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have been found on the Warren farm, one and one half miles south 
of Scottsville. Some are serrated. 
34 Bony hill, in Wheatland, has its natne from the human bones 
which covered it when the country was first settled. In digging 
the Valley canal in 1839-40, many bones were found, which seemed 
buried in trenches. They were very large. The hill was north 
of the Lehigh, and west of the W. N. Y. & Pa. railroad. 
35 Skeletons were found in a sand pit 150 feet north of the town 
line in Henrietta, and 200 feet from the river. A skull and kettle 
were plowed up 200 feet east of these. Some skeletons were also 
found on the line of the Erie railroad 200 feet north of the town line. 
36 A series of camps occurs on the upper waters of Red creek, 
two miles from West Henrietta. 
37 The following are in Rush. A fireplace was found two and a 
half feet underground in the river bank, three fourths of a mile north 
of the bridge between Scottsville and Rush. A skeleton was found 
in a gravel knoll a quarter of a mile north of Scottsville station. Mr 
Clapp says of this, “ Found in a lying position, on right side, head 
to the south, hands and feet drawn to the chin. Facial angle of 
the lowest type; scarcely any forehead, retreating chin, protruding 
teeth. A fireplace was 30 feet from this, under 20 inches of un- 
disturbed soil.” A large early village was 80 rods south of Scotts- 
ville station, but produced only flint implements and chips. 
Another early village was half a mile south of the last. A large 
village site and cemetery are just west of the Colt pond, one and one 
fourth miles south of Scottsville station. 
A cemetery two miles from the river and just south of the 
town line between Henrietta and Rush. 
Montgomery county. The Mohawks seem to have entered their 
historic valley late in the 16th century, having a few predecessors 
at intervals. At first, being refugees from Canada, they sought 
retired positions on tributaries of the river, drawing nearer to that 
as they acquired confidence and strength. Like all the Iroquois 
they moved often and a wide border land separated them from 
their enemies on the Hudson river. At one time they had a castle 
east of Schoharie creek but were driven from this in 1626 and 
