Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-07-13

which were located in Northampton,
were little lower down than the
Mingoes. This map, made at the time
the Indians were at their several To-
cations, fixes the Mingoes in Bath; the
Tawas in Northampton. The Wyan-
dots, Potawatomies, Senecas, Mo-
hawks, and other tribes hunted on the
Cuyahoga, but had no village on the
river. AS would be expected, the
boundary between SO many nations be-
| came the theatre of war, and forts,
breastworks, and entrenchments, on
both sides of the river give evidence
of high state of military science and
of oft repeated conflicts.
Directly east of William Hale's
house on lot eleven, is a high ridge
about hundred rods long, terminal
ing on the north and south ends in a
perpendicular bank. On the north end
of this ridge, are the remains of fort
fifteen rods in circumference, with
/ bastions, curtains, and every other
part that chalacterizes scientific for
tification at the present day. 1t was
so located as to control or defend the
Mingo town, when there, being about
quarter of a mile from it. and from
thirty to fifty feet above it.
About a quarter of a mile northeast
of this fort is another of the same
form, and size, but on ground about
ten feet lower down. This last is on a
plateau of about a half mile in width
terminating, towards the river, very
abruptly 1t is covered over, as are
the walls and interior of that fort
with trees of the largest growth. The
curtains, bastions, and indeed the
, whole outline is easily traced as the
walls are generally from two to three
feet high.
About half a mile east Of this for
Is a large number of mounds, from
ten to twenty feet diameter, and from
three to ten feet high. These, too
with aynanfiAr xryitl
large trees, and must have existed fo
: centuries.
A little to the southeast of thes'
| mounds is another fort, of the sam,
4 size and form as the others, eXcep
i, 1t has double wall towards the river
, as is represented in the annexed
figure:
1t is in the southeast corner of 10
5 eleven in Bath. The main work 1
u exactly like the others in size ant
/, form. The river is now nearly a mil
!, distant, though 1t Is apparent that
once ran at the foot of the hill som
twenty feet below the fort
. About mile from this fort, on tn
J. opposite side of the river, and littl
It further up, is another fort, on tn
% river bottom, in Northampton. Thi
:. last fortification, is much larger tina
either of those on the Bath side of til
. river. This containing, probably. a
It acre and a half. AS II is cultivate
It field, the plow is fast destroying thi
If relic of antiquity.
70 A short distance on the north of tn
mounds, and about mile south q
the north line Of Northampton, Is
T. very singular fortifcation. Hale's ru
s. comes in from the west, and Furnac
y run from the northwest cutting dee
10 channels. At point where the bank
=. are a hundred feet high they CON
so near each other as to form a slid
u ing ridge, so narrow that but or
g. person can pass 1t at time. The
o. then diverge and the bank betwee
:. them gradually widens for 1870 roc
,u where the plat Is between three an
four rods wide. terminating on ii
- north end, as well as on the sides
IN perpendicular slide banks. which Z
e. one can ascend. Near the north en-
s, are four holes, about ten feet apar