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or fifty pits on the opposite side of the road (U. S. Bur. of Eth., 

 p. 511). Mr. Sherrard also referred to walls and ditches near that 

 farm. '' These fortifications are somewhat numerous and extensive, 

 reaching over into the town of Pom fret, where a hill known as Fort 

 hill gives unequivocal testimony of the work of man." 



16 Mr Reynolds reported a bone pit in front of Mr Gould's 

 house in Sheridan. In this ossuary were human bones of persons 

 of all ages and without arrangement. In a grave near this were five 

 skeletons in a circle, with the feet outward (U. S. Bur. of Eth., 



P- 511)- 



17 A circular mound, 30 feet in diameter and 7 feet high, is 40 

 rods from the east shore of Cassadaga lake. Decayed skeletons were 

 removed in 1822. Many hearths were near the mound, which had 

 an average breadth of 30 feet. The large stones showed intense 

 heat. There were numerous caches, 4 feet broad and 2 feet deep 

 (Cheney, p. 46). 



18 Not far off was a line of fortifications across a peninsula on 

 the south shore, inclosing a large area. The numerous relics were 

 of fine pottery, celts and iron implements (Cheney, p. 46, pi. 10). 

 Mr Cheney's plan of these two sites is given in figure 20, on a scale 

 of 500 feet to the inch. 



19 Doctor Larkin described a curious oblong mound on a point 

 in the lower lake. It was on the southwest side, and had a long 

 axis of 7 rods and a short axis of 5 rods. It is natural, but con- 

 tained burials with relics. There were evidences there of graves 

 in 1907. On the edge of the plateau, 12 rods from this was a bank 

 20 rods long, and in the rear of it another running from shore to 

 shore. Many relics were found on the level land near by. 



20 A trench opened in Steadman in 1867 ^"^'^s full of human 

 bones, but was without relics. It was on the line of the town of 

 Harmony. There were over twenty skeletons arranged in rows 

 (Young, p. 19). 



21 Two mounds were south of Fair point and w^est of Chautauqua 

 lake. One was on Whitney's and the other on Billing's land. One 

 was 4 feet high by 25 feet in diameter, and contained flat stones, 

 human bones, flint knives, clay and stone pipes. The other was 

 31 by 38 feet in diameter. Ashes and gorget were foiuifl in it 

 (U. S. Bur. of Eth., p. 505). 



22 A mound on the west shore of Chautauqua lake, on John F. 

 Morton's land, is 2 miles above Lakeland. Several fireplaces and 

 piles of flint were near. (Reynolds). Relics are found all alcng the 

 shore. 



