THE ARCIIEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK 55O 



Fulton County 



List of Sites 



1 Village site and stronghold on the (ieorge Christman farm on 

 Garoga creek, 



2 A site of 4 acres on Indian hill in Ephratah is on an oblong and 

 steep sandy hill east of Garoga creek. Originally the palisade holes 

 could be seen, but not when the writer explored it after it had been 

 long cleared. S. L. Frey says that the pits from which the clay for 

 pottery was taken, are abundant along the foot of the hill near the 

 small stream on the east side. It is the oldest Mohawk site having 

 pottery with human figures upon it, and one long brass bead has 

 been found. It was well described by Mr Frey in the American 

 Naturalist in 1885, and was probably occupied about 1600. This 

 site was excavated by M. R. Harrington for the Peabody-Harvard 

 Museum. ( See plate 143.) 



3 Village site on Canada lake is reported by S. L. Frey. 



4 Village site on Garoga lake 10 miles from the Mohawk, reported 

 by S. L. Frey. 



5 An early stockade of about the same date on the east bank of 

 Cayadutta creek a mile north of Sammonsville, was found in 1892. 

 A trench across a ridge about 349 feet long inclosed a triangle 

 between two ravines. This was 369 feet long. Relics as in the last, 

 even to the long brass bead. This site was described by Robert M. 

 Hartley, in Popular Science News, June 1896. There are 2-)4 acres. 

 Unio shells abundant. The occupation is early Mohawk. 



6 Camp site with " many arrowheads " on Summeer House point 

 and in Sacandaga valley, town of Broadalbin. 



7 Burial site in Broadalbin three-fourths of a mile from the 

 village on the banks of a brook near Woods Hollow. 



Genesee County 



General Oceupatioii 

 The aboriginal remains of Genesee county are chiefly known by 

 the extensive hilltop fortification situated in the town of Oakfield 

 and near the little village of Caryville. This work was the first 

 described by the Rev. Samuel Kirkland in 1788. Another important 

 site is on the hill at the juncture of Fordhams brook and Aliens 

 creek, in the town of Le Roy, in the southeast part of the county. 

 The Oakfield site has one of the largest and highest walls of any 

 inclosure in the State. Squier says it is the best preserved of any 

 that came under his notice; in his time the earth wall was 8 feel in 



