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there was a recent village as well as a cemetery not far from the 

 present high school. 



84 Two or three camps occur on lot 62, Salina, near the northeast 

 angle of Onondaga lake and scattered lodges toward the outlet. The 

 spot shows no permanent occupation and relics vary greatly in 

 character. 



85 Camps farther south and hamlets toward the north line of 

 Liverpool and east of the lake and on both sides of the stream on 

 L. Keith's farm. Relics of an early character occur at intervals all 

 along this shore. 



85 The French fort and mission of 1656 were on lot 106 north of 

 the Railroad bridge in Salina. Early and recent relics are found 

 here. The plan of the fort in Clark's Onondaga, however, is of that 

 erected by Frontenac in 1696. The plan was made by Mr. Geddes 

 in 1797. Clark erroneously said that some of the pickets remained 

 in 1794, adding that the work embraced half an acre. The Rev. J. 

 W. Adams said that traces of this fort could still be seen in 1834, 

 and that Doctor Holbrook, a settler of 1795, told him that there was 

 a picket of 4 acres, with a fort of i, having a blockhouse in the 

 northeast corner, and a bastion at one angle. It is probable all these 

 accounts are somewhat confused with the fort of 1756, built at 

 Onondaga Valley by Sir William Johnson. Frontenac's fort seems 

 to have been built on the old mansion site. Around the latter some 

 Onondagas lived. 



86 Early relics have been found all along the line of salt vats on 

 the bluff. Clark reported a large cemetery at Greenpoint but gave 

 no details. It was at the base of the bluff. 



87 Camp or hamlet north of the marsh and half a mile east of the 

 lake. Recent. 



88 A group of notable earthworks now obliterated was south of 

 the canal in Elbridge and seems to belong to the Cayuga group. In 

 early notes these are referred to Camillus, but the division of the 

 town placed all in the present town of Elbridge. The one on Fort 

 hill, lot 70, Elbridge, was first mentioned by the Rev. Thomas Rob- 

 bins in 1802, in his recently printed journal. He described it as 

 " nearly four square, the corners a little rounded, facing very nearly 

 the cardinal points. It is a little more than 20 rods from north to 

 south and from east to west a little less." He differs from others 

 in describing two gates on the west side with one on the east, but 

 was probably correct. He said, " On the west side are evident 

 marks of violence, places in the wall being thrown down into the 



