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tnt kinds ; and Judge Manro, seeing the appearance of a well, 

 viz., a hole ten feet deep and the earth considerably caved 

 in, he dug three and a half feet deep, and came to a parcel 

 of flints, below which he found a great quantity of human 

 l)ones, which pulverized on exposure to the air. This is 

 strong evidence of the destruction of an ancient settlement. 

 The disposal of the dead was unquestionably made by an 

 invading enemy. 



I also observed, on Bough ton's hiil, in Ontario county, where a 

 bloody battle is said to have been fought, black spots of mould 

 at regular intervals, and yellow clay between. The most east- 

 erly fortification yet discovered in this region, is about eighteen 

 miles east of Manlius Square, with the exception of the one in 

 Oxford, Chenango county, hereafter mentioned. To the north 

 they have been discovered as far as Sandy Creek, about fourteen 

 miles from Sacket's Harbour ; near that place there is one that 

 covers fifty acres, and that contains numerous fragments of 

 pottery. To the west there are great numbers. There is a large 

 one in the town of Onondaga, one in Scipio, two near Auburn, 

 three near Canandaigua, and several between Seneca and 

 Cayuga lakes, there being three within a few miles of each 

 other. 



The fort before referred to, as being in Oxford, is on the 

 oast bank of the Chenango river, in the centre of the present 

 village, which is on both sides of the river. There is 

 a piece of land containing between two 

 and three acres, which is about thirty feet 

 higher than the adjoining flat lands round it. 

 This rise of land lies along the river bank 

 about fifty rods, and at the south-westerly end 

 this fort was situated. It contained about 

 three roods of ground, and on the river the 

 line was nearly straight, and the bank almost 

 perpendicular. The figure nearly like the 

 annexed wood-cut. 



At the places north and south, marked for gates, there were 

 two spaces of about ten feet cacli where the ground has not been 



