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" We have here, therefore, a deposit of refuse of a known extent 

 of 334 feet with an average width af 20 to 25 feet. The ashes vary 

 in depth from a few^ inches to several feet. One pit was of solid 

 wood ash dry and clean, 6 feet long and 5 feet 10 inches deep. Not 

 an artifact was found but at the bottom was a quantity of large fiat 

 stones that plainly showed a long contact with fire and heat." 



Mr Dewey has not here described the deposits on the southwest 

 bank along the smaller stream discovered by George R. Mills. Here 

 the deposits have been rich in material, though of far less pro- 

 portions. 



Mr Harry C. Follett, who for some time has been an interested 

 and patient investigator of aboriginal sites in the Genesee country, 

 has left a vivid account of the site in his record which he has turned 

 over to the State Museum. Mr Follett says: 



" The surface of the village site is dotted with black spots wdiich 

 prove to be refuse. The bank of the ravine encircling almost com- 

 pletely the entire site is rich in refuse and has been completely dug 

 over and over in eager search by relic hunters for implements, and 

 it is to be deeply regretted that it could not have been done in a 

 scientific manner and complete data taken to enable us to form some 

 definite conclusions of the strange people. 



" In September 191 5 Mr Dewey and myself were escorted to the 

 site by George R. Mills of Rochester, who had been excavating in 

 the refuse on the bank of the north ravine and who had disclosed 

 some large deposits of ashes. The work which had previously been 

 done here is similar to the devastations on many other sites. Exca- 

 vations had been started in the heart of the pits, following up the 

 banks to the top, leaving the bottom, the most important in many 

 cases, buried under the debris. To gain access it was necessary to 

 do considerable w^ork. While working here we were visited by 

 Mr George Reed, who gave me considerable information for which 

 we are indebted to him as we are also for the courteous way in 

 which he treated us. 



" By making tests along the banks we were convinced that there 

 were several pits which had not been disturbed. These were natural 

 depressions formed by wash in the shale rock and had become filled 

 with the ashes which had been deposited at the top of the bank and 

 washed down filling the holes from 6 inches to 6 feet deep. This 

 was conclusively proved by thorough work in each pit which 

 terminated at the top or nearly so ranging from the bottom from 25 

 to 100 feet gradually drawing to a point at or near the top of the 

 bank. These pits in some places were rich in bone material and 



