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Most of these earthworks and hilltop forts, however, may be at- 

 tributed to the Iroquois. Some of the more important village sites 

 which have been examined by archeologists are those known as 

 iVrch lake mounds, a pre-Iroquoian site consisting of more than 

 two hundred hut rings ; the Durfee farm site ; the St Lawrence site ; 

 village and burial site near Limerick on the Maynard farm ; the Rut- 

 land Hill series or Burr Mills site, and several sites near Rodman. 



Local collectors who have done much to gather material from vil- 

 lage sites and refuse pits are Doctors Getman and Amidon of Chau- 

 mont and Messrs Loveland, Oatman and Woodworth of Watertown. 

 The State Museum now has the Amidon, Loveland and Oatman 

 collections which illustrate in a very fair way the material culture of 

 the earlier people of this important region. The only scientific sur- 

 vey and excavations made in the county for an institution was that 

 .conducted by M. R. Harrington for the Peabody Museum of Har- 

 vard. Mr Harrington has left a good account of his explorations 

 (seep. 315). 



The importance of this county in the archeology of the Iroquois 

 is that it provides a series of sites which may be with firm assurance 

 called precolonial. These afford us a knowledge that the Onondagas 

 left here before migrating southward and taking possession of the 

 Onondaga hills. A definite basis is moreover provided upon which 

 we can judge the character of their artifacts. 



List of Sites * 



1 A traditional fort on French creek near Clayton, taken by the 

 Oneida. 



2 Village site in Clayton at the foot of Grindstone island, south 

 and east along the shore. This is on state land, being within Inter- 

 national Park. 



3 Burial site at Grandview at the west end of Wellesley island. 



4 Burial mound opened in making the railroad to Cape Vincent. 



5 Village site in the town of Cape Vincent rJ/ miles from St 

 Lawrence village. 



6 Burial place and camp sites were at the portage at Point 

 peninsula. 



7 Burial place on the Hoover farm at the head of Chaumont bay. 

 '8-9 Camp sites along the shores, i mile above and I mile below 



Clayton. There is much broken pottery scattered through the top 

 soil. 



10 An earthwork and burial place at Depauville reported by Mr 

 Twining. One burial place is on the school grounds. 

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