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creek. It is surrounded on three sides by an old creek bed, which is 

 partially dried up. 



Approaching nearer to Albany and leaving the Normanskill valley, 

 we come upon still another site of some importance, as regards the 

 finds of .Indian relics. From the state road we journey south in 

 front of the church at McKownville, on a dirt road for about a mile, 

 until we reach a pine woods on the left of the road, then we cut 

 directly through them to the clearing on the south side. We now 

 find ourselves upon a hill looking down upon an open field through 

 which a ridge runs. Along this ridge and to the far side a beautiful 

 gouge and many knives, arrow and spear points have been taken; 

 also the dorsal side of a turtle's shell which was probably used as a 

 scoop was found along the level above the small creek. 



Allegany County 



List of Sites 



1 Caneadea, a Seneca village on the Genesee, was at the mouth 

 of Caneadea creek. The council house was removed in 1876 to 

 Letchworth Park. 



2 Cemetery at mouth of Black creek reported in the Smithsonian 

 report for 1879 by E. A. Byrnes. 



3 Cemetery on lot 53, Belfast, reported by E. M. Wilson of 

 Belfast who wrote in 1896, " Between 15 and 20 years ago Mr. 

 Byrnes and I visited an old Indian cemetery which had been opened 

 at that time near the village of Houghton in Caneadea. With the 

 exception of one stone pipe nearly everything found in the shape of 

 implements was made by white men." This proves the occupation 

 to have been quite recent. 



4 Graves are found on the Leet farm in Houghton. John S. 

 Minard of Cuba has made some examination of this site. 



5 Village site 2^2 miles northeast of Fillmore, reported by G. L. 

 Tucker. 



6 There is a burial ground about i mile east of Fillmore. It is 

 reported by Mary C. Crowley. 



7 Village site 3 miles south of Fillmore. Graves are found 

 nearby. 



8 The site of Ga-o-ya-de-o is on lot 39 in the town of Hume. It 

 was a late colonial Seneca town. 



9 Near the former site is a burial ground. 



10 The site O-wa-is-ta, a colonial Seneca village, is near Roxbury 

 station. 



11 A fort site is reported by G. L. Tucker, 1^/2 miles below 

 Belvidere village. 



