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inches in diameter, very symmetrical and polished; one 6 inches 

 long, very crude, and fragments of 9 others, were obtained. 



Sinkers. These embrace 71 flat pebbles of sandstone 2 to 4 

 inches in diameter and *4 to yi inches thick with two notches 

 opposite each other on the edge. 



Hoes etc. 22 thin pieces of sandstone 3 to 6 inches across 

 and ^ to 24 inches thick with the edges on one or more sides 

 chipped thin, were found. Some of these were doubtless hoes, 

 others may have served as axes. 



Pottery. Fragments of clay vessels are very abundant at 

 the lower site where the subsoil is a fine plastic clay quite suitable 

 for the potter's use. 350 fragments 1 to 3 inches across and 

 }i to Yz inch thick were collected, all of which show surface 

 ornamentation and 30 or more of them that of the rims. Pottery 

 fragments are very rare at the upper site. 



Parts of 9 pipe stems and of two bowls, one of the latter of 

 stone, the others of clay, were found. 



Flints. Those found on the sites consist of 26 arrow points 

 entire, 20 nearly so and 20 others much broken, or spoiled in 

 making. Also 4 perforators or drills, all with points broken off. 

 A small curved knife, a small gouge, and a quart of chips or 

 flakes. These are very abundant. 



The arrows are all small and triangular in shape. Except one, 

 which is translucent white quartz, they are common dark to light 

 chert, such as occurs in layers and nodules in the Onondaga lime- 

 stone. The only flint article found on the. sites that has a stem 

 is one of the perforators, though many stemmed arrows and spears 

 have been found on the higher ground south of the sites, specially 

 in the vicinity of a large spring near the railroad station in Naples 

 and another half a mile south of the village. 



Besides the above named articles there were found 2 celts, 2 

 stone balls, 3 stone disks and a few others that show artificial shap- 

 ing for some unknown purposes. 



Mortars, pitted stones, sinkers and flints similar to those above 

 described were found on a small site near the West river bridge, 

 3 miles northeast from the village on the flats, where the first white 

 settlers in 1797 found an Indian village composed of a few 

 wigwams. 



Like that of all the New York Indian nations, the early history 

 of the Senecas is buried under legends that, although apparently 

 purely mythical, may be not only allegorical but traditional as well 

 and containing germs of real history. 



