Relics of Ancient America, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Relics of Ancient America, Vol. 1

At Paint Creek, Ohio, are works of art more wonderful than any yet described, six near each other; one enclosure has three forts containing 17, 27, and 77 acres each, and 14 gateways from one to six rods in width. At the outside of each of these gate ways is an ancient well from 4 to 6 rods in width at the top. Within the large enclosure is an elliptical elevation 2 5 feet high, 100 feet in circumference, and filled with human bones. The elevation is perfectly smooth and level at the top, probably where priests sacrificed human beings before the vast throng which congregated around the mound to witness the bloody rites. New discoveries are constantly being made.

Note - This seems as if the mound builders had raised a mound inside of an old Roman fort, showing that they came subsequently. The Druids atone time offered human sacrifices; that of virgins and widows was well known in India. There are forts, tumuli, mounds, roads, wells and walls, enclosing from one to 500 acres made of stone and earth, 20 feet in thickness and very high - works requiring too much labor for Indians ever to have performed.

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