Primitive man in Ohio / by Warren K. Moorehead.

  • Moorehead, Warren K. (Warren King), 1866-1939.
Date:
1892
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Primitive man in Ohio / by Warren K. Moorehead. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER XII. EXCAVATIONS NEAR CHILLICOTHE. The beautiful scenery iu the immediate vicinity of this city lias called forth expressions of admira- tion from travellers who are familiar with the noted landscapes of the world. Almost every feature essential to natural beauty is to be found within a few miles. The views from the rugged hills, some of them nearly seven hundred feet in height above the streams that flow at their base, are equal to many that have been celebrated in song and stoiy, or transferred to the canvas of the painter.. The broad level valleys that stretch to the limits of vision along the sparkling waters of the Scioto River and its main tributary which joins it near here ex- ceed in fertility even the famous “Blue Grass” region of Kentucky. It is not, then, a matter of surprise, but is rather only what we should expect, to find this favored region the chosen abode of the race who built the great earthworks in the three sister States whose cor- ners meet at the point near which so many streams pay their tribute to the Ohio. These unknown peo- ple were thus afforded facilities for easy transit from place to place within the region over which they held dominion.