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ABORIGINAL MONUMENTS OF NEW YORK. 



which will be spoken of hereafter. The mound was about six feet in height by 

 thirty feet diameter at the base. The bones appeared at the surface, projecting 

 at many places at the sides. 



" Pursuing his course towards Buffalo Creek, (his ultimate destination,) Mr. 

 Kirkland discovered the vestiges of another fortified town. He does not delineate 

 it in his MSS., but says: 'On these heights, near the ancient fortified town, the 

 roads part ; we left the path leading to Niagara on our right, and went a course 

 nearly southwest for Buffalo Creek. After leaving these heights, which aflforded 

 an extensive prospect, we travelled over a fine tract of land for about six or seven 

 miles, then came to a barren white-oak shrub plain. "We passed a steep hill on 

 our right, in some places fifty feet perpendicular, at the bottom of which is a small 

 lake, affording another instance of pagan superstition. The old Indians affirm 

 that formerly a demon, in the form of a dragon, resided in this lake, which fre- 

 quently disgorged balls of liquid fire. To appease him, many sacrifices of tobacco 

 had been made by the Indians. At the extremity of the barren plain, we came 

 again to Tonawande River, and forded it about two miles above the Indian town 

 of that name. At a short distance on the south side of the same stream, is 

 another fortification.' " 



FIG. II. 



ANCIENT WORK, LE ROY, GENESEE COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



Remnants of another ancient work occur in the town of Le Roy, three miles 

 north of the village of the same name, in the southeastern part of this county. 



