New-York tribune., 1901-09-01
RELICS OF HOUND BUILDERS.
MANY SKELETONS AND ORNAMENTS FOUND
IN THE ADENA MOUND IN OHIO.


ChiIlicothe. Ohio. Aug. . CspeciaD.-The work OF
opening the great Adena mound. Just north OF this
city, has Just been completed by Dr. W. @ KILLS
working under the auspices of the State His
torical and Archaeological Society and IL has been
done in manner thorough that not a spadefuI
OF the original mound remains The magnitude OF
this task which has occupied a force OF laborers
all summer. viii be understood when il is stated
that the mound originally rwenty-six feet IN
height and 115 feet in diameter. But the work
rich in results. a total OF twenty-four skeletons
having been exhumed together with numherIess
implements and ornaments of rare workmanship
Perhaps the most interesting find in the entire
mound almost at the exact centre OF ths
base Here carefully constructed mausoIeum OF
logs was found. and in it adult skeleton in a
fine state of preservation This was evidently the
chieftain. In whose honor the mound was begun.
for with the skeleton were found string OF beads
heads OF slate and horn. and remarkable pipe,
eight inches IN Iensth and PeaatlIuLy carved:
none elaborate this
Two other large mausoleu4s had been con-
structed on the base line a short distance from
the centre In one OF these was found the body OF
had been wrapped bands OF cloth. much OF which
wound sheet after sheet OF birchbarlr held in piacs
by splints OF wood The floor OF this mausOleum
was 4 layer of black sand. which had been tamped
about fve feet and a half ir height Eeretofors
pieces OF cloth woven by the mound builders were
rare. but from the Adena mound Dr. Mills has Sc
cured some hundreds OF pieces in a fine state OF
preservation The fabric is OF two textures. one
or about the hneness OF coarse cotton cloth, and
the other resembling burap- About this vault
barrcade had been built originally. and the holes
made by the posts were still plainly visible
The third mausOleum N-Shaped and In this
adult skeleton found II had its
a number of bracelets of beaten copper Lying
the bones a long. narrow gOrset held 20
the arm BY one of the bracelets With II
large quantity OF pe9rls. many Of them large
peas. y fourth mauSOleum found made OF
logs foot in diameter. but nothing was found In
IL except one spear head
All Of the other skeletons were found either
strata Most OF them had been protected by a
covering Of logs, and were in excellent condition
Some few had been put in hurriedly. though
brought from distance and Crumbled as soon ass
the air struck them With nearly all of them were
found beads copper ornaments. pearls sOrgeus
spear heads and arrow heads. so that the total
collection secured from the mound is one OF tha
richest and most varied found in the state
This Is the last of the big mounds in this neigh
bodhoOd that had been left undisturbed II was
originally on the estate purchased a hundred years
he nor his descendants would ever permit IL 10 be
disturbed Recently, however, IL passed out OF the
familys hands. and It's exploration was at once
arranged Tor by DR.. Mills This practically com
pletes the story OF the mound builders far as IL
can be discovered In this State. and archeoOQisrs
Will now have 10 turn their attention to rhe
mounds IN Illinois and Indiana and down the val
ley OF the Mississippi