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raised by the Indians over the bodies of those who met their death by accident, 

 or in the manner of whose death there was something unusual. Dwight, in his 

 Travels, mentions a heap of stones of this description which was raised over the 

 body of a warrior killed by accident, on the old Indian trail between Hartford and 

 Farmington, the seat of the Tunxis Indians, in Connecticut. Traces of a similar 

 heap still exist on the old trail between Schenectady and Cherry Valley in New 

 York, with which a like tradition is connected. They were not raised at once, 

 but were the accumulations of a long period, it being the custom for each warrior 

 as he passed the spot to add a stone to the pile. Hence the general occurrence 

 of these rude monuments near some frequented trail or path. 



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