80 ABORIGINAL MONUMENTS OF NEW YORK. 



the western counties. They are not of sufficient importance to merit a detailed 

 notice, and are chiefly interesting as the rehcs of a race fast disappearing, and 

 whose existence will soon be known to history alone. It is to be hoped that, 

 however insignificant they may seem, they may be carefully preserved and trea- 

 sured for public inspection, in places or institutions designated for the purpose. 



