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No. 3. DeviVs Footprint (pi. 37, h). — Only a few rods in the rear of 

 the old church, that is, east of it, is a granite bowlder several feet 

 high and about 3 feet across. On its top face is a crevice some 8 

 inches deep and as wide as one's hand. This is said to contain always 

 some water. This is the "devil's footprint." Tradition says that 

 when the devil left this region he leaped from this stone and in so 

 doing drove his cloven foot into the stone. His next step, Mrs. 

 Fielding used to say, was to Long Island, where, she believed, the 

 mate to the impression is to be found somewhere near Montauk, as 

 she had heard the Long Island Indians speak of it. The legend is not 

 uncommon in other parts of America in the regions of European 

 influence and beyond it as well. At Lorette, P. Q., Barbeau describes 

 how the Huron have a similar stone, while I have encountered other 

 instances in the East. 



Nos. 4, 5, 6. The Indian Springs. — At several localities in the 

 heart of the Mohegan settlement springs which are known to have 

 been used in aboriginal days pour forth from the hillsides. They 

 still bear the names of old Indians who at some time had their 

 cabins near by. In some places pits are yet noticeable and appear 

 as cavities in the fields. The present-day Mohegan call them " muggs" 

 holes and store potatoes within them. Every household formerly 

 had one. One of these springs (No. 6) is west of the old Uncas Hill 

 fort and still pours from two spacious basins. It is known as Twin 

 Springs. Another splendidly flowing spring is Uncas's Spring, in 

 a pasture about one-fourth of a mile southeast of the old church 

 (No. 4). There is a tradition that the water from Uncas's Spring 

 would "make one strong and healthy." People would travel from 

 afar to get it. And still another is No'ni's Spring (No. 5), about 

 one-fourth mile farther to the southeast. Here in the immediate 

 surroundings are numerous surface indications of early occupancy. 



No. 7. Indian Corn Hills. — Lying north of these springs over an 

 area of 15 or 20 acres, and again on the north side of Mohegan 

 HiU and toward the river, are extensive remains of the Indian corn 

 hills. They are indicated on the map by the figures 7, which give 

 an approximate location. They appear as small mounds, sometimes 

 but not always in alignment, varying from 6 or 8 inches to a foot in 

 elevation. Dr. A. I. Hallowell has described and discussed these 

 aboriginal corn hills in a short report - as follows: 



"The corn hills, observed during a few days' visit to Mohegan last 

 August, are in two localities. One of them is an 8 to 10 acre pasture 

 on high ground, a few minutes' walk a little southeast of the Indian 

 meetinghouse. The mounds which stud this field are from the point 

 of view of order intermediary between those described by Lapham 

 and the hills referred to at Assonet neck. (Cf. American Anthro- 



2 American Anthropologist, n. s. vol. 23, No. 2 (1921), p. 233. 



