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10 W. H. Conkling also reported a camp on Hog island in 
Bingate’s creek south of Catskill village. 
Hamilton county. There were no known villages in this county, 
only camps on lakes and rivers. Herbert M. Lloyd, of New 
York city, furnished the following notes of sites. He said, “I have 
examined the shores of a number of Adirondack lakes with only 
negative results, excepting in the cases of Lakes Piseco, Pleasant, 
Sacandaga (usually called Round lake) and Indian lake.” 
1 On the northwest and west shores of Piseco lake along Ironde- 
quoit bay and near the outlet, are a dozen places where early relics 
have been found. Ona large rock on an island at the outlet, “are 
three parallel grooves about six inches long and half an inch apart 
evidently of artificial origin.” 
2 At the angle and the bay of the outlet below, were two camps 
yielding relics. 
3 Three similar camps on the south shore of the lake between 
‘Benton’s and Rude’s points. 
4 Eight camps at the northeast end. 
5 In H. P. Smith’s Modern babes in the woods, p. 276, it is said that 
“traces of an Indian fortress are still apparent on Pine island,” in 
Smith’s lake. 
6 On an island and on the main land on the east side of Sacan- 
daga lake there are two camps. 
7 There are three camps on the outlet of the same lake. One 
of these is on the lake shore and the others on Lake Pleasant. 
8 Another camp is on the north shore of Lake Pleasant at its 
inlet. iiltese were reported: by) ilerbert Ma eloyda, ACmcanag 
on each side of this stream, on the north shore of Lake Pleasant. 
Another at the northeast angle of the lake, north side of the outlet. 
As the entire wilderness was but a hunting resort, the Iroquois 
thought it was not intended to be inhabited. On one early map 
it appears as “ Cough-sa-ra-ge, the dismal wilderness.” On another 
it is “ Cough-sa-gra-ge, or the beaver hunting grounds of the Six 
Nations.” This name may come from Koh-sa-ke, winter, in allu- 
sion to the cold climate. On another map it appears as “ Tysch- 
sa-ron-dia, where the Iroquois hunted beaver.” An _ intelligent 
