RELICS IN POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK. 



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Fox's Point. This was reported to the writer by Mr. E. W. Frazer, the 

 foreman, who very kindly afforded every assistance in his power to make 

 an examination of this part of the sand bed. The deposit of sand is over- 

 laid by earth, which is generally about 1 foot deep. The stratum of sand 

 varies from a feAv inches to 4 or 5 feet in depth. On top of this sand, 

 directly below the soil, the larger part of the stone implements were 

 found. At the place on Fox's Point, marked on the map with three 



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Graves and relic sites in Poughkeepsie, New York. 



Greek crosses, the skeletons were dug up. The ground here is a few 

 feet above the level of the Hudson River Railroad. Enough skulls and 

 fragments of skulls were dug up to permit the supposition that six 

 bodies had been buried here. These bones were found at depths vary- 

 ing from 1 foot to 3 feet below the surface. Of four bodies there re- 

 mained nothing but parts of the skulls, a few teeth, and fragments of 

 ribs. Of another body there were leg bones, fragments of ribs, finger 

 bones, vertebrae, and a nearly complete skull, including the lower jaw. 

 This skeleton lay on its right side, with the knees drawn up to the chin. 

 Of another body there were a few vertebrae and finger bones, and a 

 nearly complete skull, including the lower jaw. This skull rested on 



