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34 Camp on the south side of the mouth of Fox creek, west of 

 Berne. 



35 Camps near South Bethlehem. 



36 Camps near Bethelehem Center and along the Hudson, to the 

 east. 



37 Camps on the hills west of Menands. 



38 Camps east of the New York Central Railroad tracks between 

 West Albany and Karner. 



Notes on Albany County Sites by Theodore Cassatuant 



The largest and most productive of Indian village sites around 

 Albany was discovered a number of years ago on the north bank of 

 the Normans kill southw r est of Guilderland and about one-half of a 

 mile from French's Mills. This site is on the Vosburg farm and lies 

 on a high, flat hill, which slopes down to the creek some distance 

 below. Many valuable pieces have been found here. A number of 

 pestles (the longest being 19 inches), gouges, chisels, celts, pieces 

 of banner stones, steatite pottery, and semilunar choppers, planing 

 and sinew stones, as well as the more common finds of hammer- 

 stones, knives, drills, arrow and spear points. Its productiveness 

 seems now to be on the wane ; however, other sites almost contingent 

 to this have proved valuable finds. (See plate 144.) 



Directly opposite the Vosburg site and extending along the south 

 side of the creek to the falls at French's Mills many knives, scrapers, 

 arrow and spear points have been found. Along the flats near the 

 Mills several cup stones and pestles were picked up. 



Camp sites seem to be abundant in this vicinity. Near Fuller's 

 Station and Dunnsville sites of considerable size are reported. 

 Almost every farmer can produce a cigar box full of arrow and 

 spear points, which have been picked up from time to time in plow- 

 ing. Great opportunity is offered to the intelligent collector, who 

 looks for other things than arrow and spear points, in this region. 



Along the north side of the state road leading from Albany to 

 Guilderland and on, there extends a long chain of sand hills from 

 which hundreds of perfect and finely worked arrow and spear heads 

 of many styles and materials have come. 



The next largest site known in this region lies to the southeast of 

 Guilderland not far from the Norman skill on the Carpenter farm. 

 This site is best reached by following the road leading south from 

 the state road at the White Swan Tavern, till a large house is reached 

 on the right side of the road as it branches and turns to the right. 

 The site is on the south side of this house in the direction of the 



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