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  quantity 
  of 
  relics. 
  Beads 
  of 
  steatite, 
  pipes 
  and 
  broken 
  utensils 
  of 
  earthen, 
  

   the 
  bones 
  offish 
  and 
  wild 
  animals, 
  shells, 
  &c, 
  occur, 
  mixed 
  with 
  ashes 
  

   and 
  bits 
  of 
  charcoal, 
  throughout 
  the 
  soil, 
  within 
  and 
  without 
  the 
  limits 
  

   of 
  the 
  trench, 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  collected 
  and 
  carried 
  off 
  in 
  large 
  quantities. 
  

   Cultivation 
  has 
  nearly 
  obliterated 
  every 
  trace 
  of 
  the 
  enclosure, 
  but 
  by 
  

   the 
  aid 
  of 
  several 
  persons 
  who 
  were 
  acquainted 
  with 
  the 
  locality 
  when 
  

   first 
  discovered, 
  the 
  accompanying 
  plan 
  (No. 
  4,) 
  has 
  been 
  drawn, 
  which 
  

   is 
  believed 
  to 
  represent 
  the 
  situation 
  and 
  extent 
  of 
  this 
  work, 
  before 
  the 
  

   land 
  was 
  tilled. 
  

  

  The 
  ground 
  formerly 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  trench, 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  

   an 
  orchard, 
  and 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  mill 
  yard. 
  

  

  Eeference 
  to 
  this 
  work 
  is 
  made 
  in 
  several 
  gazetteers 
  and 
  " 
  Historical 
  

   Collections," 
  as 
  occurring 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  Capt. 
  Washburn, 
  in 
  Gouver- 
  

   neur, 
  (the 
  former 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  land, 
  before 
  the 
  erection 
  of 
  the 
  township 
  

   of 
  Macomb,) 
  and 
  in 
  these 
  it 
  is 
  erroneously 
  stated 
  that 
  rude 
  remains 
  of 
  

   sculpture 
  occur 
  within 
  the 
  enclosure. 
  No 
  traces 
  of 
  sculpture 
  (except 
  

   the 
  beads, 
  pipes 
  and 
  other 
  articles,) 
  have 
  ever 
  been 
  found 
  here. 
  

  

  About 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  northeast 
  of 
  this 
  place, 
  is 
  the 
  trace 
  of 
  another 
  en- 
  

   closure, 
  but 
  so 
  obliterated 
  by 
  cultivation, 
  that 
  it 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  surveyed 
  

   with 
  any 
  degree 
  of 
  certainty. 
  It 
  occurs 
  on 
  the 
  farms 
  of 
  Josiah 
  Sweet 
  

   and 
  William 
  Houghton, 
  the 
  greater 
  portion 
  being 
  upon 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  the 
  

   latter. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  situated 
  on 
  a 
  small 
  stream, 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  a 
  tamarack 
  swamp, 
  for- 
  

   merly 
  a 
  beaver 
  meadow 
  ; 
  is 
  of 
  an 
  irregular 
  oval 
  figure, 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  

   traced 
  with 
  tolerable 
  accuracy 
  about 
  160 
  paces, 
  which 
  is 
  nearly 
  half 
  of 
  

   the 
  original 
  circumference, 
  Its 
  longest 
  direction 
  was 
  NNE. 
  and 
  SSW. 
  

   Numerous 
  fire-beds 
  occur 
  within 
  the 
  enclosure, 
  and 
  in 
  one 
  instance, 
  a 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  ashes 
  and 
  charcoal 
  was 
  found 
  five 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  surface. 
  

   In 
  a 
  field 
  a 
  few 
  rods 
  distant, 
  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  broken 
  pottery, 
  and 
  

   traces 
  of 
  an 
  Indian 
  village, 
  are 
  found. 
  About 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  

   from 
  the 
  enclosure 
  first 
  described, 
  (plan 
  No. 
  4,) 
  there 
  occurs 
  another 
  

   trench 
  of 
  semi-circular 
  form, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  far 
  more 
  perfect 
  state 
  of 
  preser- 
  

   vation 
  than 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  others. 
  This 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  Robert 
  Wilson, 
  

   and 
  about 
  25 
  rods 
  south 
  of 
  " 
  Wilson's 
  Lead 
  Mine." 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  topography 
  and 
  extent 
  of 
  this 
  trench, 
  reference 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  

   accompanying 
  plan, 
  No. 
  5. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  land 
  around 
  this 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  ploughed, 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  furnish- 
  

   ed 
  any 
  relics 
  of 
  interest. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Massena, 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  county, 
  is 
  an 
  ancient 
  trench 
  

   -enclosure, 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  Josiah 
  C. 
  Bridges, 
  about 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  south- 
  

  

  