An illustration of this form of fabric is given by Foster,[3] and
reproduced in Fig. 69.

[Illustration: Fig. 69.--Cloth from a mound, Ohio.]

[Footnote 3: Foster: Prehistoric Times.]

In the same place this author presents another form of cloth shown in my
Fig. 70. In Fig. 71 we have a section of this fabric. These cloths, with
a number of other specimens, were taken from a mound on the west side of
the Great Miama River, Butler County, Ohio. The fabric in both samples
appears to be composed of some material allied to hemp. As his remarks
on these specimens, as well as on the general subject, are quite
interesting, I quote them somewhat at length.

"The separation between the fibre and the wood appears to have been
as thorough and effectual as at this day by the process of rotting and
hackling. The thread, though coarse, is uniform in size, and regularly
spun. Two modes of weaving are recognized: In one, by the alternate
intersection of the warp and woof, and in the other, the weft is wound
once around the warp, a process which could not be accomplished except
by hand. In the illustration the interstices have been enlarged to
show the method of weaving, but in the original the texture was about
the same as that in coarse sail-cloth. In some of the Butler County
specimens there is evidently a fringed border."

[Illustration: Fig. 70.--Cloth from a mound, Ohio.]

[Illustration: Fig. 71.--Section.]