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were 20 feet high a tree was felled against them, the lopped branches 

 forming a ladder. It was in use in 1820 (Harper's, October 1869). 

 The Indian Ladder road goes over the original site of " the ladder " 

 but residents of Indian Ladder have for many years kept a ladder 

 against the cliffs. A trail known as " the bear path " leads around 

 the cliff just above the till. It is on a hard, projecting stratum of 

 limestone. I'here are e^'idences of Indian occupation and broken 

 bands of Mahikans camped there in comparatively recent times. 



17 P M. Van Epps notes some relics about the lakes in Knox 

 and Berne. There was a small camp on Thompsons lake. There is 

 said to have been a cave nearby at the entrance of which Indian 

 relics and a large carved tablet were found. 



t8 Camp site on Farm of G. M. Tucker, jr. of Glenmont. Large 

 flints, gorgets and hammerstones were found on Rock Hill farm. 



19 There were many relics in New Scotland, with camps at 

 Clarksville and on the Hotaling farms (Howell, p. 908). Arrow 

 points and hammerstones are still to be found in this locality. 



20 Howell mentions camps along the Oniskethau creek. 



21 Camp sites are found on the Slingerland fiats, according to 

 Howell. 



22 Camp sites on sand plains east of Delmar and south of the 

 Delaware & Hudson railroad tracks. 



23 Camp sites near French Mills, near the falls. 



24 Large village site on Vosburg property, Guilderland (plate 



144)- 



25 Mr Brayton says that in digging the turnpike road, in ascend- 

 ing Kinderhook hill, on the road to Bethlehem many human bones, 

 supposed to be Indian were found at a spot where the soil is light 

 and sandy. On the hill above his house is a level field, where arrow- 

 heads have been found in large numbers (Schoolcraft, Report, p. 

 226). Relics are still found in this vicinity. 



26 In Coon's meadow on Catskill creek and on the outskirts of 

 Preston Hollow the Stockbridges had recent camps. This is in 

 Rensselaerville, where there were trails in 171 1. The Stockbridge 

 Indians hunted near this spot as late as 1838. 



27 Camp sites at McKownville. 



28 Camp sites near Loudonville. 



29 Camp sites in the bend of the Mohawk northwest of Cohoes. 



30 Village sites on the Normans kill in the northeast corner of 

 New Scotland. 



31 Camp sites at Dunnsville reported by Mr Brinkman. 



32 Camp site in Indian Fields. 



33 Village site west of Newtonville. 



