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and the only surface indications left are scattered patches of black 

 earth and fire-broken stones, indicating refuse deposits, some of 

 which have been explored. The little digging we had time to do 

 revealed a true ash pit, another similar structure, and yielded Iro- 

 quoian potsherds, pipe fragments, a small celt, and some animal 

 bones. Possibly, if vve could have found time for it, the place might 

 have repaid systematic work. 



While working on the Heath and Durfee farm sites we visited 

 several others, two of which deserve notice. One was located on 

 the farm of a Mr Green, now worked by Mr Stevens, about 2 miles 

 southwest of Heath's. This is located on a rounded hilltop near a 

 brook. Among the boulders which are scattered plentifully over its 

 surface are found occasional refuse heaps, in part worked out, con- 

 taining Iroquois material, and a few shallow ash pits. A child's 

 skeleton was once plowed up here, but we could not find any indica- 

 tions favorable enough to lead to the abandonment of our other plans. 



The other site was about 2^ miles west of Adams, on the old 

 Joe Taylor farm now owned by Floyd Overton, and is located on the 

 map. On a slight terrace dividing Big Sandy creek from a little 

 swale were traces of a camp : black earth, pipe stems, pottery frag- 

 ments, etc. The outlines were difficult to make out but the place was 

 not in all probability very extensive. The pottery, pipe stems, etc. 

 found were Iroquoian in character. 



The Heath site, where most of the summer was spent, was 

 located on the farm of Homer J. Heath, near the west line of the 

 town of Rodman, approximately i}^ miles west of the village of 

 that name (see map, figure 46). A creek bounds the site on the 

 southeast, which, joining another half a mile southwest ward, forms 

 the north branch of Big Sandy creek. The northwest side of the 

 knoll where the site is situated is bounded by a small swamp, full 

 of springs, the waters of which flow into the main creek through a 

 little brook around the southwestern end of the knoll. The north- 

 eastern end of the site curves into a fine maple forest. Here the 

 expedition tents were pitched. 



A number of smaller springs emerge from the hill on the creek 

 side, one of which near the camp furnished us good water and was 

 probably of similar service to the Indian. The knoll itself is a 

 gradually narrowing tongue of land some 600 feet long, stretching 

 southwestward from the higher ground beyond. It is fairly level 

 along the ridge proper as may be seen in the photograph, but slopes 

 down to the creek on one side and to the little swamp on the other. 



