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28 Village site with modern relics on the Ellenwood property 

 northeast of Munnsville. 



29 Fort or stockade reported as south of the above-mentioned 

 site. 



30 Burial place mentioned in French's history, on a hillside i 

 mile southeast of Munnsville. 



31 Cornfields near Madison lake in Madison, and an Indian open- 

 ing in the same town (Hammond, p. 602). 



32 Village site near Earlville. 



33 Village site near Poolville. Many relics have been found in 

 this and the Earlville site. 



34 Village of Oneida near Hatch's lake in the southwest corner 

 of Eaton. 



35 Camp, recent, 2 miles below Hamilton. 



36 Mounds reported at Owens point. Chittenango creek. 



37 Near Munnsville and east of Oneida creek the Oneida lived 

 a long time, removing short distances as occasion recjuired. They 

 were in that vicinity when Van Corlaer visited them in December 

 1634. This is the first record of them as a distinct people. Gen. 

 James Grant Wilson accidentally discovered his journal a few years 

 since and had it translated and pubhshed. From this a few notes 

 regarding the town are given : '* Before we reached the castle we 

 saw three graves, just like our graves in length and height; usually 

 their graves are round. These graves were surrounded with pali- 

 sades that they had split from trees and they were closed up so 

 nicely that it was a wonder to see. They were painted with red, 

 white and black paint ; but the chief's grave had an entrance, and at 

 the top of that was a big wooden bird, and all around were painted 

 dogs and deer and snakes and other beasts. We marched boldl\- to 

 the castle, where the savages opened to let us i)ass, and so we 

 marched through them by the gate, which was three and a half 

 feet wide, and at the top were standing three big wooden images 

 like men, of carved wood, and with them I saw three scalps flutter- 

 ing in the wind. . . . This castle has two gates, one on the 

 east and one on the west side. On the east side a lock of hair wa^' 

 also hanging, but this gate was one and one half feet smaller than 

 the other one. . . . This castle is situated on a very high hill and 

 was surrounded by two rows of palisades. Tt was 767 paces in 

 circumference. There are 66 houses but much better, higher and 

 more finished than all the others we saw. ... A good many 

 houses had wooden fronts that arc painted with all sorts of beasts. 



