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Show j Think Snake "Worshippers Built Huge Serpent Mound One of the strangest Indian relics rel-ics in America is the Serpent Mound in Adams county, Ohio, 1,300 feet long, 30 feet across in parts, and four to five feet high. The "serpent's" head rests on a rocky platform above a creek and its jaws are opened wide in the act of swallowing an egg. The body curves gracefully, and the tapering tail is wrapped in three tight coils. Its purpose is unknown, though some persons believe that the Indians In-dians who built it must have worshiped wor-shiped snakes. The mound is now a state park. |