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ity of the ancient town inclosed about 8 acres. The ditch around the 

 first was about 5 or 6 feet deep. A small stream of water and a high 

 bank circumscribed nearly one-third of the inclosed ground. There 

 were traces of six gates or openings, and near the center a way was 

 dug to the water. At some places at the bottom of the ditch Mr 

 Kirkland ran his cane a foot or more in the soil, from which circum- 

 stance he concludes that the ditch was originally much deeper. Near 

 the western ( ?) fortification, which was situated on high ground, he 

 found the remains of a funeral pile, where the slain were buried after 



Fig. 76 Walled inclosure at Oakfield after Squier 



a great battle, which will be spoken of hereafter. The mound was 

 about 6 feet in height by 30 feet diameter at the base. The bones 

 appeared at the surface, projecting in many places at the sides " 

 (Squier, p. 66. 67). 



Mr Squier's quotation from Yates and Moulton's account of Mr 

 Kirkland's journal is not exact, but the only material difference is a 

 change from " northern fortification " in the original, to " western " 

 (Yates, p. 16, 17). It will be noticed also that Kirkland speaks of 

 the bone mound as being near the fort, as is probable, instead of 

 inside. 



