MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 651 



63. Eemaiiis of an earthwork, figured by Schoolcraft, are still to be 

 seen on Fort Hill, Auburn. The pipes found here are peculiar. Two 

 other sites have been identified in Auburn, and there were Cayuga 

 settlements on Cayuga Lake, Salmon Creek, and Seneca Eiver, mostly 

 of the historic period. A well-known site is on Frontenac Island. Skel- 

 etons were dug up in Fleming in 1878. West of Cross Lake are sites 

 but partially examined, and yielding coarse implements! Early sites 

 have been found in the southern part of the county. 



ILADISON COUNTY. 



The Tuscarora village of Conaseraga was in this county, as well as 

 some Oneida hamlets and villages. There is said to have been an earth- 

 work at Cazenovia, and there are burial-places near there. The most 

 noted site is at Nichols Pond, on the Mile strip, which is claimed as the 

 stockade attacked by Champlain in 1615. It is a few miles northeast 

 of Cazenovia, and presents strong points of agreement and disagreement 

 with Champlain's picture. It is prehistoric and yields fine relics. 

 There was a fishing vUlage at Bridgeport, and other sites Avill be men- 

 tioned in connection with Pompey. 



ONONDAGA COUNTY. 



Toicn of Clay. — On lot 14, near the Seneca Eiver, was a small \illage 

 and burial-place; and also on lot 16, at Oak Orchard, skeletons, tablets, 

 arrows, pestles, celts, &c., have been found. A fine slate "bird-pipe" 

 was picked up here in 1878; also slate arrows on lot 48, and a sand- 

 stone tube on lot 49. A fine copper celt, weighing 2 pounds 14 ounces, 

 was recently found on lot 22. 



Town of i2/s«wder.— Near Belgium, on lot 82, a fine banner-stone was 

 discovered, and also a fine and curious copper celt in 1878. 



11. A village site exists at Cold Spring, lot 100. Human remains, celts, 

 banner-stones, flint and quartz arrows are most frequent here. A bird 

 totem, unique in form and material, has also been found on this spot. 



10. On lot 89 was an earthwork, inclosing about 2 acres, within two 

 circular ditches. Something like a wall was between these. It was 

 on high ground, and the relics are earthenware, celts, pipes, and slender 

 arrows of flint. 



Two small hamlets were on lots 93 and 94, with similar relics, but 

 coarser arrows; and two others occur on lots 86 and 87 (15), near Float 

 Bridge and Eailroad Bridge. 



16. At Baldwinsville are vestiges of three small hamlets on the north 

 side of the river, one of some size. The relics do not differ from those 

 on neighboring sites. 



17. A village site of two acres, probably once stockaded, occurs on 

 high ground on lot 78. The arrows are slender and pottery fine. 



18. A village site of two acres is on lot 76, where fine drills, celts, 

 arrows, &c., are found, with banner-stones. 



