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the ancient works where Circleville now stands, and from the mound there, were taken a few scattered human bones, a branch of a deer's horn, and a piece of earthen-ware containing muscle shells. At the distance of 500 feet from this pyramid, in the direction of north eight east, there is another, nine feet high, of a circular figure, nearly flat at the top. In it were found some human skeletons, and a handful of copper beads, which had been strung on a cravat of lint. There is another mound at the intersection of Third & Main Streets; whatever it contained was deposited a small distance below a stratum of loam which is common to the town. The first artificial layer was gravel, considerably raised in the middle; the next, composed of large pebbles, was convex and of a uniform thickness; the last consisted of loam and soil. The strata were entire, & must have been formed after the deposites in the tumulus were completed. Amongst other articles were these: A bone ornamented with several carved lines: the sculpture representation of the head or beak of a rapacious bird, perhaps an eagle; a quantity of isinglass; a small oval piece of sheet copper with two perforations; a large oval piece of some metal with longitudinal grooves or ridges; a number of beads of lime or shell; the teeth of a carniverous animal, probably those of a bear; seven large