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1 6 Village site covering the area of ward i in the city of Rome, 

 reported by Seth W. Pride. Pottery and many flints have been 

 found. 



17 Large village site on lots 167 on the north bank of the Mohawk 

 in Marcy. H. A. Pride reports the main village as on lots 4, 5 and 6. 



1 8 Camps on Canada, Mud and Whittle's creeks and on Brandy 

 brook near Rome. Small sites are here frequent. 



19 An early village site on Steuben creek, 6 miles northeast of 

 Holland Patent, near the mouth of the creek. The sites in this pre- 

 historic group average about an acre and were reported by H. A. 

 Pride of Holland Patent. 



20 Burial site on the Hicks property near Holland Patent. 



21 Village site west of Steuben and north of the creek. 



22 Village site at Trenton village 4 miles east of Holland Patent 

 and on Cincinnatus creek. 



23 A village east of Holland Patent and quite near it on the south 

 side of the creek. 



24 Village site just west of South Trenton. 



25 Village site near Stittsville on the east side of the creek. 



26 Two camp sites west of Nine Mile creek and near its mouth in 

 Marcy. One is near the creek and the other west of it and opposite 

 the Oriskany monument. 



27 Burial place discovered in enlarging the canal in Oriskany in 

 1849. Ten or more skeletons were found in logs hollowed out by 

 burning. They had medals and ornaments. One medal of George 

 I was dated '1731. The others were dated from 1731 to 1735. 

 In two instances the heads of three or four skeletons were placed 

 together and the bodies radiated from these. There were ear and 

 nose ornaments of red slate and some pipes (Jones, p. 829). 



28 Burial place on the north side of the Mohawk opposite the 

 mouth of Oriskany creek. The tradition is that the Indians who 

 fell at Oriskany were buried there. The relics Mr Pride found 

 there, however, were all early. 



29 Burial place near Deansboro I mile north of Oriskany. 



30 Village site on the north bank of the Mohawk, in Marcy, and 

 le-half of a mile east of Oriskany. This spot on the tableland was 

 died the castle. On this was a second growth of timber in 



796. Iron axes were found there and from twenty to thirty deep 

 iches. A low mound was 18 inches high and from 8 to 10 feet 

 ross (Jones, p. 244). 



