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a bank about 200 feet long, 14 feet broad at the base and 34 feet 
high. A double line of holes about a foot deep extended along the 
top. There were several parallel furrows inside the bank partially 
crossing the area. It is on a ridge washed on one side by the 
Chemung.— Squier, p. 53-54 
10 Kanawlohalla, burned in 1779, was in Elmira at the junction of 
Newtown creek with the Chemung. Two other villages have been 
mentioned in Elmira, one near the Rathbun house and one near 
Wisner park.—Towner, p. 24 
1z A small village called Middletown between Newtown and Ka- 
nawlohalla was burned in 1779.—Sullivan, p. 128 
12 On the Nichols farm opposite the Sullivan monument is a 
considerable site with many relics, but there are fewer aboriginal 
traces south of Elmira than north. 
13 Chemung a town burned in 1779 having 50 or 60 houses. On 
the left or north bank of the Chemung west of the Narrows and 
three miles from the present Chemung village—Sullivan, p. 127. 
Old Chemung on the same bank half a mile above the present vil- 
lage was also burned.—Sullivan, p. 125 
14 A small and new village on both sides of Baldwin’s creek and 
northeast of the battle field was burned in 1779. Another village 
was near this.—Sullivan, p. 127 
15 Newtown on the left bank of the Chemung was five miles 
below Elmira and a mile above the battle field of Aug. 29, 1779.— 
Sullivan, p. 127. The battle was near Lowman’s. 
16 A small village near the river on one of its tributaries and two 
miles above the battle field —Sullivan, p. 127 
17 The remaining Chemung sites were reported by Percy L. 
Lang. A village southwest of Lowman and another one and one 
half miles east on the river. 
18 Camps on both sides of the river at Chemung. 
19 Camps and a village north of the river, near Wynkoop creek. 
Chenango county. 1. A horseshoe-shaped gravel bank, four 
miles north of Sherburne and a mile west of Handsome brook with 
a curious extension seems a natural formation, but arrowheads 
occur in the vicinity.—Hatch, p. 74 
