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brook and two farther east on the Bidwell farm. The cemetery 
for the latter place was south of the road with both early and recent 
relics. Clark says, “At Jack’s reef when the whites first settled 
this town the Onondagas had a large settlement with an extensive 
clearing and a valuable orchard.”—Clark, 2:328. No early travelers 
mention this. : 
17 Northeast of these on the Somes farm, lot 16 Van Buren 
is a hill where relics are said to have been abundant and where 
an old settler of good judgment remembered a palisade line. The 
writer found no traces of occupation on the hill but there were 
small camps toward the river. 
18 Besides scattered sites farther down the Seneca river there 
was a hamlet on lot 4 and west of Dead creek. It was an early 
site but not long occupied. 
19 Two hamlets were east of Dead creek on the river bank. 
These were on the Wright farm, lots 4 and 5 and were quite dif- 
ferent in character, the eastern one having rude relics. The west- 
ern one probably represented several camps. 
20 An extensive stockade was on the Crego farm, lot 6 near the 
south bank of the river. The area is about 400 by 500 feet and the 
usual relics are found, among the rest the sharp barb of a bone 
fishhook and a flat Umo bead. Another stockade was directly 
across the river. 
21 Two hamlets and several camps were on the river bank on 
the west line of Baldwinsville, town lot 7. One camp was recent. 
Others occur at intervals along the river as far as the island. These 
are mostly early. 
22 On the south side in Baldwinsville a village and cemetery were 
a little southeast of the village cemetery. Relics are found with 
the skeletons. Another village was mostly on the east side of 
Syracuse street. A few lodges and graves were on the west side. 
All these were on land sloping to Crooked brook. A few rods 
southeast was a cemetery in sand loam out of which the writer 
saw 20 skeletons taken at one time. No special order was observed 
in burial but the knees were generally drawn up. Under almost 
every head was a small pebble, the loam being free of stones. In 
