26 ABORIGINAL MONUMENTS OF NEW Y K K . 



that these are the bones of some party which had been cut off by enemies, and 

 whose remains were subsequently collected and buried by their friends. All the 

 bones are those of adults. Many of the fragments have been removed and scat- 

 tered, but several bushels yet remain. No relics of any kind were found with 

 them. 



A large mound is said to occur "about one mile from Washingtonville, and 

 eleven from Adams, on a cross-road froin the ' ridge road,' leading from Lamb's 

 tavern to Washingtonville. It is conical in shape, and thirty feet high." It is 

 questionable whether this is artificial. 



OSWEGO COUNTY. 



A GREAT part of this county is low and wet, and it is not gf^nerally so well 

 adapted to sustain an aboriginal population as the adjoining counties of Jefferson 

 and Onondaga. Few ancient monuments occur within its limits ; and concerning 

 these, httle was ascertained in the course of these investigations. The following- 

 facts were chiefly derived from J. V. H. Clark, Esq., of Manlius, Onondaga county, 

 whose attention was especially called thereto in the preparation of his forthcoming 

 History of the Onondaga and Oswego Country. Two enclosures, circular in form, 

 existed in Granby township, in the southern part of the county. One of these 

 occurred on State's Hundred, lot 24. Each contained about two acres, and both had 

 gateways opening to the east. Another formerly existed near Phillipsville, of which 

 no traces now remain ; and still another is said to occur in Granby township, near 

 '' Little Utica," in a bend of Ox Creek. Near the town of Fulton, on the west side 

 of Oswego River, is a mound of small size, which seems to be made up of human 

 bones promiscuously heaped together. They are much decayed. Intermixed with 

 them were found a number of flint arrow-heads. It is probable that none of these 

 remains possessed features differing essentially from those of other parts of the 

 State. 



