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23 Not far from the mounds at the Narrows east of the lake was 

 an old cemetery at Dewittville. Doctor Larkin reported " vast 

 quantities of relics " in the \ icinitx' and a cache of arrowheads 

 (Larkin, p. 58). 



24 On Bemus Point are old and recent sites. The old culture 

 is of the mound-builder period and the more recent is modern 

 Seneca. There is a large cemetery to the east of the point. 



25 An obliterated bank was on the lowland nearly one-half of a 

 mile back of Long Point, 2 miles above Bemus Point (Reynolds, 

 P- 506). 



26 At Griffith's Point in Ellery, cast of Chautauqua lake, are two 

 mounds (Young, p. 20). Mr Cheney placed them near the Narrows 

 and 100 rods from the shore, directly in the rear of the point. They 

 were 5 rods apart, 66 feet in diameter and 6 feet high. Figure 21 is 

 his plan reduced to 1000 feet to the inch (Cheney, p. 47, pi. 12). They 

 were afterward examined and reported as 40 feet in diameter. Three 

 human skeletons and one of a wolf were found, besides copper 

 articles and mica. Still later Mr Reynolds described the mounds 

 as near Bemus Point. One was 6 feet high and 39 feet in diameter. 

 This contained copper articles and mica. The other was 5 feet high 

 and 65 feet across. There were traces of an earthwork back of 

 the point (U. S. Bur. of Eth.. p. 505-6). 



27 There was a circular work ijX miles south of Sinclairville on 

 lot 46, Gerry, with an area of 3 acres. It yielded skeletons and rude 

 stone implements. A large cemetery was 130 rods northeast of this, 

 out of which fifty skeletons were taken in 1825 and twenty-five 

 about 30 years later. They were in a " sitting posture, " the alternate 

 rows facing each other (Young, p. 19). This was on B. F. Den- 

 nison's farm, on the Jamestown road near Sinclairville (U. S. Bur. 

 of Eth., p. 510). Bones may still be found on the site. There was 

 also a nearl}- circular work 60 rods north of this and on William 

 Scott's land. It had a depression in the center and a gate at the 

 north. It is on lots 30 and 38 (U. S. Bur. of Eth., p. 5T0V This 

 v.'as excavated in 1907 by the State Aluseum. The culture is an 

 early unspecialized Iroquoian. Graves and ossuaries were found 

 but no relics were found in the graves. 



28 There were tw.o breastworks on the north and south boundaries 

 of vSinclairville, with a large circular work between them. The gate 

 was on the south side. Six or seven acres were inclosed in the 

 heart of the village. On a high bluff above ^lill creek on the west 

 was a circular work with dee]) excavations (Young, p. 19-20). A 

 slightly curved bank, without gateways and 100 rods long, crosses 



