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[[strikethrough]] crosses. This [/strikethrough]] ^[[at the]] crossing [[strikethrough]] is [[/strikethrough]] known as "Paint Creek Post Office," kept by Mr. Henry Hope, the owner of a large collection of Indian objects. [[strikethrough]] We were here in the [[/strikethrough]] ^[[This]] neighborhood [[strickethrough]] which [[/strikethrough]] must have contained a dense population of Indians and Mound-builders, whether at the same period of time or not, is not suggested. From Chillicothe to Bainbridge, a distance of 19 miles, we counted from the carriage as we passed over the road, 30 mounds ^[[,]] earthworks and other prehistoric monuments, some of which are of great size and strength.

We went from Bainbridge, the morning of July 4th, by carriage to Paint Creek Post Office, thence proceeding on foot to the caves, 3/4 of a mile farther up. Crossing Rock Creek to the north side, we mounted the hill until nearly the top and found a continuous stratum of limestone running an indefinite distance up the Creek, the end of which we did not seek. This stratum [[strikethrough]] was filled with [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Contained]] the caves which I had come such a distance to visit. The deepness of the gorge, the massive thickness of the rock, with the wierd and fantastic carvings or errosions which the stream has made therein, the picturesque solitude of the place, together with its beauty and