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outcrops, and at places there are masses of it now 

 resting upon the side of the cliff that suggest the 

 roofs of just such caves or rock-shelters as I have 

 described. Certainly this is true of the east side 

 of the cave we explored, and what treasures may 

 forever be hidden there ! How I longed to lift the 

 huge rock-masses and peep beneath ! But why 

 worry ? There is many another such place in the 

 valley of the Delaware, and the work of recover- 

 ing the past, of placing the Lenni Lenape where 

 he belongs in Indian history, is far from completion. 

 It is not a long walk from where I stand by this 

 cave in a shale outcrop to one of grand propor- 

 tions in limestone rock that has long been known. 

 Along the river-shore the well-defined boundaries 

 of Pechot-woalenk can yet be traced, and its 

 prominent feature is the huge cavern, a consider- 

 able part of which is still intact. In Indian times, 

 this cave " had a total length of about three hun- 

 dred feet, an average height of twelve, and a 

 breadth varying from ten to forty feet." The cave 

 in its natural state was divided into three compart- 

 ments or levels, and each reached by descending 

 a short and slippery incline of at least ten feet. 



