PERCH LAKE AND OTHER NEW YORK MOUNDS 25 



used for burial or camps. In 27 counties some form of mound 

 has been reported and a summary of these follows. They are most 

 frequent west of the center of the State, and will be mentioned by 

 counties. 



Several occurred- in Allegany county, and thence westward they 

 were frequent. In the town of Conewango, Cattaraugus county, 

 was a tumulus 13 feet high, with a diameter of 61 by 65 feet. 

 Skeletons were found with relics. In the village of Randolph was 

 a burial mound 10 feet high and 35 feet in diameter. In the town 

 of Bucktooth, north side of the Allegheny, was a burial mound, 39 

 feet in diameter and 10 feet high. Another was in the town of 

 Napoli, on Cold Spring creek, which was 120 feet around. At 

 Olean were several of these, one being 40 by 60 feet in diameter 

 and nearly 10 feet high. One in Dayton was of the same hight, 

 and 1 20 feet in circumference. Another was on the west side of 

 the Allegheny river, in the town of Cold Spring. This has been 

 reported as 200 feet around and 20 feet high ; probably an exaggera- 

 tion. On Cold Spring creek, 2 miles from the Allegheny, were two 

 burial mounds, 10 feet high and 100 feet around. Others were in 

 the towns of Leon and Conewango, in one of which were 8 sitting 

 skeletons. 



Quite a number were in Chautauqua county. One at Cassadaga 

 lake was 7 feet high and 30 feet in diameter. A stone mound near 

 a fort in Ellington was 4 feet wide and 5 feet high. Two mounds 

 near Griffith's point, Chautauqua lake, were once 12 feet high and 

 40 feet in diameter. A number of similar mounds have been 

 reported on both shores, and two near Jamestown. Another, near 

 Rutledge, was 20 feet in diameter and 6 feet high. One in the 

 village of Fredonia was 7 feet high. Another at Fluvanna seems 

 recent. Most mounds west of Cayuga lake were sepulchral. 



Near Spring Lake, in Cayuga county, were small mounds with 

 human remains, but these may have been incidental, as in some 

 other places. On the high land of Howland island, near the river, 

 are one or two suggestive of Perch lake. One is not very distinct, 

 but the other stands out plainly. It is a circle with a diameter of 

 37 feet and an elevation of 30 inches, inclosing burnt earth and 



