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distilling —Doty, p. 95. It was the only recent Seneca town on the 
east bank of the Genesee.—Morgan, p. 437. Judge Porter knew of 
two earthworks on “ Smith and Jones’s flats,” near Mount Morris.— 
Squier, p. 61. Works on flats are elsewhere rare. A slide east of 
the Genesee exposed many human bones when Mary Jemison first 
came to the valley. 
24 “‘ Gathsegwarohare was seven miles directly west of Kanagh- 
saws on the east side of Canaseraga creek about two miles above its 
confluence with the Genesee.” It is at present occupied by the 
“ Hermitage ” and was the home of the Squakie Indians in 1779.— 
Sullivan, p. 132. On the east bank of Canaseraga creek, 2 miles 
from its exit from Groveland, Mr Crofoot reports camps on both 
sides of aravine. There are early relics but no pottery. 
25 Ganasegago was at Dansville—Morgan, p. 435. Kanuskago 
was the door of the Six Nations, (1756) whence none before had 
come to Fort Johnson.—Doc. hist. N. Y.7:57. Many metallic relics 
were found there.—Doty, p. 93. “ Before the revolution, according 
to tradition, a battle took place on a hill a few miles distant, between 
the Canisteo Indians and those living in this vicinity, during which 
a chief of the latter was killed. When the whites first settled here 
the spot where he fell was marked by a large hole dug in the earth 
in the shape of a man with arms extended. An Indian trail led by 
the place and the Indians on passing were always accustomed to 
clear away the dry leaves which had blown in. This chief was 
buried in an old Indian burying ground, which stood on the site of 
the present Lutheran church which was thickly covered with graves 
to the extent of two or three acres. His monument consisted of a 
large pile of small stones, gathered from time to time by the natives 
from a hill a mile distant, who, on passing, were accustomed to take 
one in their hand and add to the heap.”—Barber, p. 250-51. Two 
rows of parallel holes, possibly for palisades, were two miles north 
of Dansville—Doty, p. 79. Half a mile west of Dansville, south of 
the Ossian road, was a fort where clay vessels and pipes, ashes, 
skeletons and articles of stone and horn have been found.—Doty, 
p-75. It was west of Canaseraga creek, and fig. 88 shows Mr Doty’s 
plan. . 
