RANDALL, Secretary.
DEAR SIR:-I have the honor as Curator to
report upon
work in the museum and field, during the
year ending December
30, 1899. From January 1 to June 15 the
time was occupied
in rearranging and labeling the
specimens in the museum. On
June 19 the field work was commenced near Bourneville, Ross
County, Ohio, where we examined an old
village site surround-
ing the Baum works and known as the Baum
Village Site. It
is situated upon a low gravel terrace on
the farm of J. E. Baum
and completely surrounds the large mound
first described by
Squier and Davis as a pyramidal mound,
15 feet high and 125
feet in diameter. This mound was
partially explored by the
Bureau of Ethnology, an account of which
is found in their 12th
annual report 1890-91.
Directly south of the mound the land is
several feet lower than in any other
direction. Here we unearthed
some refuse heaps about 14 inches under
the surface. In these re-
fuse heaps were found the broken bones
of wild animals, shells of
Fifteenth Annual Report. 369
the fresh water mussel, broken pottery,
broken and perfect imple-
ments of stone, bone and shell, great
numbers of beads and orna-
ments made of shell or bone, and teeth of wild animals.
Directly
north of the mound no refuse heaps were
found, but instead large
pits filled with ashes, bones of
animals, broken pottery and
broken and perfect implements,
ornaments, etc., also the skele-
tons of infants. Some of these pits were
7 ft. deep and 4 ft.
in diameter. More than 1000 specimens of
aboriginal manufac-
ture were obtained in this village site
and our work practically
just begun. During the month of August
the American Asso-
ciation for the Advancement of Science
held their sessions in
various buildings upon the University
campus and many of its
members especially of Section H.
(Anthropology) availed them-
selves of the invitation to make the
museum headquarters during
their stay in the city.
During September more room was granted
the Society by
the University authorities. Room 7 in
Orton Hall was newly
fitted up and the Historical collection
formerly exhibited in room
16 was moved into it. Room 16 was also
painted and varnished
and shelving suitable for the Society's
library was placed on the
west side of the room. On Oct. 5th the
Society directed the
Curator to remove the books from the
State Library, Capitol
Building, to Orton Hall, and on Dec. 8
the Curator was elected
Librarian of the Society. The work of
cataloging and arranging
the books is under headway and will be
completed in due time.
During the year several collections have
been donated to
the museum. The following presented
specimens: A. B. Coover,
Roxabell, O., M. A. Honlein, Columbus,
O., Perry Wolfe, Ft..
Ancient, O., Wm. Stoneman, Ft. Ancient,
O., Rev. Henry J.
Van Vleck, Gnadenhutten, O., Robt. H.
Foerderer, Philadel-
phia, Pa., W. G. Junod, Columbus O.,
Warren Cowen, Ft.
Ancient, O.
Mr. J. W. Tweed, Ripley, O., loaned a
large collection gath-
ered within - 10 miles of
Ripley. It numbers 2319 specimens.
Our thanks are especially due to Baker's
Art Gallery Com-
pany of Columbus for the generous gift
of a very numerous and
valuable collection of life size
photographs of prominent Ohio
officials, governors, senators, etc.
These pictures are appropri-
ately framed and will be hung on the
walls of our Museum room.
During the year I have visited a number
of places in Ohio,
in the interest of the Society.
Beginning April 15, 1899, I tra-
velled the Scioto Valley from Columbus
to Portsmouth looking
over the territory for future field
work. August 27-29, a party
consisting of Prof. G. F. Wright of
Oberlin, Prof. MacCurdy of
Yale, Secretary Randall, Mr. Gerard
Fowke and myself made
Vol. VIII-24
370 Ohio Arch.
and His. Society Publications.
a trip to the various points of
archaeological interest in Ross
County. Careful examinations were made
of the Hopewell
Group, the Baum Village Site, the Stone
Fort on Spruce Hill,
the Harness and High Banks earth works
and the enclosures
at Cedar Banks and Hopetown. This
excursion will be of much
value to the Society, as it places us in
full information concern-
ing the condition and importance of the
earth works visited.
On Oct. 14, 1899, I visited
Cincinnati and Madisonville for
the purpose of prospecting for future
work. Nov. 25, 1899, I
visited American Museum of Natural
History, New York City.
The anthropological display is not open
to the public but through
the kindness of Prof. F. W. Putnam, the
director, I was enabled
to visit all the rooms where specimens
were being arranged.
This gave me a coveted opportunity to
study the methods em-
ployed in the display of archaeological specimens. I
also inspected
the Astor and Lenox Libraries and
studied their methods..
On Nov. 29 I visited the Museum of the
Brooklyn Institute
of Arts and Science and employed the
greater part of one day
looking over the specimens.
Nov. 30 was spent in the museums of
Philadelphia where I
saw but few Ohio specimens.
Dec. 2 to Dec. 5 were devoted to
Washington, D. C., where
Dr. Thomas Wilson, Curator of the
Department of Archaeology
Smithsonian Institute gave me much of
his time in explaining the
arrangement and manner of cataloguing of
this wonderful dis-
play of pre-historic man. I also visited
the National Museum,
and the Libraries of Washington.
I beg to thank the officers and trustees
for their kind sugges-
tions and co-operation relating to the
work under my charge.
Respectfully submitted,
W. C. MILLS, Curator and Librarian.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The budget made out by the Trustees and
submitted to the
Auditor of State speaks for itself and
it is not herewith repro-
duced. Where increased amounts are
necessarily asked for,
items of explanation are appended. It is
firmly believed that the
members of the 74th General
Assembly will examine and appre-
ciate the work being done by our Society
and will respond to
its justifiable requests.
NECROLOGY.
During the past year our Society has met
with severe losses
in the death of some of its most honored
and effective members.
Fifteenth Annual Report. 371
Rev. Wm. E. Moore, D. D., LL. D.,
vice-president, trustee
and life member, died in Columbus, O.,
June 5, 1899.
Robert Clarke, the well-known publisher,
a trustee and life
member, died in Cincinnati August 26,
1899.
Edward Orton, LL. D., life member and
elected trustee,
died in Columbus October 16, 1899.
Fitting memorials to these distinguished
citizens and mem-
bers of our Society will appear in
Volume VIII of our annuals.
CONCLUSION.
In concluding this report the Secretary
wishes to express
the appreciative gratitude of the
Society for the interest taken
in and aid rendered us by Governor
Bushnell, State Auditor
Guilbert and especially to the daily
papers of Columbus and
other cities of Ohio for their
endorsement and assistance.
Personally the Secretary desires to
thank the officers and
trustees of the Society and especially
the Executive Committee
for their uniform kindness and courtesy
to him.
Respectfully submitted,
E. O. RANDALL, Secretary,
Columbus, Ohio, January, 1900.
372 Ohio Arch. and His. Society
Publications.
REPORT OF
TREASURER.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1899.
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand
February 1, 1899
.................. $542.27
Life
Memberships .................................. 100.00
Active
Memberships ................................ 93.00
Books sold
......................................... 36.25
Interest ............................................ 50.80
Furniture sold
...................................... 4.44
Expenses
Refunded .
................................ 19.75
From State
Treasury-
For
Publications .............................. 700.00
For care of Ft.
Ancient .......................... 880.25
For Field
W ork, Etc
........................... 516.17
For Current
Expenses ........................... 1831.48
$4774.41
DISBURSEMENTS.
Office Expenses
................................. $91.67
Job Printing
.................................... ... 7.50
Publications ....................................... 700.00
M useum ..........
............................... 65.71
Field Work
..................................... 453.46
Salaries ............................................ 1283.33
Express and
Freight ................................ 17.42
Postage ............................................ 51.70
Trustee and
Committee Expenses ................. 102.85
Lecture at O.
S. U
.................................. 40.00
Sundry
Expenses . ................. 102.08
Care of Ft. Ancient ...................
.............. 957.82
Permanent Fund
................................... 150.80
Balance on hand
Dec. 30, 1899 .
................... 750.07
$4774.41
The above
balance of $750.07 on hand December 31, 1899,
will more than
be exhausted by outstanding liabilities and ex-
penses to be
incurred necessarily before February 15, the close of
the fiscal
year.
Respectfully
submitted,
S. S. RICKLY, Treasurer.