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Most of these earthworks and hilltop forts, however, may be at- 

 tributed to the Iroquois. Some of the more important village sites 

 which have been examined by archeologists are those known as 

 Perch lake mounds, a pre-Troquoian site consisting of more than 

 two hundred hut rings ; the Durfee farm site ; the St Lawrence site ; 

 village and burial site near Limerick on the Maynard farm ; the Rut- 

 land Hill series or Burr Mills site, and several sites near Rodman. 



Local collectors who have done much to gather material from vil- 

 lage sites and refuse pits are Doctors Getman and Amidon of Chau- 

 mont and Messrs Loveland, Oatman and Woodworth of Watertown. 

 The State Museum now has the Amidon, Loveland and Oatman 

 collections which illustrate in a very fair way the material culture of 

 the earlier people of this important region. The only scientific sur- 

 vey and excavations made in the county for an institution was that 

 conducted by M. R. Harrington for the Peabody Museum of Har- 

 vard. Mr Harrington has left a good account of his explorations 

 (seep. 315). 



The importance of this county in the archeology of the L'oquois 

 is that it provides a series of sites which may be with firm assurance 

 called precolonial. These afiford us a knowledge that the Onondagas 

 left here before migrating southward and taking possession of the 

 Onondaga hills. A definite basis is moreover provided upon which 

 we can judge the character of their artifacts. 



List of Sites 



1 A traditional fort on French creek near Clayton, taken by the 

 Oneida. 



2 Village site in Clayton at the foot of Grindstone island, south 

 and east along the shore. This is on state land, being within Inter- 

 national Park. 



3 Burial site at Grand view at the west end of Wellesley island. 



4 Burial mound opened in making the railroad to Cape Vincent. 



5 Village site in the town of Cape Vincent i^ miles from St 

 Lawrence village. 



6 Burial place and cam]:) sites were at the portage at Point 

 peninsula. 



7 Burial place on the Hoover farm at the head of Chaumont bay. 

 '8-9 Camp sites along the shores, i mile above and i mile below 



Clayton. There is much broken ])Ottery scattered through the top 

 soil. 



10 An earthwork and burial ])lace at Depauville reported by Mr 

 Twining. One burial i)lace is on the school grounds. 

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