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PLATE III. No. 3. 



ANCIENT WORK HALF A MILE WEST OF LOCKPORT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, 



NEW YORK. 



The remaining works of Jefferson county, so far as investigated, are situated 

 on lower grounds, generally near streams, which are made subservient to art for 

 purposes of defence. The work here presented is a good example. It is situated 

 on Black River (^Ka-me-hargo), in Le Ray township, half a mile below the little 

 manufacturing town of Lockport. The banks of the river are here very high, and 

 quite inaccessible. The character of the work is well shown in the engraving, and 

 needs little explanation beyond what that affords. It will be seen that the ends of the 

 embankment extend for a short distance down the slope of the river bank, and then 

 curve slightly inwards, as though designed to prevent the flanks being turned by an 

 enemy. The lines, where they cross the road, and between the road and the river, 

 are very distinct, and the embankment is between three and four feet in height. 

 The rest of the work may be traced without much difficulty, although it has long 

 been under cultivation. Upon the wall, at the point indicated by the letter c, is 

 still standing a pine stump, upwards of three feet in diameter, probably having an 

 age of not less than four hundred years. The usual relics are found within the 

 area of the enclosure ; and in the natural bank at d, a number of skeletons have 

 been disclosed by the plough. They are much decayed, but in respect of position 

 correspond with those found elsewhere in Indian cemeteries. 



PLATE IV. No. 1. 



ANCIENT WORK, LE RAY TOWNSHIP, SIX MILES NORTHEAST OF WATERTOWN. 



In the same township with the foregoing work, and about four miles distant, 

 in a northwest direction, is the work here represented. It occupies a small 

 sandy elevation, situated in the midst of low grounds. It is lozenge-shaped, and 

 is the most regular of any ancient structure which has fallen under notice of the 

 author in the State. Where the lines are intercepted on the north, the ground is 

 considerably elevated, and subsides abruptly, precluding the necessity of an em- 

 bankment for defensive purposes. The sites of the ancient lodges, indicated by 

 heaps of burned stones, calcined shells, fragments of pottery, etc., are yet to be 

 traced, notwithstanding that the land has been for a considerable time under cul- 

 tivation. Near this work skeletons have been frequently exhumed. 



