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3 Skoiyase was a village of 18 houses at Waterloo burned in 
1770) here: were fishponds of stone Sullivan, p. 143. There 
was a large mixed site at Waterloo on lots 2 and 4, Fayette, south 
of the river. Early and recent relics. West of this were two small 
sites on lot 2. 
4 A small site at the mouth of Kendig’s creek, lot 1, Fayette. 
5 A straggling early site on the river bank, lot 10. There was a 
Cayuga village near there in 1750. A large site on the farm of 
R. J. Swan is continuous with this and is on Seneca lake. Most of 
itis om lot 11, Marly and recent relics. 
6 A small mixed site on lot 18, Fayette, on a bluff near the lake. 
A small early site on lot 24. 
7 An early site was on the Lawrence farm, lot 99, Seneca Falls, 
northwest of that village. 
8 A hamlet on Shankwiler’s farm, lot 15. Burned in 1779.— 
Sullivan, p. 76. This is in Fayette. 
9 Skannayutenate a small village 40 rods from the lake on the 
south bank of Canoga creek half a mile northeast of the present 
Canoga. Burned in 1779. A monument to Red Jacket now marks 
his birthplace at Canoga. A town of 10 houses at the northeast 
corner of Fayette, one and one half miles from Canoga was burned 
in 1779. Newtown was also destroyed. It was on L. Disinger’s 
farm by the lake a mile south of Canoga.— Sullivan, p. 76 
10 Camps are frequent near East Varick, lot 74, Varick. 
11 A small site on lot 64, Romulus. Few relics. 
_ 12 An early site toward Kendaia is on Van Vleet’s farm, lot 79, 
Romulus, four miles southwest of Romulus village and two from 
Seneca lake. A village site on lot 67 half way between this and 
Romulus. Abundant pottery. Kendaia was also on lot 79 and 
was burned in 1779. It was half a mile from the lake on the north 
side of the stream above the forks. Gen. J. S. Clark says it was 
on the farm of Edward Van Vleet on both sides of the stream. 
One of the tombs was particularly described. “The body was laid 
on the surface of the earth in a shroud or garment; then a large 
casement made very neat with boards something larger than the 
body and about 4 foot high put over the body as it lay on the 
earth; and the outside and top were painted very curious with a 
great many colors. In each end of the casement was a small hole 
