THE ARCHEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK 53/ 



more than fifty sites have been located in the county and accurately 

 charted. The collections acquired by these investigators are now the 

 property of the State Museum. 



Some of the first struggles of the Senecas with General Sullivan's 

 troops occurred in this county and it is only necessary to mention 

 the Battle of Newtown to bring to mind the incidents of the 

 Revolutionary period. 



A trail led northward by Newtown creek, through Horseheads to 

 Catherine's creek, thence along the shore of Seneca lake and 

 northwestwardly into the heart of the Seneca country. 



List of Sites 



1 Runonvea was a village at Big Flats burned in 1779. Ward E. 

 Bryan of Elmira says that arrowheads ma}- be found in numbers 

 on a rise of ground to the southeast of this site. 



2 Small camp site just below^ East Corning station on the Erie 

 Railroad. A trail follows the east side of the river through this 

 point and scattered flints are found throughout its length. 



3 Site on the Weston farm about 3 miles north of Horseheads and 

 on the ridges on both sides of Catherine's creek. The principal 

 evidences are found at the bend of the creek as it turns north to- 

 ward Seneca lake. Pottery and arrowheads. A trail followed the 

 ridge. 



4 Large site on Arnot estate a mile southeast of Horseheads, the 

 present site of the village waterworks. Graves have been found 

 here in which were glass beads. There is also an earlier occupation 

 evidenced by cylindrical pestles and broken gorgets. Arrowheads 

 and pottery are common on the site. A trail followed the east bank 

 of the stream. 



5 On Latta brook road near the end of the ridge and 2 miles 

 south of Horseheads was an extensive site with fine relics and 

 numerous pestles, celts and flint points. The site is on the Elisha 

 Day farm. There is much broken pottery in the gravelly soil. W. E. 

 Bryan, who furnished this information, says he believes there was 

 a cache of turtle l)acks here as he picked up from two to five in 

 a radius of 20 square feet at each plowing. 



6 Small village site at the confluence of a small creek and 

 (.-atherine's creek just above Millport on the Charles Sleeper farm. 

 Mr Sleeper has a number of fine relics from the place. 



7 Site west of tail and east of the Northern Central Railroad 

 one-fourth of a mile north of Horseheads, on the Marshall farm. 

 The trail crossed the creek at this |)oint. 



