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11. Ancient stone hatchet of rude construction, found on the site of 



the old village of Cannewangus (stinking waters), so called 

 from its vicinity to the Mineral springs of Avon. After De 

 Nonville's invasion, the Indians removed to the west side of 

 the Genesee. 



12. Ancient stone pipe-bowls (2), found in Rush, Monroe county. 



13. Ancient stone pipe-bowls, found near Fort Hill. I have never 



met with ruder specimens (W. H. C. H.). 



14. Clay pipe-stems, found in the vicinity of Avon. 



15. Clay pipe-stems, found in Mendon, Monroe county, near the site of 



the village known in the 17th century to the French, as 

 " Dyen-de-haak-doh," or the Bend ; having been situated 

 in an arm of the Hone-yah-yah (called by the Whites, Ho- 

 neoye), or the place where the finger was left. The tradition 

 is, that an Indian, while gathering strawberries on its banks, 

 was bitten by a copperhead on one of his fingers ; and that 

 to prevent a spread of the venom, he severed it from his 

 hand with a hatchet. 



16. Fragments of ancient pottery, picked up at various points in the 



Valley of the Genesee. 



17. Ancient pottery found by me, together with a paint stone, in a 



mound of the Yemassees, near the ocean beach at San 

 Pablo, on St. John's River, Florida. I send it, that a com- 

 parison may be instituted between the handiwork of the 

 Northern and Southern tribes. 



18. Steel hatchet, found on the Wilber farm CAvon), in an old grave. 



19. Bones, etc. taken from an Indian grave near Fort Niagara. 



20. Sword-belt plate, found near Cannewangus landing, by a work- 



man on the Canal, many feet below the surface ; together 

 with human bones, and a fragment of a military coat that 

 crumbled on exposure to the air. It is perforated by a bullet. 

 It bears the inscription, " 104, New-Brunswick Regiment," 

 surmounted by the English crown. Some luckless British 

 soldier, taken in some distant expedition of the conquering 

 Iroquois, may have been the victim of Indian warfare. 



21. Stone implements, found on the farm of William Wadsworth near 



Fowlerville bridge, York, Livingston county. 



22. Paint stone referred to in No. 17. The bottom of the stone, when 



discovered, was red with vermilion or some of the coloring 

 matters. 



