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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-30

ilton, all of Hilliard, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bob Davis, Walter Latham, Frank
Roby and Mrs. Ethel Bennett of
Columbus, Mrs. Anna Wilkinson
and Melvin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Windle
spent Sunday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Rollin Sherwood.
The condition of Cheryl Ann
Hostetler at Children's Hospital
shows little change, she is critically
ill.
Virginia Diles was a Friday
overnight guest of Judy Carter.
Mrs. Richard Bowser's grand
mother, Mrs. d. G. Hegel, is spend
ing several weeks at the Bowser
home.
Folks are curious about a Dodge
car, with a dealers license, which
was parked in the lane at Alvin E.
Beachy's from Tuesday morning
until Saturday night when the
sheriff had it removed. They had
no report of a stolen car.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Walker, Mr..
and Mrs. Rollin Sherwood spent
Friday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Neal Sherwood.
Sophomore Glass of Canaan
School will sponsor a food sale
Saturday at Tedrick's Hardware
Store in Plain City and Downard's
Cleaners at West Jefferson. If any
one has donations call 3-3S27, s.
1881 on Plain City Exchange.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Oliver and
Mrs. Alice Burkitt of Centerburg,
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Elton Roby
on Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Ruth Bowser, Mrs. Anne
Banner, Mrs. Marcelene Slyh, Mrs.
Donna Beachey, and Mrs. Louise
Converse attended the State Child
Evangelism Conference in Colum-
bus on Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Meeker and
family were dinner guests Sunday
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Phillips in
/ London.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-30
CANAAN twp.
Community News
MARTHA Ro1V Reporter
BIG DARBY BAPTIST cHuRcH

BIZ OAH6I bNF 10 IHOhSf
Sunday School Gas am.
Junior Church 1920 am.
Worship Service 1890 am.
Birthdays Mrs. Lotus Gordon
Jimmy Converse, Billy Hammond
Six-months attendance pins were
presented Mr.. and Mrs. AL Farm
wald and Debbie, and Alvir
Beachy.
Homecoming and Rally Day viii
be Sunday, October 2. Basket din
ner at noon.
Mrs. E. B. Converse attended
the Farm Bureau Women's Rally
at Springfield Thursday. Mrs. Wy
cker, Women's head of National
Council of Churches was the
speaker.
Ed Burnside is i'll at his home
following a heart attack Thursday
morning. Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Bugg
and family of Redwood have been
spending some time at the Burn
side home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence French
of near London spent Sunday eve
ming with Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Camp
bell.
Mrs. Della Stawser, Mrs. Maude
Slyh and Louise were Sunday call
ers of Mrs. S. P. Carpenter.
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Wilson were Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Lowry and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Wilson of
Marysville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Nunamaker
entertained their Farm Bureau
Council Sunday evening.
Mrs. Emil Carter of Greenfield
and Mrs. c. M. Carter of West
jefferson called on Mr.. and Mrs.
Hayes Carter and family Saturday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elton Roby called
on Mrs. D. F. Coonfare at Center
burg Tuesday. Her husband passed
away early Sunday
NlI IAO1l1ll NOIlCl "OON4, wi - ANSCll
Sherwood, Mrs. Mary Roby and
Mrs. Elton Roby called on Mrs.
Charles Bidwen Thursday after
noon.
The seventh grade of Canaan
School had a wiener roast at the
home of Donna Lowry Thursday
evening. They were chaperoned by
their home room teacher, Mrs.
Holab.
E. B. Converse attended a Farm
Bureau cabinet meeting Tuesday
in Springfield.
Harry Weeks returned home
from Grant Hospital Thursday.
His condition is much improved.
Callers over the weekend were
Johnny Hiltburner, Charles Bid
well, Bud Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Myers, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Ham
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-30
Date Changed For
Homemakers Club

The plans for the October 4
meeting of the Canaan Homemak-
ers Club have been changed so that
there will be an afternoon meeting
at the church Oct. a at 1:30 which
will be a preview demonstration of
Textile Painting by the project
leaders. They are Mrs. Mary Roby
and Mrs. Ben Straley. Orders for
the necessary materials will be
Mrs. Rollin Sherwood and Mrs. Lee
taken and a work-day determined.
Campbell are the hostesseS.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-30

Ohio, passed on the 2nd day of Au-
gust, 1855, there will be submitted
to vote of the people of said Pike
township at a GENERAL ELEC-
TION to be held in the county of
Madison. Ohio, at the regular places
of voting therein, on Tuesday, the
Sth day of November, 1855, the ques-
tion of levying, in excess OF the ten
mill limitation, for the benefit of
Pike township for the purpose of
Fire Protection
Said tax being: renewal of 7/10
mill for four years at rate not ex-
ceeding 10 mills for each one dollar
of valuation, which amounts to sev-
en- cents (s.07) for each one hundred
dollars OF valuation, for years.
The Polls for said Election will be
open at $40 o'clock AN. and remain
open until $50 o'clock Pm. Eastern
Standard Time of said day.
By order of the Board of Elections
of Madison County. Ohio.
Horace II. Hume, Chairman
Gertrude ID. Gist, Clerk
Sept. % 90 Oct. 13
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-30
NOTICE

NOTICE
John +. Brown and William l..
Brown, surviving partners, hereby
give notice that they have purchas-
ed the firm assets of Browns Tin
Shop from the estate of Joe Brown,
a deceased partner, and given bond
as provided by law.
Creditors of said former partner
ship are required to present their
claims to either of them at London,
Ohio, as surviving partners, with
satisfactory vouchers in support
thereof. and an affidavit of the clai-
mant that the claim is justly due,
that no payments have been made
thereon, and that. to the creditor s
knowledge there are no set-offs
against il. Such claims must be filed
within one year from the publica-
tion of this notice or be forever bar
red.
John F. Brown
William l.. Brown
BY Jackman e. Nichols
their attorneys
Sept. 16 % 80
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-30
Operating Expense

Said tax being: a renewal OF an
existing levy of 4.40 mills to run for
years at a rate not exceeding 440
mills for each one dollar of valua-
tion, which amounts to Al cents
$40 for each one hundred dollars
of valuation. for five years.
The Polls for said Election will be
open at $50 o'clock AN. and remain
open until $3.50 o'clock PM. Eastern
Standard Time of said day.
BY order of the Board of Elections
OF Madison County. Ohio.
Horace III. Hume, Chairman
Gertrude ID. Gist. Clerk
Sept. % 30 Oct. 13
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-30
NOTICE OF ELECTION ON
TAX LEVY IN EXCESS OF
THE TEN MILL
LIMITATION


NOTICE Is hereby given that In
pursuance of a Resolution of the
Board of County Commissioners of
the county of Madison, Ohio. passed
on the 1st day of August, 1855, there
will be submitted to a vote of the
GENERAL ELECTION to be held in
the county of Madison, Ohio, at the
regular places of voting therein. on
Tuesday, the Sth day of November
1855. the question of levying, in ex-
cess of the ten mill limitation. ar
Madison county for the purpose OF
Providing the Madison CO.
Agricultural Society With
Funds to Perform Certain
Designated improvements:
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-30
Legal Notices
LO0dI NVtIUCO
NOTICE OF ELECTION ON
TAX LEVY IN EXCESS OF
THE TEN MILL
LIMITATION

NOTICE is hereby given that In
pursuance of a Resolution of the
Board of Education of the Madison
South Local School District, Madison
county, Ohio, passed on the 22nd day
of June, 1855. there will be submit
ted to a vote of the people of said
Madison South Local School District
at a GENERAL ELECTION to be
at the regular places of voting there
in, on Tuesday. the Sth day of No.
vember, 1855, the question of levy
ing, in excess of the ten mill 1imita-
tion, for the benefit of Madison
South Local School District for the
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-30
Providing Fire Protection

in said districts to provide and
maintain fire apparatus and appIi-
ances, buildings and sites for appar-
atus and appliances, sources of
water supply.
Said tax being: an additional one
mill for three years at a rate not ex-
ceeding ] mills for each one dollar
Of valuation. which amounts to ten
cents s.10) for each one hundred
dollars OF valuation. for three years
The Polls for said Election will be
open at $3.50 o'clock AM. and remain
open until $50 o'clock Pm. Eastern
Standard Time of said day.
BY order of the Board of Elections
of Madison County. Ohio.
Horace III. Hume, Chairman
Gertrude ID. Gist, Clerk
Sept % % Oct. 13
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-30
NOTICE OF ELECTION ON
TAX LEVY IN EXCESS OF
THE TEN MILL
LIMITATION

NOTICE is hereby given that In
pursuance of Resolution of the
Council of the village of South Solon
and the trustees of Stokes township,
Ohio. passed on the 18th day OF July.
1855, there will be submitted TO a
vote of the people of said village of
South Solon and Stokes township at
a GENERAL ELECTION to be held
in the county of Madison, Ohio, at
the regular places OF voting therein,
on Tuesday, the Sth day of Novem-
ber 1865, the question of levying, in
excess of the ten mill limitation, for
the benefit of village of South Solon
and Stokes township for the purpose
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-30

The first cargo of iron ore which
passed through the Sault Ste. Ma
RE canal was 1872 tons carried by
the brig Columbia in 1855.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-30

Real thinkers forget about them
selves in thinking.
Max Wertheimer
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-30
NOTICE OF ELECTION ON
TAX LEVY IN EXCESS OF
THE TEN MILL
LIMITATION

NOTICE Is hereby given that in
pursuance of a Resolution of the
Board of Education, London City
School District OF the county of
Madison. Ohio, passed on the Sth day
of July, 1855, there will be submit
ted to vote of the people of said
London City School District at q
GENERAL ELECTION to be held
in the county of Madison, Ohio. at
the regular places or voting therein,
on Tuesday. the Sth day of Novem-
ber. 1855, the question of levying, in
excess of the ten mill limitation. for
the benefit OF London City School
District for the purpose Of
Current Expenses
Said tax being: a renewal of 2.10
mills for five years at a rate not
exceeding 2.10 mills for each one
dollar OF valuation. which amounts
to twenty-one cents (S.2D for each
one hundred dollars Of valuation, for
five (5) years.
The Polls for said Election will he
open at $3.50 o'clock AM. and remain
open until $50 o'clock PM. Eastern
Standard Time of said day.
BY order of the Board of Elections
OF Madison County. Ohio.
Horace II. Hume Chairman
Gertrude ID. Gist, Clerk
Sept. % 29 Oct. 13
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-30

Mr.. Ed Shy Jr. and daughters, An.
ita Mae and Betty.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-09-30

Saves up 70 one out of
every three gallons of
oil normally burned in
an ordinary heater.
SuperAame pays for il.
self with the exclusive
"Fuel.Saver."
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-03-29
CT A s SIFIED S
FOR RENT

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TWO BEDROOM HOUSE. n.cr
location IL Jackson Heights. TN
furnished except for oil heater.
Yene'san blinds. Cali tim after
g . M 3~25-tf
4
APART MINT 4 rooms. bath
and heat furnished. Gail S57
3~25-
APARTMENT Furnished OAK
street, couple Contact Eunlce
hliea 3l0l second Ave Rsca-
fnoild Phone 3-8I40 9-2e- 3p
APARTMENT EeWly decor at d
400 Second Avenue See J w
FfetHeii 1922
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-03-29
IN MEMORIAM

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5SEAD-fn LOVING memory Of our
dear husband and father Nathan
l. snead. vito passed away t0o
years ago today, March g. 1888
Today brings fresh memories
OF loved ore gone to rest
You VII never be forgotten
BY the ones Vho loved you best.
HIS degpted wafd and children
3-29-lp
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-03-29
FOR SALE

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FARM Lively country home WIKI
rooms, modern bath. modern
sitchen wired for electric range
garage 65 acres. some timber
Five miles north Of Blackstone
on Route GA Priced to sell Mi
ana Mrs. Donald / Kreider Rt
3 BOX 10 Blackstone. va 3-22-4t
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-03-29
FOR SALE

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COMBINE International 20 with
motor Johnson Brothers Pres
pr, Va. 3-15z.
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PLANTS Pansy plants. giants .u
Gloom Collins. Florist. Paoro 1871
1925 81
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SEED Reclaimed lcspedeza
Glen Easter. Farmville. phone
2d29N 2-25-2p
TRACTOR-Olyer II with by
dnaullc log cart, good condition
r. G. GOODWIN planning Mill
Powhatan, Va Phone 4422. 3-25-1
SEWING MACHINE one New
Singer electric portable sewing
machine $40 down and 81 36 per
month Singer SEWING Center
Main st Farmvi)le Va 3-2a-i
USED PIANOS one real ulce up-
right mahogany case. reftnlshed
This Is a self-player piano one
mall upright Both recoudjuoned
1y Fled Lynn Hodges q Dovdy
Furniture 60 3-29-lp
NICE USED walnut bedroom
suite HODGES IL D0Vdy Furniture
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-03-29
FOR SALE

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HAY FOR SALE. lespedeza, al
!alta and clover Boatvrlaht 3
orchard Et ia Sucking nam
County phone D4i.Wyn loFV1I
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e.l4o-ee cottage ana nome SITES
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800, e3a .i5,i 20, $3.50 W sly ~ io's -" ).
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INSTRUCTION


Learn 10 beauty operator III
Three months. cost only S85 90
Easy payment plan Of IS 90 per
peek Students taken from is to
e5 No high school diploma nects-
aaly One Of the South's largest
schools. The NayfaIr College Of
Beauty Culture. Lynchourg va
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-03-29
FOR SALE

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fE'W BRICK HOME-3 bed
oonS. two baths. living room.
lining room, kitchen On Fourth
4genue extended. Call $50 or i54
S-27-tf
49, -~--~~~ ---~~
DWELLING s room house on
Parke avenue. 5 years old See
L r Andrews. Farmyille Mfg
Co, FarmTille 2-4-tf
MAINE GROWN certified Seed
potatoes. Our prices viii not b.
beat. Cralles Store. 3-4-3p
INSURANCE disqualification. ar
cldent. disability. polio policies
Anne v Putney. Phone 4ea
3-8-3tp
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-03-29

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DIICHINC iet - dig your
bitches septic tanks. etc by ma
chine. especially desfQned for that
purpose Rural work solicited
Putney Plumbing and Heating
Phone sa2. Farnville. Va. 4-2l-tf
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-03-29
HELP WANTED

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WHITE COUPLE-0I single man.
fol- caretaker and gardener 10 oc-
cupy cottage with electricity and
running water alt Recess Farm on
U S Route ISL four niles south
Of Fork Union III Fluvanna coun-
1T Write advising experience and
references. if you call write be
forohand glylna time Of expect
VA arrival. r b Campbell RE-
cess Farm Breno Bluff Fluyan-
ma County. Va. 3-25-2t
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WAITRESS Il COOKS Nhite
only Apply oNe.ls Diner 307
North Main Street Farmulle
3-39-2t
WOMAN ID do homework live
on. write Or CAN r Z. Allison
Powhatan. va Phone 1882 3-29-I
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FOR RENT


APARTMENT two large rooms
three blocks from Man street.
$50 per month, Landon Atkins.
Reaitor. Farmville. phone Boom
or 7s2 3-lI-tf
APARTMENT 4 rooms. bath s35
month. Harry Pe&rioge. College
Ehoppe 3-la-Sp
1870
APARTMENT 8 rooms. unfuJ-
nLShed e0z OAK Street. Phone
Farmviile l53 3-22-tf
9 ROOM DWELLING 81 il5 =
Virginia 81. ss5 month LanGon
Atkins. Eealtor. Tarmv.lie W.
3-25-tf
APARTMENT three rooms and
bath first floor Phone 457
3-z5-4p
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CORN OR GRASS land n4af
Farrnyilie Liberal terms. J M
Granger. Route 3. Germantown
I'D. 3-29-2t
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-03-29
SERVICES

LOANS long term loans on good
farms. Gil and Fla home loans
Real estate sales. Old Belt Realty
Company. Chase City. Va 3-4-32t
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TAXI Phone 49, Cradles Cab
under new manageme9st. Depend
able service. all passengers lasur-
I'd. Call re- 3-ll-20p
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For reliable Taxi Service phone
$40 Hugh Wells. more than 20
years II taxi service IN Farmyille
3-18-tf
MORTGAGE LOANS FL Homes,
business buildings. hotels motels
Qack actlcn write Or phone Max
c Rupe Radford, Va 325-3tp
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-10-13

ing for about 100 years in appar-
ent peace and tranquility.
The average age of the Indians
disinterred as evidenced after a
study of the skelatel remains by
anthropologists at the Smithson-
ian, was premature %.
While jerked dried venison
and corn were always stored up
toward fall in enormous quaint
ties, historians and anthropolo-
gists have always insisted that
many, many Indians died for lack
of sufficient food in a land of ap-
parent plenty. Virulent epidemics
of influenza and cholera also took
heavy toll among the Indians
who lived at Sycamore Landing.
1t would be an easy matter for
us to set down for you in minute
detail where fifty historic and pre-
historic camp sites and villages
of the Indian are located. But,
to those of you who might be-
come interested in the Indians
clouded existence, this would be
doing you an injustice.
You should go out and find
them for yourselves!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-10-13

The American Indian, con.
trary to general belief, man.
ifested little or no interest i'm
precious metals. At Great Falls
(where great quantities of gold.
bearing ore were mined i'm 1861
he would most certainly have
made some kind of an artifact
from this unusual rock.
The nomadic Indian carried in
to this area large cobbles of jas
per, serpentine, seinite, REQ
quartz, black quartz, and ebert
1t is interesting to pick up these
foreign stones and speculate just
where they may have come from
To our knowledge no obsidian
artifacts have ever been found in
Montgomery County. This is a
lava bearing stone with a CLASSY
appearance used extensively by
the Aztecs of Mex Mexico.
Finding a permanent village is
not easy, but if you are lucky
enough to find one, you automat-
ically know that somewhere in
that village there must be a burial
ground. It is comparatively easy
for the experienced Indian relic
hunter to recognize village site
provided it happens to be located
in field under heavy cultivation.
With keen and practiced eye he
diligently searches the washed
burrows for fragmentary pottery,
an unusually large amount of
chips and cobbles together with
slivers of easily recognizable ami
NAL bones. This particular area
may not embrace much more than
an acre.
1t was quite feat for us to
locate the actual village site on
the former Hughes farm at Syca-
more Landing, four miles west of
Seneca, which we were lucky
enough to discover in 1888.
Many hundreds of arrowheads
were first found on the surface,
and this alone gave rise to the
opinion that there must have been
an unusually large habitation
whereabouts. And, of course,
graves.
To locate the graves was to be
a monumental task for the field
in which the artifacts were found
contained 60 acres, every inch of
which had to be infinitely explor-
ed.
An area of approximately an
acre and half was finally settled
upon as the site for the tepees
and huts, for here occurred the
most artifacts, rejectable and
broken material, and here, after
a shower of rain it was easy to
determine that the soil in this
particular area was of darker
texture than at any other place.
This dark earth suggested char
coal and ashes from camp fires
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-10-13

which had been brought to thu
surface by the farmers pillow.
How do you find an Indian
grave after you have narrowed
down a go acre field to an area
of an acre and a half? Well, as
DIR. Wedel of the Smithsonian
once told us, an Indian, is just
where you may happen to find
him. You dig holes, holes like
you would dig for a post. If
you don't find charcoal, animal
bones, deer tines, pottery
sherdS or similar fictile mate
rial, and no human bones be-
fore you reach sub-soil CLAY
you stop digging and start an
other hole.
The indolent Indian would moi
dig through hard pan. He hac
neither the proper tools or the
inclination to do so.
The average depth of the z
burials at the Hughes site was
only two and a half feet, and
what with the recurring floods
of the centuries, and the result
ant covering of bottomland silt
it is highly probable that the In
dian had been buried not much
more than over a foot deep!
No stones were placed atop the
graves. The burials were made
inside of the tepees close by the
firepits where the Indian kept
warm and cooked his food.
These Indians were thought to
be of Algonquin stock, probably
Conoys, the hated enemies of the
powerful and warlike Susquehan
and it was decided that
they had lived at Sycamore Land.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-10-13
Hardy Indians Survived Despite Early County Hardship

er in those days but if there just
happened to be a copious spring
close by, so much the better. So
if we are to find his camp sites
mot his permanent camp we
must look close to water, and
the larger the stream, the better.
After we find the stream we
hunt for plowed field, or a field
in a state of cultivation as close
to the water or spring as posi-
BILE. 1t is quite true, however,
that many Indian camp sites have
been found as far as a mile away
from a stream, but this is the
exception rather than the rule.
1t is virtually impossible to
find any evidence of the Indian
i'm u freshly plOwed field. little
or nothing can be found until
after a heavy dOwnpOur. Then,
when the earth has sufficiently
dried so that one may walk on
it without despOiling the farm
er's field, one searches for
"chips" or "flakes." We must
find the Indians workshop"
If we are to find his artifactS.
"Chips" are sure sign that you
have located possible site.
"Chips" are flakes from the cob
bles (stock) the Indian has gath
cred. They are Clipped with a
"flaking" tool, which is made
from the leg bone of the deer. A
discoidal (hammer) stone was
sometimes used for heavy frac-
turing of the large cobbles.
The "flaking" tool was pressed
at certain "grain" spots on the
uniformed stone, causing the chips
to fly. The Indian knew just
where and how hard to press. 1t
may be noted that the manufac-
ture of projectiles, celts Coma
hawks, grooved axes, ceramic
and stone pipes, banner stones,
pendants, gorgets, beads and vari-
Gus other articles, is a lost art.
A quartz white flint Indian
quarry is located near the vii
lage of Brookeville in northern
Montgomery County. Quartzite
(the color of brown sugar. was
extensively quarried for centuries
at 18th and Piney Branch in Rock
Creek Park. Here, at one time,
could be found huge piles of this
beautiful and easily worked
stone.
The Indian carried it all over
the upper Potomac and there is
no camp site in Montgomery
County which is completely de-
void of it. Ryolite was also u.s.
ed. This beautiful stone is in
digenous to Montgomery County,
and is a dark stone, flecked with
small white spots. Sandstone,
which is profuse from Seneca to
Woods Lock, was usually used
as abraders because of its coarse
ness. 1t had about the same
value to the Indian that modern
sandpaper has to us.
In an emergency, when unable
to obtain more satisfactory mate
rails, the Indian used sandstone
for some of his grooved axes.
Some were two-bitted He used
steatite "a form of soapstone) for
many of his ceremonial stones,
and because of its workability
also utilized it for many of his
vessels used in cooking. (Out-
groupings of soapstone occur in
the general area of Olney and
Sandy SPRING.