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Title: The mound builders : being an account of a remarkable people that once inhabited the valleys of the Ohio and Mississippi, together with an investigation into the archæology of Butler County, O.
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson), 1848-1939
Subjects: Mound-builders
Publisher: Cincinnati : Robert Clarke & Co.
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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has a round ball in the center, fromwhich start out two arms. These arms or points wereevidently intended to be of the same length. A flaw inthe stone caused the workman to shorten one arm, andthus bring it to a point, not abruptly, but by a gradualtaper. Several of these have been found in the State.Their use is unknown. AVe have an excellent illustration of five varieties ofbadges in Fig. 45, composed of striped green slate.They were found in Liberty and Lemon Townships. Inthe upper right hand corner we have the butter-fly badge.Opposite it is a double crescent with the bore throughthe center. Some have maintained that the doublecrescent was used by the individual who ranked higherthan the one who wore the single crescent. The doublecrescent, in the center of the picture, is supposed to havebeen worn by persons of the highest rank. Howevertrue this may be no one knows. Two other badges aregiven in the lower part of the picture. These illustrations do not represent all the varieties
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Fig. 45.—Badges of Authority.—In Cabinet of R. T. Shepherd. DNION TOWNSHIP. 171 which have been fouud, by any means. In treating ofthe earth-works it lias been thought best to take up eachtownship separately. III. UNION TOWNSHIP.(From a survey by W. H. Harr and J. P. MacLean.) Union Township is situated in the southeastern cornerof tlie county The southeastern ))art of the townshipis rather rugged, and all the territory is rolling, Avith theexception of certain lands bordering on the east andwest forks of Mill Creek. This level or low land hasreceived the name of Cream Valley, owing to its fertility.For many years no special attention has been paid tothe ancient structures of the township. These enclosureshave been noted. The one of most importance is thatlocated on section fourteen, on the farm of the heirs of D.S. Irwin, (marked A on the map). As shown in the en-graving, it consists of a group of works. The mainwork is a rectangle two hundred and twenty feet long by

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