The masterpieces of the Ohio mound builders : the hilltop fortifications, including Fort Ancient / by E.O. Randall.

  • E. O. Randall
Date:
1916
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Credit: The masterpieces of the Ohio mound builders : the hilltop fortifications, including Fort Ancient / by E.O. Randall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    interesting and scholarly description of the Fort. In relating his investigations of the pavement he in¬ dulges in a pleasing fancy over the scene suggested by the stone floor and its accompanying parallel walls. “Imagination was not slow to conjecture up the scene which was once doubtless familiar to the dwellers at Fort Ancient. A train of worshipers, led by priests clad in their sacred robes, and Roadway Approaching Entrance to Middle Fort. bearing aloft the holy utensils, pass in the early morning, ere yet the mists have risen in the valley helow, along the gently swelling ridge on which the ancient roadway lies. They near the mound, and a solemn stillness succeeds their chanting songs; the priests ascend the hill of sacrifice and prepare the sacred fire. Now the first beams of the rising sun shoot up athwart the ruddy sky, gild¬ ing the topmost bough of the trees. The holy flame is kindled, a curling wreath of smoke arises to greet the coming god; the trem¬ ulous hush which was upon all nature breaks into vocal joy, and
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