TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
OHIO STATE ARCHEOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
MARCH 2, 1909.
The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the
Ohio State Arch-
aeological and Historical Society was
held in the Hunter Law
Society Room, Page Hall, Ohio State
University, Columbus,
Ohio, at two p. m, March 2, 1909. The
following members
were present:
Prof. Martin R. Andrews, Marietta.
Mr. E. H. Archer, Columbus.
Mr. George F. Bareis, Canal Winchester.
Mr. A. J. Baughman, Mansfield.
Mr. Martin B. Bushnell, Mansfield.
Mr. C. H. Gallup, Norwalk.
Mr. Almer Hegler, Washington, C. H.
Hon. John W. Harper, Cincinnati.
Rev. N. B. C. Love, Perrysburg.
Prof. C. L. Martzolff, Athens.
Prof. W. C. Mills, Columbus.
Prof. B. F. Prince, Springfield.
Mr. E. O. Randall, Columbus.
Mr. E. F. Wood, Columbus.
Prof. G. Frederick Wright, Oberlin.
Messages of regret, because of their
inability to attend the
meeting, were received from General R.
Brinkerhoff, Mansfield,
and D. J. Ryan, Columbus.
The meeting was called to order by
President G. Frederick
Wright, who without any preliminary
remarks, stated the meet-
ing would proceed at once to the order
of business, and called
for the reading of the minutes of the
last annual meeting.
Secretary Randall stated he would follow
the usual cus-
tom in this matter, which was, that the
secretary instead of at-
tempting to read the entire minutes of
the last annual meeting
held February 26, 1908, which minutes
were taken down in de-
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228 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
tail by the stenographer and bound in
the minutes of the pro-
ceedings of the Society, would offer as
the minutes of the meet-
ing, the published condensed account
appearing in the 17th vol-
ume, page 132, of the last annual volume of the Society. The
complete verbatim report of the minutes
of the last meeting as
taken down occupy some 45 pages of the
report, and would re-
quire nearly an hour in reading. The
condensed report is in
the hands of every member of the
Society, and contains all that
was important occurring at the meeting.
It was moved, sec-
onded and carried, that the printed
report, as suggested by the
Secretary, be accepted as the minutes of
the meeting. There
being no objection, this was adopted.
The Secretary further added, that it had
been his custom,
since holding office, to have everything
done, not only at the
annual meeting, but the meetings of the
executive and special
committees, reported in full in
typewritten form and bound in
an annual volume. There are 15 volumes
of these minutes.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.
MEETINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Meetings of the Executive Committee were
held since the last
annual meeting of the Society (February
26, 1908) as follows:
March 25, 1908. Present: Messrs. Bareis,
Baughman. Harper, King,
Martzolff, Ryan, Prince, Wood, Randall
and Mills. Standing Sub-Com-
mittees for the ensuing year (1908) were
appointed as follows:
Big Bottom Park - Messrs. Martzolff, Prince and Bareis.
Finance-Messrs. Wood, Ryan and Bareis.
Fort Ancient-Messrs. Prince, Baughman and Martzolff.
Museum and Library -- Messrs. King, Wright and Mills.
Publications-Messrs. Ryan, Randall and Wood.
Serpent Mound-Messrs. Wright, Harper and Randall.
July 16, 1908. Messrs. Bareis, Baughman,
Harper, King, Martzolff,
Prince, Randall, Ryan, Wood and Wright
being present. There were
also present Trustee W. H. Rice and
Prof. A. B. Hulbert, who pre-
sented the project of a centennial
anniversary of the death of David
Zeisberger, November 17, 1908. Messrs.
Rice, Ryan and Randall were
appointed a special committee on
arrangements for the Zeisberger Cen-
tennial. At this meeting the resignation
of Mr. A. B. Coover, who for
several years had been the active
assistant of Prof. Mills in the Museum
and Library, and for the past several
years had aided the Society in
its summer explorations, was accepted by
the Executive Committee.
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The resignation was originally tendered
on March 28th, preceding, and
had so far as possible been accepted by
the Finance Committee, pending
the meeting of the Executive Committee.
This resignation was ac-
cepted by the Executive Committee with
great regret on their part
as Mr. Coover had served the Society
long and faithfully. He yielded
the position because of ill-health and
the confining nature of his official
duties. Mr. Coover relinquished his
position April 15, 1908. Since that
time various temporary help has been
employed by Prof. Mills.
October 7, 1908. Messrs. King,
Martzolff, Prince, Randall, Ryan,
Wood, Wright and Mills, were present.
Trustee W. H. Rice was like-
wise present to report the detailed
arrangements for the Zeisberger
Centennial.
December 2, 1908. Messrs. Bareis,
Harper, Baughman, King, Martz-
olff, Prince, Randall, Wood, Wright and
Mills. The Treasurer and Sec-
retary made full report of the budget to
be asked from the forthcoming
Legislature. Dr. Wright made an extended
report of the discovery of
the new serpent mound in Warren county,
Ohio. The contract with Mr.
Warren Cowen as custodian of Fort
Ancient was renewed until February
1, 1911. Prof. Mills made an extended
report of his summer explora-
tions. Secretary Randall reported the
proceedings of the Zeisberger
Centennial.
At each of the above meetings of the
Executive Committee full
reports were made by the Secretary and
different committees of the
work which had been accomplished in the
various departments of the
Society during the periods intervening
between the Executive Com-
mittee meetings. Never before in the
history of the Society have the
members of the Executive Committee been
more faithful in their
attendance at the meetings or more
interested in the progress of the
work of the Society.
Life members were elected at each
meeting.
The detailed proceedings of these
meetings are fully and accurately
taken down and transcribed and bound in
permanent book form by the
Secretary. This has been his custom
since his incumbency in the office
and he now has fifteen such volumes,
covering the period of his service.
These typewritten proceedings are so accurate
and minute that any
stranger could easily acquaint himself
with what has been done by a
perusal of the same.
The proceedings of the meetings of the
Executive Committee are
of course too extensive to be given by
the Secretary in full. The results
of these meetings are embodied in the
Secretary's report, under respective
heads of the subjects.
APPROPRIATIONS.
In the general appropriation bill-
including the partial bill - passed
by the Seventy-seventh General Assembly,
at its second regular session,
May 9, 1908, the Society was accorded
the following amounts and items:
230 Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
Current Expenses
................................... $2700
Field W ork, Fort
Ancient, etc ........................ 2000
Publications
........................................ 2800
Completion of Purchase
of Fort Ancient ............... 2200
Serpent Mound
Tower ................................ 500
This gave the Society
for its regular work all it asked for ex-
cept an additional
$500 requested for Field Work, etc. The Society had
asked for that purpose
$2500; it received only $2000 as above. The
Finance Committee of
the House declined to grant the item of
$500
requested for the
purpose of erecting an observatory at Serpent Mound,
but this amount was
added by the Senate Finance Committee after the
bill had passed the
House and in the subsequent conference committee
of the House and
Senate, the Senate's addition (of $500) was not
disturbed. In addition
to the items regularly asked for, the Finance
Committee of the House
of its own volition inserted in the bill, the
items of $5800 for
reprinting Volumes 1 to 16, inclusive, so as to give
each member of the
Legislature five sets each, and one set each for
the thirty-five
representatives of the press; and the sum of $2000 for re-
printing the
Archaeological History of Ohio, each member of the Legis-
lature to receive
twenty copies. The Secretary in behalf of the Society,
appeared several times
before the committees of the House and Senate,
to whom he fully
explained the work of the Society furnishing an item
ized statement of the
expenditures of the Society for the year previous.
PUBLICATIONS.
Shortly after the
Annual Meeting, there was issued from the press
by the Society, a
little book entitled "Masterpieces of the Mound
Builders,"
written by the Secretary. It contained detailed accounts of
the hill top forts and
a complete description of Fort Ancient. It is pro-
posed that the latter
part of the book, namely, Fort Ancient, can be
printed separately and
used as a guide to the Fort, a thing that the
Society has very much
needed.
In August, the
republication of the Fowke's Archaeological History
of Ohio, for which the
Legislature had provided, was completed, and
twenty copies each
were shipped to each member of the Legislature.
In September, in
accordance with the previous authorization of the
Executive Committee,
the Society published, in pamphlet form, the pro-
ceedings of the
conference of the Ohio Valley Historical Association,
which conference was
held in Cincinnati during the Thanksgiving vacation
(1907) at Cincinnati.
This publication contained the addresses of the
various professors,
secretaries of the state historical societies, and other
speakers, on that
occasion. They were a valuable and interesting series
of addresses and their
publication under the auspices of our Society proved
to be a very wise
expenditure. One thousand copies were printed and
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nearly half of the expense was borne by
the Ohio Valley Historical
Association, and five hundred copies of
the book were furnished the as-
sociation.
The Executive Committee have also
authorized the publication by
the Society of the proceedings of the
late conference of the Ohio Valley
Historical Association, which was held
in Marietta, November 27th and
28th, 1908. This publication will either
constitute one of the Quarterlies
of the Society or a separate pamphlet,
as before. The nature of this pub-
lication is so closely allied to the
work of our Society that we are
thoroughly justified in the expense. The
material all pertains to the
history of the Ohio Valley and very much
of it to Ohio alone.
Just before the Holidays of the past
year (1908) we completed
the reprinting of the sixteen volumes,
in sets of five each, for the
members of the Legislature, for which an
appropriation was duly made.
The books were boxed and shipped to each
member, in accordance with
the provisions of the appropriation
bill.
Since the last Annual Meeting, the
Society has issued four Quar-
terlies, namely, those of January,
April, July and October, constituting
the seventeenth volume of the Society.
This volume is the largest in
paging and in many respects more
valuable than any of its predecessors,
for it contains much original matter on
early Ohio history never before
put in print.
In this connection it is proper to state
that the Executive Com-
mittee have authorized the publication,
if the additional appropriation
is made, of some of the original
manuscripts of David Zeisberger.
These manuscripts are in German in the
possession of the Moravian
College at Bethlehem, Pa. They embrace
many thousands of pages
pertaining to the Indians and the
missionary efforts of the Moravian
missions. Prof. A. B. Hulbert of
Marietta has examined these man-
uscripts and will edit those which may
be published by the Society.
Permission was obtained from the
Moravian College authorities to
secure copies of these manuscripts, or
rather to have them translated into
English by Prof. W. N. Schwarze,
Librarian of the Moravian College
Library. The first volume has been prepared
by Prof. Schwarze and
is now in the hands of Prof. Hulbert for
his annotations. It will
be published as soon as the funds are
available. This opportunity for
original work in early Ohio history is
one of the most important that
has yet come to our Society.
PURCHASE OF REMAINDER OF FORT ANCIENT.
It will be recalled that in the
appropriation bill above noted $2200
was inserted for completing the purchase
of Fort Ancient. That portion
consisted of what is known as the Ridge
Tract, including what are desig-
nated as the Ward Hotel and the
Frauenknecht lots. Immediately after the
appropriation became available, the
Treasurer and the Secretary of the
232 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
Society at once proceeded to complete
the purchase proposed. A written
option had been secured from the Ridges,
as noted in the proceedings of
the last Annual Meeting. The purchase
from the Ridges was perfected,
by which some twenty acres were secured,
including the entire north
wall of the North or New Fort. The
amount paid for this was $1800.
The Secretary had the purchase properly
surveyed and platted, the title
examined and approved, the deed
received, accepted by the Attorney
General of Ohio, and deposited with the
Auditor of State on June 3,
1908. Immediately thereafter, the
Treasurer and Secretary completed
the purchase of the lots within the
above site called the Ward Hotel
lot, for which $300 had to be paid. This
deed was received, duly
approved by the state authorities and
deposited with the Auditor of State,
July 30, 1908. A similar purchase also
for the sum of $300 was made
of the Frauenknecht lot, the deed being
deposited with the Auditor of
State, August 5, 1908. It will be noted
that the total purchase required
$2400, or $200 more than the
appropriation by the Legislature. This
additional purchase-money, with the
incidental expenses of surveys, per-
fecting of title, etc., was made from
funds legally at the disposal of the
Society. At the same time the above
negotiations were going on, or
shortly before, the Poor Strip, some
three acres, extending into the
west wall of the North Fort, was
secured. The details of the pur-
chase of the Ridge Tract and the
including lots are fully set forth in
Volume 17, page 489, of the past year's
(1908) publication. This com-
pletes the entire possession of Fort
Ancient by the State of Ohio.
All of the deeds make the State of Ohio
the grantee. By an act of the
Legislature, passed April 24, 1891, the
care and control of Fort Ancient
is vested in the Trustees of our
Society. We are heartily to be con-
gratulated that at last we hold the Fort
entire, and the continued per-
formance of buying Fort Ancient which
has been going on for some
eighteen years is at last at an end.
SURVEY OF FORT ANCIENT.
In accordance with the suggestion made
by Curator W. C. Mills
in the March meeting of the Executive
Committee, that a correct sur-
vey had never been made of Fort Ancient,
the Fort Ancient Committee
was authorized to expend not to exceed
$120 for a resurvey to be made
by Prof. C. E. Sherman of the Civil
Engineering Department, Ohio
State University. This resurvey was
begun in the early part of June
and was completed in the middle part of
July, 1908. Professor Sherman
and his corps of assistants made a very
accurate and complete topo-
graphical survey, a plat of which was
drawn and furnished the So-
ciety. There has never before been an
accurate survey of the Fort
and the Society is now prepared to give
most detailed information con-
cerning the dimensions of this wonderful
prehistoric work. The thanks
of the Society are due Professor Sherman
for his interest in this mat-
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ter and also for the fact that he did
this work at merely a nominal
expense, because he regarded the Society
as a sort of adjunct of the
State University.
THE BUILDING PROJECT.
Since the last Annual Meeting the
subject of the building project,
like a short horse, is soon curried.
There is nothing new. The last
Legislature failed to take any action as
to any of the bills which had in
view any building or quarters for the
Society. Nor is it probable that
the present Legislature will produce any
more fruitful results.
SERPENT MOUND OBSERVATORY TOWER.
Again we refer to the appropriation bill
of last Winter (1908),
which gave the Society a special
appropriation of $500 for the erection
of a tower at Serpent-Mound. At the
Executive Committee meeting
of July 16, 1908, the expenditure of
this fund was placed in the hands
of the Treasurer and Secretary of the
Society. After negotiating with
several firms competent to build such a
tower, and submitting the
matter to competitive bids, the contract
was placed in the hands of
The Columbus Wire & Iron Works
Company, for the amount of $500.
The company immediately, proceeded to
construct the tower, and on
September 2nd, the Secretary proceeded
to Serpent Mound and there
met the force selected for the erection
of the tower. It was completed
in two or three days. It is made
entirely of steel, set on concrete
base, is twenty-five feet high, with
ascending stairs to the top platform,
which is eight feet square. It is
located at the tail of the Serpent
and from the platform the observer may
see and carefully study the
entire length of his majestic snakeship.
This is the most desirable
accession to the Serpent Mound Park, as
before from no one point
could the entire convolutions of the
Serpent be followed by the eye of
the spectator.
NEW LIFE MEMBERS.
Since the Annual Meeting (February,
1908), the following have
been admitted to Life Membership by the
Executive Committee:
Bert S. Bartlow, Hamilton, Ohio.
Charles S. Dana, Marietta, Ohio.
Frederick Shedd, Columbus, Ohio.
Fred B. Shumann, Lowell, Ohio.
R. J. A. Boreman, Parkersburg, W. Va.
W. B. Whiting, Cleveland, Ohio.
Dr. C. L. Metz, Madisonville, Ohio.
Charles T. Greve, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Edward Colston, Cincinnati, Ohio.
George Hoadly, Cincinnati, Ohio.
234 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
Andrew P. Henkel, Cincinnati, Ohio.
W. F. Gilmore, Canton, Ohio.
Mrs. Alice Peters, Columbus, Ohio.
It is mere justice to Trustee John W.
Harper to credit him with
securing the Cincinnati members. We wish
his example of activity
in this direction might be followed by
more of the Trustees.
ITINERARY OF THE SECRETARY.
Since the last Annual Meeting, the
Secretary has made journeys
as representative of the Society as follows:
April 10, 1908. Cincinnati.
June 11, 1908. Mansfield Centennial.
Spoke on History of Ohio. Trus-
tee Martzolff also spoke on same
subject.
June 30, 1908. Fort Ancient,
accompanying Trustee B. F. Prince.
July 3, 1908. Eaton, attendance at
Preble County Centennial.
July 9, 1908. Tallmadge, Summit County,
for material on History of
Tallmadge.
July 22, 1908. Middletown, with
Treasurer Wood, in connection with
purchase of Ward lot.
August 7, 1908. Franklin, to confer with
President Wright and with
him visited Shaker village.
August 13, 1908. Gnadenhutten, Sharon,
Goshen and New Philadelphia,.
with Trustees Ryan and Rice, in
connection with Zeisberger Cen-
tennial. The party also visited Fort
Laurens with view of securing
the site of the same for the Society.
September 2, 1908. Serpent Mound.
Erection of observatory tower.
September 10, 1908. Cleveland, address
before annual meeting of the
Early Settlers Society of Cuyahoga
county.
September 13, 1908. Rutland, Mass.,
visit to the home of Rufus Putnam
for material concerning Putnam and Ohio.
September 17, 1908. Boston, Mass.,
visited Massachusetts Historical
Society and the New England Genealogical
Society. Addressed
"Randall Historical Association of
America" in New Century Hall.
Subject, "Influence of New England
over Ohio."
September 19, 1908. Hamilton, Mass.,
visit to home and grave of Manas-
seh Cutler.
September 23, 1908. In company with
President Wright, inspected site
and remains of new serpent mound, Warren
County.
October 10, 1908. Cincinnati.
November 20, 1908. Zeisberger
Centennial, Sharon, Goshen and New
Philadelphia. In company with President Wright, Trustees
Martzolff and Rice and Prof. A. B.
Hulbert.
November 27 and 28, 1908. Marietta,
Ohio. Presided at Annual Meet-
ing, Ohio Valley Historical Association.
Addresses by Trustee
Martzolff, Prof. A. B. Hulbert and
several members of the Society.
December 7, 1908. McConnelsville.
Address on Ohio history.
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December 29, 1908. Sandusky, in company
with Trustee Ryan, to attend
funeral Trustee Rush R. Sloane.
The proceedings of the Zeisberger
Centennial will be published in
full in a later Quarterly of the
Society. Also the complete proceedings
of the Ohio Valley Historical
Association meeting at Marietta.
PROPOSED APPROPRIATIONS.
The special committe authorized by the
Executive Committee for
the purpose of preparing a budget of the
required appropriations for the
Society, to be submitted to the incoming
legislature, submitted the same,
in accordance with the requirements of
law, to the Auditor of State, on
December 1, 1908. That budget was as
follows:
Current
expenses
....................................
$2700
(This is the same as has been received
for several years past.)
Field
work, museum, etc ............................. $2500
(This is $500 more than has been
received for the past two
terms.)
Publications .................. ...................... $3300
(This is $500 in excess of any amount
heretofore received.)
The Secretary appeared before the House
Finance Committee and
advocated the approval by the Committee
of the above amounts. The
appropriation bill was introduced in the
House and immediately passed
on February 15, 1909. The Finance
Committee of the House had inserted
in the bill the amount asked for in
current expenses ($2700), the amount
asked for in the item of publications
($3300), but inserted only
$2000 for Field Work, Fort Ancient and
Serpent Mound. This bill as
above outlined is now in the hands of
the Finance Committee of the
Senate before which the Secretary has
appeared, fully explaining the
purpose and details of the amounts
desired. What the final outcome will
be, cannot be determined until the bill
is disposed of by the Senate.*
CONCLUSION.
The past year may be regarded as the
most successful one that the
Society has ever experienced. It has
accomplished more along all
lines of its work than in any one of the
previous years. The Curator
will tell you of the work in the
Archaeological Department and the
progress of the Museum and Library. The
Society has gained greatly
*The Senate passed the Appropriation
Bill March 12, 1909, with
amendments. The amended bill passed the
House the same day and
became a law later by the signature of
the Governor. The items for
the Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society remained un-
changed as they had originally passed
the House.-EDITOR.
236 Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
in its standing throughout the state, particularly
among the libraries,
public schools and colleges. It has also been
recognized more than
ever by similar societies, public libraries and
institutions of learning
in other parts of the country.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
(For the year ending February 1, 1909.)
RECEIPTS.
Balance on Hand, February 1, 1908 ........................ $1,161
35
Life Membership Dues
..................................... 218 00
Active M
embership Dues .......... ........................ 75 00
Subscriptions .................
..................... ......... 14 50
Books sold ............................................... 129 19
O ld T rees Sold ...............................
............ 11 00
Fire Insurance Premium Rebated
........................... 4
90
O. S. U. Athletic
Association ............................... 12 00
Interest on Permanent Fund ...................... ......... 277
50
From State Treasurer:
Appropriation for Publications ........................ 3,398
55
Appropriation for Current Expenses .................. 2,998
03
Appropriation for Field Work For Ancient and Serpent
Mound
......................................... 2,753 35
Appropriation for Reprinting Publicatins ............. 7,800
00
Appropriation for Completion of Purchase of Fort An-
cient
........................................ .... 2,200 00
Appropriation for Observatory at Serpent Mound...... 500
00
Total ....................................... .... $21,553 37
DISBURSEMENTS.
Reprinting
Publications
................................... $7,800 00
Publications ......................................... 2,848
63
Completion of Purchase of Fort Ancient.
................... 2,400
00
Salaries
(3)
.............................................. 2,200
00
Surveying Fort Ancient ................................... 120
00
Improvements at Fort
Ancient............................. 303
45
Fort Ancient - Care and Expenses
........................ 426
78
Observatory at Serpent Mound
............................ 500
00
Serpent Mound--Care and Improvements.................. 307
30
Field Work .................................... 705
16
Big Bottom Park--Improvements
......................... 55
64
Postage
................................................... 119 87
Expenses of Trustees and Committees
...................... 389
94
David
Zeisberger Centennial
............................... 79
00
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Annual Meeting, 1908
...................................... 68 00
Job
Printing
.............................................. 7 75
Sundry Expenses
......................................... 72
03
Express and Drayage
...................................... 188 81
M useum and Library
...................................... 660 70
Transferred to Permanent Fund
............................ 575
00
Balance on Hand, February 1, 1909
........................ 1,725
31
Total
............................................... .. $21,553 37
Total Amount now in the Permanent Fund
.................. 6,125
00
Respectfully submitted,
E. F. WOOD, Treasurer.
AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Upon motion and vote President Wright appointed Messrs.
G. F. Bareis and E. H. Archer a committee to audit the
Treas-
urer's accounts.
Mr. Archer, one of the assistants in the office
of the Auditor of State, called attention to the fact
that as to
the funds appropriated by the Legislature, their
expenditure
would be of record on the books of the Auditor of State
from
which the appropriated funds are drawn on vouchers
issued by
the Society signed by the President and Secretary. So
that the
accounts of the Auditor of State are a check on the
books of the
Treasurer of the Society. This, however, would not
apply to
the disposal of funds accruing to the Society from
sources other
than legislative appropriations, viz., ordinary and
life members,
sale of books, etc.
REPORT OF CURATOR.
I have the honor, as Curator and Librarian, to make my
annual
report upon the condition of the Museum and Library
located in Page
Hall, Ohio State University, as well as my report upon
the annual
archeological explorations of the Society. During the
year many
specimens have been added to the Archaeological Museum,
and we are
at times severely taxed in placing on exhibition,
specimens that come
to us unsolicited. Those of you who have had the privilege
of visiting
the Museum during the year can readily see the great
need of more
room for display, owing to the increase in the
collections, through the
activity of the Museum in its line of research,
particularly the explora-
tions of the mounds and village sites: the large
collections coming to the
Museum through the interest of students and
particularly friends and
238 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
members of the Society; the publications
of the Society, together with its
increased exchanges; the growth of the
Library into one of unusual
importance of historical and
archaeological research; the use of the
Museum
by students, schools and private citizens. The inadequate
quarters for our Museum and Library have
so increased the work of
the Curator that the many changes
proposed in the management of
the Museum and Library have not been
fully carried out, but we hope
during the coming year a few of the
changes can be made. Since
the last annual meeting there has been a
change in the personnel of the
help in the Museum. Mr. A. Brown now has
charge of all accessions
to the Library and Museum. In addition
to his duties, he acts as
stenographer and typewriter. Mr. C.
Eaton has charge of the rooms and,
in addition to his regular duties, looks
after the store room and packing
of all books for shipment and distant
delivery. I cannot help, at this
time, impressing upon you, as officers
and members, the opportunity that
is now being opened for the Society in
aiding the City of Columbus
in its proposed 100th anniversary
celebration. A wise thing for the
Society to do would be to ask the
citizens to commemorate their 100th
anniversary by erecting a monument in
the shape of a fire-proof building
to adequately care for the Museum and
Library of the Society, which
would in the course of a few years, be
known as the one great Museum
in Ohio.
The archaeological work during the year
was of especial interest,
and consisted mainly in the
topographical survey of Fort Ancient, made
by Prof. C. E. Sherman and a corps of
assistants. The field work of
the Survey was finished in four weeks,
but the topographic map was
not completed until October. During the
time that Prof. Sherman
was engaged at Fort Ancient, the Curator
had a corps of workers
examining every portion of the Fort for
archaeological remains, and was
very successful in uncovering a number
of stone pavements, circles, etc.,
situated in various parts of the Fort. A
complete report of this survey
is now being prepared, and will appear
in one of the forthcoming
issues of the Quarterly. After Fort
Ancient was surveyed, the Curator
completed the exploration of the Seip
Mound, begun two years ago.
A partial report upon this mound was
made at the 22d annual meet-
ing; first and second sections of this
mound had been explored in
1906, but the last section was very much
larger than either one of the
two sections previously examined, and
contained material of great in-
terest. The mound was the site of a
charnel house of the Hopewell
Group, and all the graves placed upon
the floor of the charnel house
contained the remains of the cremated
dead. A new feature was dis-
covered in their burial cists that,
previous to this examination, had not
been known. In the Harness Mound the
prepared graves were made for
one individual, but in the third section
of the Seip Mound the graves
were greatly enlarged, and often
contained from 1 to 4 individuals,
showing that the large cists were
perhaps those of families. One
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feature, unusual in the mounds was the
finding of burial shrines where
the clothing, ornaments and personal
effects were placed. The ground
surrounding the shrines was often
covered with large blocks of mica.
One interesting feature found in several
of the copper plates was the
attempted ornamentation of the large
copper plates with scrolls and
repousse work. From this mound alone,
were secured 16 large copper
plates, 9 copper axes, 20 copper ear
ornaments and many other objects
of copper, bone and shell. A very large
flint spear point, 9 inches in
length was one of the great finds. My
report upon this mound is now
finished and will appear in the April
Quarterly. I have also finished
my report upon the Jamestown Exposition
and take pleasure in giving
you each a copy, which report speaks for
itself. During the year the
Museum has received from Mr. T. B.
Bowers, 2 different additions to
his already fine archaeological
collection. Mr. Bowers is very energetic
and active in the work of making the
Bowers collection one of the most
interesting in the Museum.
Mr. Almer Hegler of Washington Court
House has also added 2
different consignments of archaeological
specimens, collected in the
neighborhood of Washington Court House.
Mr. Hegler has guarded
carefully the archaeological interests
in Fayette County, and reports with-
out delay all archaeological discoveries
within the county or adjoining
counties. He is constant in his work for
the Society and his time is
always at our command.
Mr. Wilber Stout of Scioto County has
sent three consignments
during the year. He is making a
specialty of collecting in Scioto County,
the site of his old home, and he is
greatly interested in our Museum.
Judge H. C. Miller of Jackson, Ohio, has
presented a fine collection
from Boone Rock, a place of great
historical interest in Jackson County.
The Peabody Museum, through Mr. R. E.
Merwin, presented three
large barrels of animal bones, and
pottery from the Madisonville Ceme-
tery.
Mr. W. R. Wilson, Columbus, presented a
fine grooved axe.
From Prof. J. R. Chamberlin was received
a fine bronze image
taken from an Inca grave.
From Dr. H. O. Whitaker, New Burlington,
was received several
bone implements taken from a grave in
his vicinity.
Mr. Perry Wolfe, Fort Ancient, presented
4 copper pieces, found
in Fort Ancient, evidently part of the
great cash of copper found by
him a few years ago.
Mr. Howard L. Boggs, Kingston, presented
to the Museum, a large
tooth of the Mastodon in a fine state of
preservation, found on Deer
Creek, in Ross County.
From Mr. Newcomb was received a large
tooth of the Mastodon
in a fair state of preservation.
Through Dr. H. O. Whitaker, Mr. A. H.
Harlan, New Burling-
240 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
ton, presented a large iron kettle
brought to the Northwest Territory
in 1799.
Mr. Grant Hartup, of Lore City,
presented a large salt kettle used
in making salt in his section of the
State. The kettle was brought to
the Northwest Territory in 1798.
From Prof. Frederick Starr, University
of Chicago, we received a
cast of a large Mexican sculptured slab,
found in Orizaba, Vera Cruz,
Mexico.
Many books and periodicals have been
added to the Library during
the year. The Accession Book shows 3564
regular bound volumes entered.
Last year our records show 3104, making
a net addition during the
year of 460 bound volumes. All of the
books have been received
through gift or in exchange for our own
publications. The growth has
been very steady and far beyond our
expectations. The Library has
also received a number of gifts in the
way of rare publications, manu-
scripts and autographs during the year.
General Brinkerhoff presented
"Usher's Body of Divinitie," a book
printed in 1658. It is of very great
interest.
Dr. J. B. Peaslee, Cincinnati, a
life member of the Society, pre-
sented 22 autograph letters. Among them
were those of John G. Whit-
tier, Henry W. Longfellow, Oliver
Wendell Holmes and others.
My plans for the coming season are
rather indefinite, however, the
executive committee has asked me to work
out a plan leading to the
making of an Archaeological Atlas. I
have taken this matter up and
devoted considerable time to working out
a plausible scheme for the com-
pletion of an Archaeological Atlas of
the State. Four years ago the
Society endeavored to make a large
Archaeological Map of the State.
It was found that the large wall map
would be unserviceable, as it
would require great wall space to
display the map and it would not be
practicable for general use. I have
considered making an Archaeological
Atlas of the State by counties and to
make the county map after the
latest topographic survey of the State
made by the United States
Government. This map to be reduced to
the size necessary for an atlas
not to exceed 15 inches in length by 12
inches in width. Upon this map
could be marked in proper characters all
of the archaeological remains
in the county. Accompanying each county
should be a concise archae-
ological history of the county. The work
would occupy the time of the
Curator not less than three years, as it
would be necessary to visit
each county and personally pass upon the
earthworks and other archae-
ological remains that may be found in
the county. This work would
require an annual appropriation of
$600.00. The making of the map
and all clerical and other work could be
done in my office, however,
I find I have the opportunity now to
open certain groups of mounds
which are available to us, which might
not be so later on.
It seems to me advisable to at least
spend a part of the season in
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exploration and the remainder of the
time could be utilized in work
upon the archaeological atlas.
I wish to thank the officers and
executive committee for their help
and patience during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM C. MILLS,
Curator and Librarian.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MUSEUM AND
LIBRARY.
In addition to the report of Prof. Mills
the committee will empha-
size the pressing importance of having
more room for the display
and expansion of the Museum and Library
and of more funds, both
for securing additional publications and
for carrying on the educational
works upon which we embarked.
The shelves for holding books and
pamphlets are already running
over, while constant accessions are made
through exchanges. For ex-
ample the complete set of the
publications of the Historical Society
of the State of Delaware has recently
come into our possession in
exchange for our own publications but we
have no place to put it.
The Museum, which is already one of the
most instructive and
valuable in the country, is over-crowded
while a large part of it is in
boxes or out-of-the-way corners where it
cannot be studied or seen.
We have material enough to fill five
times the space now given to the
display of our rare specimens; it is to
be remembered also that what
room
we have is only held by sufferance of the University Law De-
partment, whose growing demands will
soon lay claim to the whole
building. We must have a fit building of
our own at the earliest
possible moment.
We need more money to provide for
conducting the educational
work of the Society especially in the
distribution of books. We are
expected and it is desirable that we
should be able, to send for tempo-
rary use our books to all parts of the
State for the use of students
who are not near to local libraries and
to supplement local libraries
whose collection of books is limited,
but the postage and express on
these books amounts to a large sum in
course of the year. Such work,
however, is the most economical effort
for the promotion of education.
Again the clerk hire necessary to
conduct this distribution and keep
track of the literature sent and to see
that it is properly returned
amounts to a still larger sum.
We would also make an appeal not only to
the legislature, but
to the people of the state at large to
cultivate a more intelligent interest
in the preservation of the historical
monuments and objects of scientific
interest in their particular localities
and for the dissemination of infor-
mation concerning them. In this respect
Ohio is far behind the countries
of Europe. There is no town of 15,000
inhabitants, even in Siberia.
Vol. XVIII-16.
242 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications;
that does not have its museum and its
special history for use in the
schools. Glacial boulders are there
thought worthy of preservation;
while here we blow them to pieces to
make churches, and foundations
for houses, and stone walls that might
as well be made of brick or
cobble-stone, and thus destroy most
valuable objects through which to
impart knowledge to the rising
generation. The preservation of such
objects as the block house in Mansfield
and the various fortifications
of the State and of the glacial
boulders, such as that in Warren County
near Fort Ancient, will give educators a
vantage ground, that they can
ill afford to lose.
We would suggest that the school boards
in every county be
requested to co-operate with the
committee of the Society in preparing
a chapter on the physical geography, the
geology, the botany, the zoology
and the history of each locality to be
bound up with the general text
books, or used in connection with them.
Only by some such means can
we keep up that communication with the
past, and with the outside
world, that is essential to the full
development of the Society and
its individual members. A start in this
direction is already made by
the Curator's plan of keeping a scrap
book for every county, which
will soon collect the information for
preparing such supplementary
chapters. To educate in history and science
we should begin about
our own doors and magnify the importance
of local interests. In this
work this Society is specially fitted to
take the lead.
G. F. WRIGHT,
Chairman Museum Committee.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
Reports of the standing committees were
called for. Sec-
retary Randall stated that the work of
the committees on
Finance, Fort Ancient, Museum and Library, Publications and
Serpent Mound, were covered by the
reports of the Secretary
and Curator. The Committee on Jamestown
Exposition had of
course, expired because of the
accomplishment of their work.
As to the committee on Big Bottom Park,
Prof. Martzolff said:
That he had nothing further to add to
what he had reported
from time to time to the Executive
Committee, except that re-
cently a permanent addition had been
made to the park by the
erection of an iron gate way at the
front entrance to the park,
at a cost of about thirty dollars.
Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting. 243
RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions were submitted
by Prof. Martz-
olff and adopted by the meeting:
Resolved, That the Ohio State Archaeological and His-
torical Society, in its annual session,
hereby expresses to its es-
teemed President Emeritus, General R.
Brinkerhoff, a renewal
of its obligations to him for the
splendid services he has ren-
dered this organization by his long and
faithful interest and
official duties. It also regrets his
inability to be present on this
occasion and transmits to him
congratulations upon his con-
tinued good health, and wishes for him
many years of enjoyment
and service to his fellowmen.
The members of this Society also wish to
place on record
the sad realization of its loss in the
death of Rush R. Sloane,
who died December 24, 1908, one of the
honored members of
the Society and for many years a
trustee. Judge Sloane was a
constant and profound student of Ohio's
history, which has been
enriched as the result of his
painstaking research in the annals
of the state. The Secretary of the
Society is hereby requested
to convey to Mrs. Sloane the action of
the Society, and express
to her the respect in which her late
husband was held by his as-
sociates in this organization.
Further, it is deemed appropriate that
the members here
assembled unite in extending sympathy
for our honored Vice
President, George F. Bareis, who has
lately sustained a great
grief in the death of his beloved wife.
We offer to him at this
sorrowful time our heartfelt affection,
and commend to him
trust in Divine Providence who is ever
the refuge to whom we
may turn in hours of distress and
disappointments.
The above resolutions were adopted by
the vote of all
present.
AMENDMENTS OF CONSTITUTION.
Mr. Wood proposed that Section I of
Article V of the Con-
stitution be amended by striking out the
word "February" in the
second line and substituting therefor
the word "May." This
would make the Section read: The fiscal year
of the Society
244 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
shall end May 1, and the annual meeting
shall be held at Co-
lumbus within thirty-days thereafter as
the Executive Committee
may determine. Due notice of the meeting
shall be mailed by
the Secretary to all members of the
Society at least ten days
before such annual meeting is held.
Mr. Wood explained that the purpose of
this change was
to bring the annual meeting at a more
convenient and propitious
time of the year. It comes now in the winter
season, when the
weather does not permit of any
excursions by the Society to
Fort Ancient or elsewhere; also, when
the legislature is in ses-
sion and the Secretary is loaded with
unusual amount of re-
sponsibility and duty, and also, at a
time when the appropria-
tions by the legislature for the ensuing
year are not yet deter-
mined, and therefore, the trustees or
members of the Society
cannot plan or outline the future action
of the Society. This
proposed change of the Constitution led
to some discussion, but
was finally adopted by almost a
unanimous vote. The Consti-
tution is, therefore, changed as
proposed.
In this connection the desire was
expressed by the mem-
bers that the trustees arrange, during
the coming June for an
excursion to Fort Ancient, and if
possible to Serpent Mound.
No definite action, however, was taken
in the matter.
In this connection Senator Harper
suggested that it would
be a wise thing for the Society to get
up a meeting to be held in
Cincinnati. He thought if that was done
a great many addi-
tional members could be obtained in that
city. The suggestion
met with great approval.
ELECTION OF TRUSTEES.
The Secretary reported that the two
trustees appointed by
the Governor, namely, Messrs. Harper and
Love, were still hold-
ing their positions, though their time
had matured. They would,
of course, continue to remain in office
until Governor Harmon
appointed their successors. At this
meeting, the Society would
have to elect trustees to fill the
vacancy caused by the term ex-
piration of Messrs. G. F. Bareis, J.
Warren Keifer, I. F. King
Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting. 245
and E. F. Wood, and one to fill the vacancy caused by
the death
of Rush R. Sloane, whose term, had he lived, would have
ter-
minated at this time. Upon motion and vote, the
President was
authorized to appoint a nominating committee to suggest
the
names of five trustees to be elected. The committee
appointed
were, Messrs. Martzolff, Archer and Hegler. After due con-
sideration by the nominating committee, they reported
as fol-
lows: Mr. G.
F. Bareis, Canal Winchester; Gen. J. Warren
Keifer, Springfield; Mr. E. F. Wood, Columbus; Mr. C.
H. Gal-
lup, Norwalk, and Mr. Walter C. Metz, Newark. The
report of
the nominating committee was unanimously accepted, and
the
Secretary was authorized to cast the ballot of the
Society for
the election of the five named nominees to serve as
trustees from
this meeting until the annual meeting in 1912. The Board of
Trustees of the Society, as now constituted, is
therefore, as
follows:
TRUSTEES.
TERMS EXPIRE IN 1910.
M r. A. J. Baughman................................
Mansfield
H on. J. H . Beal .................................... Scio.
Gen. R. Brinkerhoff
................................ Mansfield.
H on. D. J. Ryan
....................................
Columbus.
Rev. H. A. Thompson ...............................
Dayton.
TERMS EXPIRE IN 1911.
M r. R. E. Hills..
................................... Delaware.
Prof. C. L. Martzolff ................................ Athens.
Prof. G. Frederick Wright .......................... Oberlin.
Hon. Albert Douglas................................ Chillicothe.
Rev. W. H. Rice
.................................... South Bethlehem,
Pa.
TERMS EXPIRE IN 1912.
Mr. G. F.
Bareis....................................
Canal Winches-
ter.
Gen. J. Warren Keifer ............................... Springfield.
M r. E. F. Wood
..................................... Columbus.
M r. C. H . Gallup.................................... Norwalk.
M r. W alter C. Metz ................................. Newark.
246 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications.
APPOINTED
BY THE GOVERNOR.
Hon.
Myron T. Herrick, Cleveland
..................... 1910
Prof.
M. R. Andrews, Marietta ........................ 1910
Prof. B. F. Prince,
Springfield ......................... 1911
Mr.
E. O. Randall, Columbus .......................... 1911
Rev.
N. B. C. Love, Perrysburg........................ 1912
Hon.
J. W . Harper, Cincinnati ......................... 1912
On
March 19, (1909) Governor Harmon appointed Messrs.
Harper
and Love, trustees, to succeed themselves and serve for
three
years from their appointment until 1912.
ANNUAL
MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES.
Immediately
after the adjournment of the annual meeting
of
the Society, there was held the annual meeting of the Board
of
Trustees. Those present were: Messrs. Andrews, Harper,
Love,
Randall, Prince, Baughman, Wood, Bareis, Wright,
Martzolff,
Mills and Gallup, the newly elected member.
Prof.
Wright acted as Chairman of the meeting, and Mr.
Randall
as Secretary. In accordance with the provisions of the
Constitution,
that the Trustees elect the officers, the following
were
elected as officers of the Society for the ensuing year:
President,
G. Frederick Wright.
First
Vice President, George F. Bareis.
Second
Vice President, D. J. Ryan.
Secretary
and Editor, E. O. Randall.
Treasurer,
E. F. Wood.
Curator
and Librarian, W. C. Mills.
As
members of the Executive Committee to serve for the
ensuing
year, in addition to the officers already chosen, who are
ex-officio
members, there were selected, Messrs. Prince, Martz-
olff,
Baughman, Harper and Gallup.
The
Executive Committee, therefore, as newly constituted,
is
as follows: Messrs. Bareis, Baughman,
Gallup, Harper,
Martzolff,
Mills, Prince, Randall, Ryan, Wood and Wright.
General
R. Brinkerhoff, President Emeritus, by courtesy of his
office,
would be entitled to attendance upon the meetings of the
Executive
Committee.
Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting. 247
By motion and vote, the matter of
determining the salaries
of the officers of the Society, who
receive compensation for their
services, was referred to the Executive
Committee for its action
at some future meeting.
The Secretary stated that there were
several things which
should be brought before the Executive
Committee at the earliest
possible moment, particularly the
proposition of Colonel Webb
C. Hayes, concerning his offer to deed
to the Society the Har-
rison Trail, a portion of Spiegel Grove.
The Trustees present spent some time in
examining the
drawing of the topographical survey of
Fort Ancient made by
Prof. Sherman and his corps of
assistants.
There being no further business before
the meeting, it was
adjourned with the understanding that
the Secretary would call
a meeting of the Executive Committee as
soon as required.