[ BOURINOT ] DUNDURN AND BURLINGTON ‘HEIGHTS EZ. 
TINATONA. 
Note 4, page 4. 
Mr. J. H. Smith in his ‘ Historical Sketch of the County of Wentworth,” 
p. 31, gives a valuable review of sites of old Indian villages discovered in 
Wentworth. ‘“ About a mile east of Westover,’ he says, “in the 6th Con- 
cession of Beverley, is the site of one of the most important of these Indian 
towns. No traces, however, of the remains of any palisade have been found ; 
from which fact we would infer that it had not been fortified. On an adjoin- 
ing hill a number of burial pits have been discovered. These have been very 
thoroughly searched, and many valuable relics obtained. General John S. 
Clarke, of Auburn, New York, a distinguished student of Indian history, 
identifies this place as the Indian town of Tinatona, celebrated as the meet- 
ing-place of La Salle and Joliet in 1669.” 
ROBERT LAND AND RICHARD BEASLEY. 
Note 5, page 5. 
An interesting sketch of the life of ‘“‘ Robert Land, the U.E. Loyalist ” 
is given in a pamphlet entitled ‘Souvenir Book and Programme for Military 
Encampment, given by the Ladies’ Committee of the Wentworth Historical 
Society, November, 1895.’’ This sketch is written by J. H. Land, a descen- 
dant of the Loyalist pioneer at ‘ the head of the lake.” 
“ About the yeaar 1785,” says Mr. J. H. Smith (‘ Historical Sketch of the 
County of Wentworth,” p. 48), ‘‘ Mr. Richard Beasley, who carried on quite 
an extensive trade with the Indians, laid claim to the land where Dundurn 
Park is now situated. He also pre-empted the adjoining property, known as 
Beasley’s Hollow, and afterwards erected a mill on the stream flowing into 
Coote’s Paradise. On his monument in the churchyard of Christ Church 
Cathedral, Hamilton, the following inscription is found: ‘In memory of 
Richard Beasley, Esquire, who departed this life on the 16th day of February, 
1842, aged 80 years and 7 months—the first settler at the Head of the Lake.’ ” 
Mr. Smith adds that Mr. Robert Land “‘was certainly among the very earliest 
settlers at the ‘head of the lake —if not actually the first.” Mr. Smith in 
his interesting essays mentions the names of other pioneers in Wentworth. 
ORIGIN OF THE NAMES OF BARTON AND HAMILTON. 
Note 6, page 5. 
Mr. Herbert Fairbairn Gardiner, M.A., in his interesting book, “ Nothing 
but Names: An Inquiry into the Origin of the Names of the Counties and 
Townships of Ontario ” (Toronto, 1899), tells us that ‘‘ George Hamilton, in 
1813, divided a portion of his farm, lot 15 in the third Concession of Barton, 
into building lots, and his surname was given to the village thus brought 
into being.” The name of Barton—the township in which Hamilton is situ- 
ated—“ is copied from a town in Lincolnshire, England, because the Canadian 
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