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it is 3*4 inches high. An unfinished bird amulet was also found 

 there, and also a cuneiform slate knife, a rarity in that region. 



A fine red sandstone plummet, 3^8 inches long, is from Howland 

 island, north of Cayuga lake, the farthest west any such article has 

 been found on Seneca river. A beautiful and slender one is from 

 Jefferson county. A smooth pipe of red sandstone, found near 

 Savannah N. Y., weighs 1 pound 5% ounces. A peculiar Onon- 

 daga clay pipe, with many grotesque human faces, has heretofore 

 been found only on a site west of Cazenovia. A stem now in the 

 writer's hands, came from Canoga, on the west shore of Cayuga 

 lake. It has the character of all the rest, but had been carried there 

 and used as a bead. 



A grave was opened near Athens, Greene co., in 1899 by Dr A. H. 

 Getty of that place, on the Saunders farm. It was in a sand bed 

 and paved with cobblestones brought several miles. The remaining 

 bones and relics were about 4 feet under ground. It contained 300 

 .globular native copper beads, 16 good sized shell beads of unusual 

 form, 4 longer ones perforated at each end, and a slate gorget with 

 one hole. All these are now in the State Museum. 



In the fall of 1903 Mr E. Hollenbeck found an olive green tube 

 of banded slate at Hoffman's Ferry. It is somewhat flattened and 

 has a groove across one end. Near this is a small lateral perfora- 

 tion, much like the vent of old guns in appearance and position. 

 In this respect it is unique. The length is 4^ inches. 



An ossuary was opened Sep. 8, 1904, in low ground, a mile east 

 of Macedon, Wayne co., and near the creek. Dr C. P. Jennings, 

 who superintended the excavation, writes : " We found there, in 

 one pit, at least 60 skeletons within an area of 1 rod square and 

 about 3 feet deep." Six large stones were found with these, but 

 no relics. 



Mr J. E. Mattern, of West Rush, Monroe co., writes : " I know 

 of a few burial sites not mentioned in your bulletin on sites. One 

 is about 6 feet in diameter and I took about 20 skeletons out of it. 

 The bones were in all shapes. They were thrown in after the flesh 

 was gone. Last fall I found another about 10 feet from the one 

 mentioned, still larger. I took out 30 skeletons and did not dig it 



