THE ARCHEOLOGICAL TT FSTORV OF NEW YORK 5OI 



Many of the clay pipes of the Cayugas have several dififerences 

 that mark them as historical Cayuga. The bowl is shaped somewhat 

 like a pottery vessel and decorated over its entire surface with small 

 lines placed closely together in triangular patterns. This bowl 

 sets squat at an obtuse angle upon the stem. Pottery of this kind, 

 together with fragments of earthen vessels, are found on nearly 

 every Cayuga site in the county. 



The principal authorities on this county are Dr William M. 

 Beauchamp, Gen. J. Y. H. Clark, E. IT. Gohl, of Auburn and W. W. 

 Adams of Union Springs. A considerable amount of interest is 

 manifested in Auburn by the Cayuga County Historical Society in 

 the antiquities of the region. 



Location of Sites ^ 



T Arrowheads and other implements are found around Spring 

 lake, in Conquest. They would naturallly occur along the trails 

 leading to Lake Ontario. Some small burial mounds were a mile 

 south of this village, and there were also fireplaces and shell de- 

 posits toward the river. (Hinsdale) 



2 There was a village site in the town of Scipio ; also graves, on 

 the Watkin's farm. 



3 There was a burial place on the Sterling Mine's farm, in Ster- 

 ling. 



4. In the town of Montezuma was a burial. This was on the 

 Sibley estate, Eagle Bluff, north of the New York Central railroad 

 tracks. 



5. A village site was in the town of Mentz, on the J. W. Sperry 

 estate. 



6 A burial was also on the Pierson farm, in Sterling. 



7 There were camps on Howland island, in the Seneca river, and 

 many relics have been found. These seem to be of an occupation 

 much older than the Iroquois. 



8 Gen. J. A\ H. Clark says that the Onondaga had also cleared off 

 what is called the salt fields, in the town of Cato, and had a small 

 settlement there. 



9 On the west shore of Cross lake just north of the Seneca 

 river there is an earl\ site with rude relics. 



10 A burial place was found at Bluff point east of the Seneca river 

 and near Fox Bridge in 1894. The relics were modern. The point 

 is "about 20 rods north of the New York Central railroad tracks, 

 a marsh separating them, and is jiarallel with the east bank of 



^ Based on Beauchamp's list. 



