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range 11, and Mr Cheney’s plan is given in fig. 6, on a scale of 500 
feet to the inch. 
11 Mr Reynolds reported a circular work on J. G. Gould’s farm, 
3 miles from Forestville on the Dunkirk road. It occupied about 
3 acres on a bluff above Walnut creek, and there were 40 or 50 
pits on the opposite side of the road.—U. S. bur. of eth. p. 511. 
Mr Sherrard also referred to walls and ditches near that farm. 
“ These fortifications are somewhat numerous and extensive, reach- 
ing over into the town of Pomfret, where a hill known as Fort hill 
gives unequivocal testimony of the work of man.” 
12 Mr Reynolds reported a bone pit in front of Mr Gould’s 
house in Sheridan. In this ossuary were human bones of persons 
of all ages and without arrangement. In a grave near this were 
5 skeletons in a circle, with the feet outward—uwU. S. bur. of eth. 
D> Sitie 
13 A circular mound, 30 feet in diameter and 7 feet high, is 40 
rods from the east shore of Cassadaga lake. Decayed skeletons 
were removed in 1822. Many hearths were near the mound, which 
had an average breadth of 30 feet. The large stones showed intense 
heat. There were numerous caches, 4 feet broad and 2 feet deep.— 
Cheney, p. 46 
14 Not far off was a line of fortifications across a peninsula on 
the south shore, inclosing a large area. He described what he 
thought a gravel road. The numerous relics were of fine pottery, 
celts and iron implements.—Cheney, p. 46, pl. 10. ‘Mr Cheney’s 
plan of these two sites is given in fig. 20, on a scale of 500 feet 
to the inch. 
15 Dr Larkin described a curious oblong mound on a point in 
the lower lake. It was on the southwest side, and had a long 
axis of 7 and a short axis of 5 rods. It was probably natural, but 
had abundant relics. On the edge of the plateau, 12 rods from 
this, was a bank 20 rods long, and in the rear of it another running 
from shore to shore. 
16 A mound on the west shore of Chautauqua lake, on John F. 
Morton’s land, is two miles above Lakeland. Several fireplaces 
and piles of flint were near.—Reynolds 
