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On the flat between the Catskill and Kaaterskill was another viUage, 

 and on the hill nearly 600 feet north stood a fort. An Algonquin 

 tribe lived on the plains below the junction of the creeks 2 miles 

 from the river. There was a cemetery " (Hist. Greene Co., p. 89, 

 90). 



18 Village site directly across the creek and to the southwest, on 

 Kaaterskill creek. 



19 Large village sites at Green Point and the two ix)ints just 

 northeast. At Green Point there is a shell bank. 



20 Camp on Burgetts island. 



21 Village site at Dewitt Point. Pes-qua-nach-qua was here. 



22 Village site on the point at Duck cove. 



23 Quat-a-wich-nach was on the west side of the Kaaterskill on 

 the highlands east and opposite Temmerman hill. 



24 Rock shelter on the H. Branaugh property at Windham. 



25 Quarries west of Coxsackie. 



Native Copper Chain of ^00 Beads; At Least 400 Years Old^ 



One of the finest specimens of Indian archeology ever seen in this 

 city and what is probably one of the rarest Indian relics of the whole 

 country is an Indian necklace of native copper beads, with other 

 ornaments, owned by the Rev. W. N. P. Dailey of this city. 



The chain may be said to consist of four parts, the small copper 

 beads of which there are an even three hundred, sixteen small shell 

 beads, four large shell beads, and a gorget, or breastplate, with 

 center perforation. 



Doctor Beauchamp, formerly of Broadalbin, who is the state ex- 

 pert in Indian archeology, says of this necklace, ''it is the finest lot I 

 have ever seen," and he doubts if there is another string like it known 

 to collectors, east or west. 



Native copper articles are rare along the New York seacoast and 

 in our mounds, and ])erhaps are found more rarely still on camp 

 sites. Among the Indians, copper as a metal was generally held in a 

 sort of superstitious awe, certain tribes regarding it with extreme 

 reverence, some even carefully treasuring the pieces as household 

 gods. 



Doctor Beauchamp thinks that with slight exceptions articles of 

 native copper, such as are known in New York State, were all made 

 before the close of the fifteenth century. Unaccompanied by Euro- 



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