THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
OHIO STATE
ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
FOR THE YEAR
FEBRUARY 17, 1807 TO FEBRUARY 1, 1898.
GEN. R. BRINKERHOFF, President.
E. O. RANDALL, Secretary.
COLUMBUS, O., JANUARY, 1898.
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To His Excellency, Asa S. Bushnell,
Governor of Ohio:
SIR:-I have the honor to submit herewith
the thirteenth
annual report of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical
Society, covering the year from February
17, 1897, to February
1, 1898.
This report, while complete as to the
more important pro-
ceedings of the society, is made as
concise as possible, and for the
greater convenience of the reader, the
chief items of interest are
arranged topically.
With very great respect, I remain,
Yours truly,
E. O. RANDALL, Secretary.
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OFFICERS
FROM FEBRUARY 17, 1897, TO FEBRUARY 1, 1898.
GEN. ROELIFF
BRINKERHOFF ...........
................... ....... President
REV. WM. E.
MOORE, D. D., L.L..D ....................................... Vice-President
HON. S. S.
RICKLY ..................... ................................. Treasurer
EDWIN F. WOOD
................... ...........
............... ... Assistant Treasurer
E. O.
RANDALL, PH. B., LL. M ................................................Secretary
*PROF. WARREN
K. MOOREHEAD .......................................... Curator
CLARENCE
LOVEBERRY, D.V. M ......................................Assistant Curator
TRUSTEES.
ELECTED BY
THE SOCIETY.
TERM EXPIRES IN 1898.
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 1899.
HON. JOHN
SHERMAN.......................... ........... ................. MANSFIELD
PROF. G.F.
WRIGHT ...............................
............. ..........OBERLIN
REV. WM.E.
MOORE ..................... ................................... COLUMBUS
HON. JOHN B.
PEASLEE .......................................... ..........CINCINNATI
MR. A. H.
SMYTHE . ..................
................................. .. COLUMBUS
TERM EXPIRES IN 1900.
HON. ELROY M.
AVERY .................................................. CLEVELAND
BISHOP B. W.
ARNETT. .
.................................... WILBERFORCE
HON. S. S.
RICKLY ............. .. ............... ...........COLUMBUS
HON. A. R.
McINTIRE..
................................................. .MT. VERNON
MR. G. F.
BAREIS ............... ............................. CANAL WINCHESTER
APPOINTED
BY THE GOVERNOR.
GEN. GEO. B.
WRIGHT, Columbus, 1898; HON. ISRAEL WILLIAMS, Hamilton,
1898; HON.
ALEXANDER BOXWELL, Red Lion, 1899; HON. E. O. RANDALL, Colum-
bus, 1899;
HON. CHARLES P. GRIFFIN, Toledo, 1900; HON. A. ROBESON, Green-
ville, 1900.
* Prof.
Moorehead resigned the office of Curator August 27, 1897.
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THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, February 17, 1897.
The twelfth annual meeting of the society was held in the
Library room of the Capitol Building, Columbus, Ohio, at 2 p.
m., standard time, February 17, 1897. The meeting was called
to order by the President, General R. Brinkerhoff. The following
members of the society were present:
Gen. R. Brinkerhoff...................... ...... Mansfield, Ohio
George F. Bareis .................... Canal Winchester, Ohio
A. R. McIntire .
...............................Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Rev. William E. Moore .
.................... Columbus, Ohio
Dr. D. H. Gard....................................... " "
Judge J. H. Anderson.............. .................. " "
J. J. Janney
.................................. "
"
A. H. Smythe ........................................ " "
W. K. Moorehead ..................................... " "
S. S. Rickly .......................................... " "
E. F. Wood ........................................... " "
R. P. Hayes .......................................... " "
R. S. Neil............................................ " "
E. 0. Randall.................................... " "
F. H. Howe ........................................ " "
Col. Charles Parrott .................................. " "
Mrs. J. P. Merrill
............ ...... . ............... " "
Letters expressing regret and inability to attend the meeting
were read by the Secretary from Bishop B. W. Arnett, Xenia;
Israel Williams, Hamilton, Ohio; R. E. Hills, Delaware, Ohio;
Alexander Boxwell, Red Lion, Ohio; A. J. Warner, Marietta,
Ohio, and A. W. Whelpley, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mr. E. O. Randall, the Secretary, read the minutes of the
previous (eleventh) annual meeting (February 27, 1896). There
being no objections or corrections, by motion the minutes were
approved.
General Brinkerhoff, the President, gave a brief impromptu
address, in which he stated that this annual meeting would be
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one simply of a business nature. There
would be no banquet in
the evening, as had heretofore been the
custom. The Legisla-
ture is not in session, and the
financial depression of the times
makes a good excuse for omitting that
feature of the annual meet-
ing. The past year, however, in the
history of the society, has
been a most successful one, and the
society has made progress
along the lines of its work, as it has
not done before. Still there
is great work to do. During the past
year, the President said,
he had traveled over many of the States,
and in several, had
found that they were doing even more for
their respective States
in history and archaeology, than Ohio is
doing. Particularly was
this true of Wisconsin and Minnesota,
but we must not despair.
Our great need was quarters, and they
were forthcoming, as soon
as the new addition to the State House
would be completed. The
one sad event of the past year, was the
death of our Trustee and
life member, Judge W. J. Gilmore, who
had ever been a most
earnest and loyal counselor, and whose
wise views and genial
presence were greatly missed in the
meetings of our Executive
Committee. Judge Gilmore died at his
residence, Columbus,
Ohio, August 9, 1896.
The Secretary here read his report to
the society. He stated
that he had not prepared a special
report for the society, but
would submit as such report, the report
which he had made to
Governor Bushnell in behalf of the
Executive Committee. This
report, embodying some forty pages, had
been printed and sent
to the members of the society, members
of the Legislature and
State officials. copies were here at
this meeting and distributed
to those present. (This report is found
in full in Volume V,
Ohio Archaeological and Historical
Society Publications, pages
291-325.)
The Secretary said that he would
emphasize two features of
the year's work, viz.: The purchase of
the 107 acres of the
Couden Tract of Fort Ancient, thereby
procuring possession for
the society of all the fort except the
Ridge Tract, consisting of
some twelve acres. Secondly, the issuing
of a volume (V), which
was in press, and which would give a
complete history of the land
title of Ohio, from the land grants of
the English kings down to
the disputes as to the boundary lines of
the State. This book
Thirteenth Annual Report. 413
would include all the official documents
in full, both in England
and in this country.*
Upon the call for the report of special
Committees, the Sec-
retary reported that the Trustees had
received requests from par-
ties in several different towns, for the
privilege of establish-
ing branches or chapters of the society.
The Executive Com-
mittee had spent much time in
considering this subject, and had
finally appointed a committee,
consisting of Messrs. Bareis,
Wood and Randall, said committee to
formulate a report and
present it at the annual meeting of the
society. Mr. Bareis was
now called upon for that report, which
was as follows:
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON "LOCAL
SECTIONS."
We, your Committee, recommend the
following:
Item (a) Whenever a local membership of
ten or more life or Active
members of the Society in regular
standing, residing at or near any point
in the State of Ohio, shall make
application to the Society, it may grant
to said members permission to organize a
"Section" to further the ob-
jects of the Society, said Section shall
be authorized to hold meetings,
elect its officers, recommend persons
for membership, in the Society,
maintain a Library and Museum, and to
recommend such measures as
shall be deemed proper. The meeting of
the Section shall occur on
some other day than the meetings of the
Society.
Item (b) Fifty per cent. of all Annual fees or dues of Active mem-
bers affiliating with any Section and
twenty-five per cent. of the mem-
bership fees of those recommended by the
Section shall be reserved by
it. The money thus accruing to be
expended in such manner, consistent
with the object of the organization, as
it may direct.
Item (c) All life members and all Active
members paying annual
dues affiliating with any Section, shall
be entitled to the publications
of the Society.
Item (d) Each Section shall choose its
own officers of such number
as it may determine, including a
Secretary-Treasurer, who shall com-
municate to the Secretary of the Society
on or before January 1, of each
year a report of the condition of the
Section for that year, the form and
extent of such reports to be under the
direction of the Secretary of the
Society.
Item (e) In case any Section becomes
disorganized or its member-
ship decreased to less than the required
number, its Library and Museum,
records, and other property acquired,
shall become part of the Library
and Museum of the Society. Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE F. BAREIS, Chairman.
*This volume was issued in August, 1897.
414 Ohio Arch. and His. Society Publications.
Without discussion and by motion this
report was adopted
without any opposition
Later in the meeting, however, this
report was again con-
sidered. Mr. Howe, just before proposed
adjournment, asked
if it was too late to reconsider the
action of the society in adopting
the report of Mr. Bareis, on the
establishment of sections of the
society. The chair said that it was not,
and a motion to recon-
sider was made, and resulted in
considerable discussion, in which
Messrs. Howe, Wood, Hayes and Moorehead
took part. (Mr.
Bareis had previous to this excused
himself on account of an-
other engagement, and had retired from
the meeting). Mr.
Howe was decidedly opposed to the plan,
and did not think the
society fully understood the purport of
that report. The Secre-
tary was called upon to re-read it,
which he did, and which he
then further explained to the meeting;
that in substance it was
that members of the society could
associate themselves together
in any part of the State to the number
of ten, as a minimum and
organize and collect books and relics of
which they would have
possession so long as their organization
continued, but of which
the title was in the State society, and
when these societies dis-
banded the State society would take
possession of, and retain said
property. Mr. Howe expressed the opinion
that this would de-
prive the State society of its unity and
identity, that it would have
difficulty in getting property desired,
that it would scatter the
State society's property over the State,
where it could not look
after it, and that there would be
constant conflicts between the
State society with headquarters at
Columbus, and the local socie-
ties scattered over the State. After
considerable discussion the
motion to reconsider was carried.
Whereupon Mr. Neil moved
that the report of Mr. Bareis be
referred back to the committee
and that they give it due consideration,
and report upon it at the
next annual meeting of the society. This
was carried without
a dissenting voice.
The Secretary reported that the five
Trustees of the society
whose terms of office expired at this
time were:
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Hon.
Calvin S. Brice ......... .. ................. Lima
Hon. Elroy M. Avery
........................ Cleveland
Bishop B. W. Arnett .............
.............Wilberforce
Hon. S. S. Rickly
................................Columbus
Mr. G. F. Bareis .......................
Canal Winchester
Upon motion and vote the chair was
requested to appoint
a committee of three who should nominate
five Trustees to suc-
ceed those retiring. The chair appointed
as such committee,
Messrs. Moore, Gard and Wood. Said
committee retired and
in a short time returned and reported as
nominees for trustee-
ship for the ensuing three years:
Hon. Elroy M.
Avery................................Cleveland
Bishop B. W.
Arnett..............................Wilberforce
Hon. S. S. Rickly .................. ................Columbus
Mr. G. F.
Bareis............................Canal Winchester
Mr. A. R. McIntire
.................... Mt. Vernon
The report of the committee was
accepted, and by unani-
mous vote the Secretary was instructed
to cast the ballot of the
society for said nominees. The Secretary
did this, and the above
were declared duly elected Trustees, to
serve from February 17,
1897, to February 17, 1900.
Upon motion a committee of five, to be
named by the chair,
was appointed to call upon the Governor,
extend him the greet-
ings and compliments of the society. The
chair appointed as
such committee, Messrs. McIntire,
Anderson, Neil, Smythe and
Janney. Said committee later in the
meeting called upon the
Governor, and upon their return reported
a most pleasant visit,
and that the Governor had expressed
himself well pleased with
the objects and work of the society,
declared a desire to visit
Fort Ancient, and stated that early in
the spring, he would name
a date on which he would accompany the
society upon a visit to
the fort.
Mr. R. P. Hayes, President of the State
Library Commis-
sion, and a member of the society, was
called upon for a speech,
to which he responded, expressing his
gratification that the so-
ciety's library had been transferred to
the quarters of the State
Library, and that he would do all in his
power to provide ample
facilities for the accommodation of the
society. We all know
that the libraries should be
co-operative and that the State Li-
416
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brary was the proper place for the books
of the society. He
then explained at some length the new
features of the State Li-
brary, such as the new cataloguing and
the circulating of Village
Libraries. The State Library is now
accessible to the entire pub-
lic, and books are sent to various towns
and allowed to remain
for weeks at a time, thus affording
reading facilities never before
accorded and which could not otherwise
be obtained. This plan,
Mr. Hayes stated, was working admirably.
Prof. Warren K. Moorehead here made a
full statement of
the work which had been done by the
society the past year under
his direction in the department of
Archaeology. He related his
experiences in his exploring
expeditions. He dwelt upon the
value and extent of the work and thought
the society was to be
congratulated upon its efforts in that
direction. He doubted if
any State society was doing as much. He
thought we should be
more active and enterprising the coming
year, as the Smithsonian
Institute and other State societies were
looking with jealous eyes
upon the Ohio field and were liable to
come in and forestall our
work in this department. He exhibited to
the meeting the Arch-
aeological Map of Ohio, which under his
direction is being pre-
pared for the society. Upon this map are
already indicated some
three thousand localities in which are
mounds, village sites or in-
dications of archaeological interest of
some kind. He expected to
have the number of places indicated more
than double those ob-
tained, before the map is completed. He
is in correspondence
with parties in every county who are
assisting him in this work.
The map when done will be an exceedingly
valuable property.
Rand & McNally, of Chicago, have
already written him with a
view to publishing this map. The society
will probably find it
advantageous to have this map published.
Mr. Moorehead's report of the year's
work will be found in
full in Volume V, pages 164-274, with
numerous illustrations.
Secretary reported the following names
submitted for elec-
tion as members of the society: Dr.
Edwin F. Wilson, Colum-
bus, Ohio; Hon. James Pillars, Lima,
Ohio; Robert J. Cox, F.
M. Starr, R. I. Brandebury, J. L. Smith,
H. J. McCullough and
Prof. G. A. Chambers, all of Delaware,
Ohio. They were duly
elected.
Thirteenth Annual Report. 417
General Brinkerhoff at this point opened
a discussion upon
the importance of the society in making
an effort to procure and
preserve family histories and
genealogies. In New England
great care was taken in this matter, but
the Western people are
too busy and too indifferent to their
ancestry. He regarded this
as the most important work of the
society. He thought that we
should send out circulars far and near
requesting manuscripts,
letters, pamphlets and documents of any
kind from anybody
touching the lives and early histories
of families. He related at
some length his own experiences in
trying to obtain information
concerning his family in its early
generations in this country.
Especially did he think this was the
work for the Ohio Society,
as Ohio was the landing place for great
numbers of the best and
most influential New England families.
Here they located, at
least for a time, subsequent generations
passing on farther West,
and unless this material was gathered up
in this State, it would
never be obtained, because as the years
roll by, and the families
become more scattered and go farther
West, less and less atten-
tion is given to the early days and the
early history. Dr. Moore
confirmed the views of General
Brinkerhoff, and made some
very pertinent remarks on the value of
preserving family histories,
speaking particularly of the value of
family papers and letters.
J. J. Janney continued the discussion,
relating his own experi-
ence and giving a striking illustration
in the case of a family in
which a diary had been kept for some
fifty years, which the children
were about to destroy as worthless, and
which contained a great
amount of exceedingly interesting
history touching upon the lo-
cality and the county in which the owner
had resided.
Upon the Secretary announcing that there
was no further
regular business before the meeting, the
President announced
that immediately after adjournment, the
annual meeting of the
Trustees would be held. Meeting of the
society adjourned at
3:35 p.m.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES.
The annual meeting of the Trustees was
held in the Library
room of the Capitol Building at 3:45
p.m., immediately following
the meeting of the society. There were
present the following
Trustees:
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418 Ohio Arch. and His. Society Publications.
Messrs, Brinkerhoff, Moore, McIntire,
Randall, Rickly,
Smythe.
Dr. Moore was made temporary Chairman
and Mr. Randall
temporary Secretary.
General Brinkerhoff was nominated and
elected President of
the Board of Trustees for the ensuing
year. General Brinker-
hoff stated that he did not seek the
office again, that he was shed-
ding presidencies this year as much as
possible, and he thought
that the office ought to be passed
around. The answer to this
was, by the other members, that it was
better for the society to
be as permanent as possible in its
officers, and that it gave sta-
bility to the work of the society to
continue the officers.
Rev. William E. Moore was elected Vice
President; Mr. S.
S. Rickly was elected Treasurer; Mr. E.
F. Wood, Assistant
Treasurer; Mr. E. O. Randall was
re-elected Secretary. In addi-
tion to these officers of the society,
who are ex-officio members,
the following Executive Committee was
selected: Messrs Bareis,
Hills, McIntire, Ryan and Wright. The
matter of compensation
to the active officers and other agents
found necessary to be em-
ployed, was upon due consideration
disposed of.
The Secretary made a full statement of
the condition of the
affairs of the society. The policy and
line of work of the society
for the coming year was discussed.
Upon motion it was decided to hold the
monthly meetings
of the Executive Committee on the first
Wednesday of each
month at 2:30 p. m., standard time, in
the Public Library rooms,
Columbus.
WORK OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The Executive Committee has been most
faithful, efficient
and indefatigable in its supervision of
the affairs of the society,
in its efforts to protect its interests,
promote the objects of the
society and economically expend the
funds placed at the disposal
of the society by the appropriation of
the Legislature. The
committee as a whole has held fifteen
regular or formal special
meetings on the following dates:
February 17, March 3, April
7, May, 5, May 28, June 7, June 30,
August 17, September 8,
October 7, November 3, December 8,
December 30, January 14,
Thirteenth Annual Report. 419
February 9, (1898). Special meetings of
the Fnance Committee,
Committee on Fort Ancient and Committee
on Library and
Museum were held at various times, and
never before in the his-
tory of the society have its officers
and trustees shown so much
interest in, or devoted so much time to,
the affairs of the society.
Every detail of the work of the society
has been directed by the
Executive Committee, or at least been
carefully scrutinized by it.
The Committee on Museum and Library
makes the follow-
ing report:
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MUSEUM AND
LIBRARY.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, December 28, 1897.
MR. E.
O. RANDALL, Secretary:
My dear Sir - Perhaps never before in the history of the Society,
has there been more activity and work in
the Museum, than in the
past year, - more visitors, more
inquiries, more interest, - this is no
doubt due, in a large measure, to the
extensive and persistent manner in
which Prof. W. K. Moorehead, late
Curator, has kept the Society before
the public.
Persons owning collections and relics,
are beginning to realize
-that the Museum of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical So-
ciety is a permanent and fixed
Institution of the State.
It is gratifying that special and
professional students in Archaeology
are beginning to make Orton Hall a
stopping place in passing through
Columbus. Several such visits were paid
the Museum during the year.
In the process of cataloguing, the
specimens have been separated, -
those from each county now occupy a
separate case. This seemed the
best plan under the circumstances. Had
we the floor space necessary to
place these cases in their proper
geographical order, this method would
be still more practical and
satisfactory.
The work of cataloguing, under the
supervision of Dr. Clarence
Loveberry, present Curator, and Miss
Allen, has been completed. Not
counting fragments, as is usually done,
there are 19,110 specimens, add-
ing the 25,000 specimens belonging to
the O. S. U. we have a collection
of which the citizens of the State may
take a just pride. As one passes
through the Museum noting the many
splendid and rare relics of these
"Nameless People" he sees the
evidence, that to a certain extent the State
is making reparation for its past
neglect of the field of Archaeology.
The past year the Society has received
several collections, by donation
and by loan. Among those who have given
specimens are the following,
viz.: Mr. Samuel Porter, Green Camp, O.;
Mr. W. Rhoads, Chalfants,
O.; J. R. Roof, Ashville, O.; W. P.
Gates, Chicago, Ill., and parties at
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Arch. and His. Society Publications.
Waverly and Beavertown, O., whose names
were not ascertained. Those
who have loaned collections, are Prof.
J. P. Sharkley, Eaton, 0., and
Mr. W. C. Mills, Mt. Vernon, O., the
latter collection consists of some
200 Historical Weapons, etc.
The work on the Archaeological Map of
Ohio has progressed, but
the undertaking is now in that stage,
when a special fund should be ap-
propriated, and competent persons sent
over the State to locate Earth-
Works, Village-Sites, etc. By the way,
this map received special com-
plimentary notice at the Detroit meeting
of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science. Perhaps
there is no special work being
done by the Society that will be so
valuable and timely a "Contribution to
Knowledge" as the completion
of this map.
The Books and Pamphlets of the Society,
through the kindness of
Librarian Galbreath, occupy an alcove in
the Ohio State Library rooms.
Many of the Charts and Drawings of
Earth-Works, Historical Paint-
ings and pictures have been brought from
the basement of Orton Hall
and placed on the walls of the Museum.
The Field-Work Department of the Society
has as usual placed many
rare and unique specimens in our
collection. The five nuggets of free
or native silver ore (the largest
weighing three-fourths of an ounce),
found in a case of musselshell-shaped
iron concretion, attracted the
attention of the Archaeological world;
another very singular specimen,
is the copper band or ring, so tightly
fitted around the phalanges of the
front finger, that the copper and the
bone have become knitted together.
Space forbids the mention of many others
almost equally rare.
Many specimens are sent to the Museum
for identification and ex-
pert opinion. Among these are a number
of the " terra-cotta casts " that
have puzzled other museums; they
represent an unknown bivalve shell,
are colored with pink ochre, such as is
found in Mounds, and as yet
their origin is a mystery.
We especially recommend that a date be
mutually arranged, when
the Society may invite its warm friend
and supporter, Governor Bush-
nell, and the members of the
Legislature, to spend an hour or two at
the Museum.
Very respectfully submitted,
GEO. F. BAREIS, Chairman.
CARE OF FORT ANCIENT.
The committee, with Rev. William E.
Moore as Chairman
and Superintendent, having the custody
and care of Fort Ancient
in charge, has diligently and faithfully
performed its work. The
funds appropriated by the State for this
special purpose have been
profitably expended. Several visits
during the year have been
Thirteenth Annual Report. 421
made to the fort by the Chairman and
other members of the Ex-
ecutive Committee, and personal
supervision has been given to the
repair and preservation of this famous
prehistoric spot. Mr.
Cowen, with whom the society has a
contract for the care and su-
pervision of the fort, has proved,
through three years' experience
to be a most reliable and competent man
for this work, as is shown
by the report of Dr. Moore, Chairman of
the Committee on Fort
Ancient, which report is herewith
submitted.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FORT ANCIENT.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, December 20, 1897.
MR. E. O. RANDALL, Secretary:
The Committe on the care of Ft. Ancient
respectfully report, that
they have continued during the year the
policy of preserving the walls
from dilapidation from any cause; and of
clearing off the undergrowth,
and draining the places where water was
accumulating.
A good deal of this work was done as the
committee know - last year
and the year before. Recent inspection
by the committee shows that
the work done heretofore for stopping
the washing of the walls has been
effectual, and only needs constant
attention and care to preserve the walls.
But little or none of this important
work has been done on that part of
the works recently purchased from Mr.
Couden. Our experience shows
us that this section of the walls can be
also made secure from further
washing in the same way, i. e. by dams
of flat stones, stopping the flow
of the water, from rains or melting
snow. It ought to be done the en-
suing year. The materials for this work
are at hand - with the cost
only of labor. A large part of the
original purchase has been cleared
of undergrowth and dead timber during
the last two years. But a good
deal needs yet to be done in the way of
further clearing, and some under-
draining to dry the swampy soil and make
the grounds what the Society
wish to have them - a resort for
pleasure and for profitable study.
Little - nothing indeed effectual - has
been done as yet to clear
up the last purchase. The walls - among
the most striking of all - are
largely covered with briar-bushes and
other undergrowth, obscuring the
works themselves, and the magnificent
views from them. Your com-
mittee proposes to continue the work as
it has begun it -if the
needed aid is granted by the Legislature
- until in a few years, at a
very moderate expense, every acre of the
State's property there shall be
a grass-covered lawn, dotted with the
majestic trees of our own Miami
Valley. When this work is thoroughly
done, we believe that the labor
of caring for the Fort will be
self-sustaining, so far as the necessary re-
pairs and preservative work is
concerned.
422 Ohio Arch. and His. Society Publications.
It is a gratifying fact that the
citizens of the vicinity of Fort Ancient
report that many more persons visited
Fort Ancient last year, than for
many years past. With the new purchase
thrown open to the public,
the attractions will be greatly
increased.
Your committee would suggest to the
executive committee the desira-
bleness, and at the same time the
feasibility, of such additions to the house
occupied by the Superintendent as will
furnish a much needed place for
special meetings of the Society or its
officers, and at the same time, en-
able the superintendent and his family
to furnish meals for such as may
need such accomodations. The expense of
such addition - or additions
need not be large. But their value would
be great.
It seems to your committee that a
renewal of the visitation of last
year, by the governor and legislature,
and friends of education, would
greatly further the object which the
State had in view in its purchase,
and which the Society have in view in
their efforts to make it educational
- as well as interesting.
Respectfully submitted,
W. E. MOORE, Chairman.
OUTSIDE WORK OF THE
SOCIETY.
In no year of the history of the society
has so much been
done throughout the State to bring the
work and value of the
society to the attention of the
citizens. This has been done by
distribution of literature of the
society and by lectures at various
points, by visits of the officers of the
society or its members at
points of interest in the State and by
articles in the magazines and
papers, particularly those contributed
by Messrs. Moorehead
and Loveberry. Several of the leading
magazines and many of
the prominent newspapers have
communicated with the society
to obtain information for publication of
its work or articles de-
tailing its explorations and
discoveries. The society has been
formally requested by the Associated
Press Bureau of New York
to keep them fully posted as to the
explorations of the society,
so that they may report the same to all
their syndicate papers.
Early in 1897 a circular was prepared
setting forth the work
of the society and requesting
co-operation in its work. This cir-
cular was sent to some three hundred of
the leading papers of
the State and was most courteously
received. Nearly every pa-
per acknowledged the circular in its
news columns and many
favored the society with friendly
editorials concerning our work.
Thirteenth Annual Report. 423
On the evening of May 12, 1897, Colonel
Robert B. Stanton,
a distinguished engineer and
archaeologist, lectured under the
auspices of the society in the
auditorium of the 0. S. University to
a large and interested audience on the
"Cliff Dwellers of the South-
west." Colonel Stanton is now
engaged in making explorations
and excavations in the Southwest and
will report his results to the
society.
Mr. Moorehead represented the society at
the forty-sixth
annual meeting of the American
Association for the Advance-
ment of Science, held at Detroit, August
9-14. He took with
him and exhibited to the association the
archaeologic map of Ohio,
now being prepared by our society. It
elicited great interest
and the work of the society in this
department was highly com-
mended by the association.
At the Franklinton Centennial, held at
Columbus, the so-
ciety, by request of the Centennial
Committee, loaned the pioneer
relics possessed by the society for the
museum exhibition at the
centennial.
A full account of the explorations of
the society will appear
in its annual publication for 1898. This
work has been com-
mended in public by such men as Prof.
Putnam, of Cambridge
University, and Prof. D. G. Brinton, of
University of Pennsyl-
vania. We present here a brief statement
of the work in the report
of Mr. Clarence Loveberry:
COLUMBUS, OHIO, December 22, 1897.
E. O. RANDALL, Secretary:
Sir-As Assistant Curator for the Ohio State Archaeological
and His-
torical Society, I was in the field from
the 6th of last April until the first
of September, locating and exploring
mounds. In all, I located two hun-
dred earthworks and explored ninety
mounds, earthworks, graves and
village sites of prehistoric man. We
were very fortunate in securing the
permission to explore such mounds as the
Story Fair Ground mound, near
Chillicothe; the Carriage Factory mound,
inside the city limits of Chilli-
cothe, and a mound within the limits of
the Lakeside Camp Grounds,
which are situated on the shore of Lake
Erie; also the Waverly group,
Pike County.
Our work for the summer began in
Pickaway County, near East Ring-
gold, where we opened the Snake Den
group. In the eastern part of that
county five mounds were explored by our
survey. In Ross County we met
with extraordinary success in securing
permission to open and explore the
424 Ohio Arch. and His. Society Publications.
largest village site ever explored in
Ohio, beside opening twelve mounds,
one village site, three graves and one
circle. Similar success crowned our
efforts in Perry, Pike, Jackson,
Delaware, Marion, Crawford, Wyandot, Sen-
eca, Sandusky, Ottawa, Huron, Erie,
Ashland, Richland, Licking and Knox
counties, opening and exploring
fifty-four mounds, four circles, twenty-
six graves, three village sites, three
burial groups, from which exploration
we secured in all about five thousand
specimens.
The most important finds were made first
at the Snake Den group, in
Pickaway County, in the shape of a stone
box, containing five silver nug-
gets, and within the same enclosure two
hundred geological specimens were
found. Other important and valuable
finds were made near Bourneville,
Ross County. The large copper finds made
at Waverly and the caches of
chalcedony spears, found at Chillicothe,
are likewise rare and valuable.
Recently two trips were made in the
interest of the Society, one to
Portsmouth, the other to Lancaster. At
the latter place evidences were found
of a prehistoric village site, on the top
of Mt. Pleasant, and located two
mounds on this immense mass of rock. In
the southern part of Fairfield
County fifty earthworks were located.
Near Portsmouth, on the Ohio River,
we discovered evidences of a village
site twenty feet below the surface, and
eighteen feet above this similar
evidences of another village site were
apparent. While on the surface above
these village sites the soil is tilled
by the white man of to-day. This is an
excellent field for work, and I
would predict valuable results should
the Society see fit to explore that
region. Of the river valleys of the
State that ought to be explored, the
Hocking Valley promises the best
results. That valley is rich in surface
finds and earthworks, and with the
co-operation of the people who live in
that region, and who are anxious that a
survey be made through it, there
is no reason why it should not be
successful.
The number of earthworks located on the
Ohio State Archaeological
map is steadily growing. With the mounds
that were located during the
field work, and the many located this
fall through correspondence with
people throughout the State who are
kindly assisting us in this way, the
number is assuming vast proportions.
I am pleased to report that the
collections of the Society are numbered
and catalogued up to date. My time has
been taken up this fall with the
cataloguing and rearrangement of the
relics in the Society's cases accord-
ing to states and counties. The number
of specimens has become so large
from the summer's work, and the
collections that have been loaned or
given us this fall, that it has been
necessary to crowd them in the cases so
that they do not appear as well as they
would if more room were available.
Thanking the Trustees of the Society for
their hearty co-operation,
I am
Respectfully,
CLARENCE LOVEBERRY,
Curator.
Thirteenth Annual Report. 425
EXCURSION TO FORT ANCIENT.
One of the most delightful events in the
history of the society
was the excursion to Fort Ancient on
June 7. Governor and Mrs.
Bushnell and many State officials
accompanied the members of
the society on this excursion. The party
was conveyed in three
cars by special train. The entire party,
consisting of the members
of the society and invited guests,
numbered nearly a hundred.
Fort Ancient was reached at 11 a. m.,
when a lunch was served
in the hotel at station, and following
the lunch addresses were
made by Governor Bushnell, Prof. Edward
Orton, General
Brinkerhoff, and Trustee George F.
Bareis. The party then
visited the fort, examining its
interesting construction and
listening to the short and impromptu
addresses by various mem-
bers of the society touching the history
and theories respecting
these greatest preserved earthwork
remains of the Mound Build-
ers. It was a most enjoyable, profitable
and unique occasion,
and this excursion to the fort should
become an annual feature
of the society. A further account of
this trip will be presented in
the society's Annual.
RESIGNATION OF MR. MOOREHEAD.
On April 3, 1897, Mr. Warren K.
Moorehead felt compelled
to tender his resignation as one of the
officers of the society, as
he was about to leave for New Mexico for
the benefit of his health.
The society did not accept his
resignation at that time but, after
his return, on August 27, he again urged
the acceptance of his
resignation, as his duties and health
were such he could not well
fulfill the requirements of the office
of Curator. The Trustees
reluctantly accepted his resignation and
at once elected him an
honorary member of the society - an
honor heretofore bestowed
upon only four other persons. Mr. Clarence Loveberry was
promoted to the Curatorship. Mr.
Moorehead is now in Arizona
with his family doing excellent work in
the line of archaeology.
Though he is no longer an officer of the
society, the society still
expects to have more or less special
assistance from him in the
field of archaeology. Certainly his
numerous friends hope for his
restoration to complete health.
426
Ohio Arch. and His. Society Publications.
PUBLICATIONS.
The society issued in August the fifth
volume of its annual
publication of documents and papers.
This volume comprises
some four hundred pages, with maps and
illustrations, and is
one of the most valuable yet issued by
the society. Its main feat-
ure is a history of the land title to
the State of Ohio, commencing
with the original land charters by the
English kings to the colo-
nial companies, and tracing the abstract
of title from mother
country sources to the establishment of
the boundary lines of
the State of Ohio and the formation of
the State Constitution
of 1802. Another valuable document is a
full and carefully pre-
pared article on the history of the
county divisions of Ohio -
with maps giving the different stages of
county divisions in the
Slate. This volume also contains a full
and interesting account
of the work done by the society during
the year in archaeological
research and explorations, with
illustrations. The society has
now published, not including the
extensive report of the society's
exhibit at Chicago (80 pages, 1894),
five volumes of interesting.
valuable matter, pertaining to Ohio, its
history, biography and
archaeology. Most of this material has
been either originally
prepared or exclusively preserved by the
society, and the work
of the society in this line alone is
sufficient reason for its being
and cause for ample support by the
State. These publications
are in great demand by the leading
historical societies and li-
braries, not only of the United States,
but even those in Europe.
These books are all in well preserved
plates. Second editions
have already been required of the first
three volumes and the
first edition of volume four has already
been exhausted. It is
hoped the Legislature will appreciate
the value of and demand
for these publications and provide for
further reprints. Cer-
tainly no more important reports are
issued by the State. It was
decided by the trustees that the society
had better issue its sixth
volume in quarterly form - beginning
with January. The first
number comprising one hundred and thirty
pages is now printed.
It contains articles on Captain William
Crawford, an address by
Judge James H. Anderson, delivered at
Upper Sandusky, ad-
dresses by General John Beatty and
Colonel E. L. Taylor, at
Thirteenth Annual Report. 427
the Franklinton Centennial, Columbus,
Ohio, and a most schol-
arly history of Education in the Western
Reserve, by Prof B. A.
Hinsdale.
LIBRARY AND EXCHANGES.
The society is in constant
correspondence with the other
State societies and the leading
historical societies of the country.
With all these a system of exchange of
publications is established,
and a large and valuable library is in
this manner being accu-
mulated-a library which can be obtained
in no other way, and
which will be of inestimable interest
and value to all who wish
to consult this class of literature. The
State of Ohio has been
most negligent in collecting and
preserving historical material
pertaining to Ohio. Our society is doing
what it can to assist
in accumulating an Ohio historical
library.
The society's library as stated
elsewhere in this report is
now placed in quarters assigned for its
accomodation in the Ohio
State Library. Miss Bessie Smythe, a
most accomplished and
experienced librarian, one of the
assistants of the State Library,
has charge of the society's library and
has made a careful and
complete list of the books belonging to
the society.
In accordance with the instructions of
the trustees at the
annual meeting (February, 1896), the
Secretary, assisted by Mr.
E. F. Wood, has had kept a Society Scrap
Book in which are
carefully preserved articles and
newspaper clippings from the
leading papers of the State on all
subjects bearing upon the pur-
pose and aims of the society. This scrap
book has already grown
to several volumes and will prove of
incalculable interest and
value to persons desiring data which
only the current newspapers
gather and record.
QUARTERS FOR THE SOCIETY.
More than ever must the Secretary urge
the great necessity
of the society for adequate quarters for
the placing and preser-
vation of its property, and facilities
for its work. The society
is very much hampered by its lack of a
"local habitation." The
archaeological collections of the
society are now located in Orton
building of the Ohio State University,
upon the second or gal-
428 Ohio Arch. and His. Society Publications.
lery floor of the museum, where the
University authorities have
generously accorded us such space as
they can spare. Much of
our property is packed in boxes in the
basement rooms of the
same building, and in the office of the
Treasurer. The State
of Ohio cannot afford to ignore the
wants of the Historical and
Archaeological Society in this matter.
As has been suggested
elsewhere in this report, the State
Library Commission have
offered us an alcove in the State
Library, which we may occupy
until permanent quarters are accorded
us, and it is fully expected
that when the new addition to the State
House is built, ample
quarters for our exclusive use will be
provided in some excellent
portion of the present building. Many
valuable donations of
books, documents and specimen
collections are only waiting to
come into the possession of the society
when it has proper and
safe quarters in which to preserve them.
The society has grown
in the value and extent of its work and
in reputation until it is
recognized as being in the front rank of
similar State societies,
and our great State cannot do otherwise
than liberally promote
its progress. No State surpasses Ohio
for wealth of material
in the line of Archaeology, Biography,
and History. The Ohio
State Archaeological and Historical
Society is the only State
agency for the collecting and preserving
of this wealth. It
should be afforded every means and
facility required for the full
accomplishment of its purpose.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion the Secretary wishes to
express the apprecia-
tion of the society for the interest and
aid accorded us by Gover-
nor Bushnell and all State officials
with whom the society has
come in contact. And personally the
Secretary wishes to thank
the trustees and especially the
Executive Committee for their
uniform kindness and courtesy to him.
Acknowledgment is also due Dr. Edward
Orton who has
ever been a warm and valuable friend of
the society, and for
whose aid and advice the Secretary is
deeply indebted.
Respectfully submitted,
E. O. RANDALL, Secretary.
Columbus, Ohio, February, 1898.
Thirteenth Annual Report 429
TREASURER'S REPORT.
FEBRUARY 1, 1897, TO FEBRUARY 1,
1898.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in treasury, February 1, 1897 ....
................... $ 235 52
From State Treasury:
Current expenses ...
.. ............................. 2,089 40
Publications ........ .. ......... ........... 887
85
Care Ft.
Ancient ...... .. ..... .................. 500 00
Field work................. .................... 1,029 32
From Active members ................................. 114 00
" Life
memberships ................................. 272
00
" Interest
.................. .......................... 36
95
" Subscriptions
............... ..
....... ..... 12 50
" Rent
................... ................... 112 47
Total receipts .............. .................... $ 5,290 01
EXPENDITURES.
Job printing.
......... .... .... ...... .........
...... $ 26 25
Care Ft. Ancient ................... .................... 490 25
Expenses of Trustees ............... ......
................. 51 24
Salaries ....
....... .... .............. .................... 1,426 66
Publications
............................................... 886 35
Field work
..... ........ .. ....... ..... ................ 1,030 32
Permanent fund
.................. .................... .... 597 10
Postage
............................................... 64 42
Office expenses ........... ............ . ...........
..... 100 00
Lecture Robert Stanton ........... ...................... 25 00
Press clippings
...................................
... .. .. 2 16
Stationery and supplies. ................................... 21 45
Express and telegrams ...................... ..... ....... 13 67
Incidentals
...... ......
.................................. 5 50
Balance in treasury, February 1, 1898
........................ 549
64
Total expenditures ......... ...................... $
5,290 01
S. S. RICKLY, Treasurer.