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beck, but of tbe exact location of their village we have no definite 

 notes. A few Esopus Indians were also on the east shore of the 

 Hudson in 1663, opposite Magdalen Island. 



List of Sites 



1 A recent village 2 miles south of Bethel or Pine Plains, was 

 the Moravian mission of 1740 (Smith. Dutchess, p. 302). French 

 places this in the town of Northeast, '' at an Indian mission house 

 at the north end of Indian lake. The remains of this mission house 

 are still visible on the farm of Douglas Clark." (French, p. 273.) 



2 Burial site in Wappingers Falls between the Episcopal church 

 and Halls. 



3 Burial site on lands of Myron P. Benton and also near Amasa 

 D. Colemans in Amenia. 



4 Burial site on Sleight farm, LaGrange. 



5 Village site on the Troutbrook farm in Amenia. Arrowheads, 

 gouges and scrapers are found. 



6 Council grove at the Nook, by the river in South Amenia, and 

 some cabins at the outlet of Smith's pond. 



7 Some recent graves on Apple Sauce hill in Dover were thought 

 to be Pequots by Smith (Dutchess, p. 155). 



8 Village site in Dover on the Lossing farm. Arrowheads and 

 pestles are found. 



9 In October 1882 six skeletons were exhumed at Fox's Point, 

 Poughkcepsie. All the relics near these were early. Some were 

 found east of the railroad. (Smithsonian Report, 1883.) 



10 A village with recent relics at Noxon meadow in Beekman 

 (Smith, Dutchess, p. 135). 



11 A cache of flint was found at Green Haven, in the west 

 part of Beekman (Smithsonian Report, 1877, p. 307-8). 



12 '*On the Sprout creek, which rises in La Grange, a great quan- 

 tity of bones have been accidentally discovered, lying promiscuously 

 as if a vast pile of human bodies had been made and left to rot " 

 (Barber, p. 133). 



13 There were several cemeteries and orcihards in Fishkill. 

 (Smith, Dutchess, p. 175). A recent village was at Fishkill Hook. 



14 Village site near Denning's i*oint. Spearheads and arrowheads 

 are found. 



15 Village site on the fiat land near b^ishkill, reported l)y James E. 

 Dean. 



