﻿NOTICES 
  OF 
  ANCIENT 
  REMAINS 
  OF 
  ART> 
  

  

  In 
  JEFFERSON 
  AND 
  ST. 
  LAWRENCE 
  COUNTIES 
  

   BY 
  FRANKLIN 
  B. 
  HOUGH, 
  M. 
  D., 
  

  

  t)F 
  SOMERVILLE, 
  ST. 
  LAAVREI^CE 
  COUNTY, 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  ancient 
  works 
  in 
  the 
  toWn 
  of 
  

   Leray, 
  Jefferson 
  county, 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  annual 
  report 
  of 
  

   the 
  Regents, 
  on 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Cabinet, 
  page 
  101, 
  the 
  

   writer 
  has 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  ascertain 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  

   x)thers 
  in 
  that 
  town, 
  but 
  now 
  so 
  obliterated 
  that 
  no 
  trace 
  remains 
  

   The 
  principal 
  of 
  these 
  was 
  about 
  five 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  

   Watertown, 
  near 
  the 
  red 
  tavern, 
  on 
  the 
  plank 
  road 
  to 
  Evans' 
  

   mills. 
  It 
  was 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  stream, 
  a 
  branch 
  

   of 
  West 
  creek, 
  (the 
  same 
  whose 
  source 
  is 
  marked 
  on 
  plan 
  No. 
  2, 
  

   of 
  my 
  article 
  of 
  last 
  year,) 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  level 
  sandy 
  plain 
  at 
  the 
  

   western 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  pine 
  plains, 
  a 
  strongly 
  marked 
  feature 
  

   of 
  this 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  

  

  Nothing 
  can 
  be 
  gathered 
  concerning 
  it, 
  except 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  

   a 
  nearly 
  circular 
  enclosure, 
  and 
  consisted 
  of 
  a 
  low 
  mound 
  or 
  

   ridge 
  of 
  earth, 
  with 
  gateways 
  or 
  intervals 
  along 
  its 
  course 
  at 
  

   irregular 
  distances. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  pine 
  trees 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  

   grew 
  upon 
  and 
  within 
  the 
  bank. 
  The 
  neighboring 
  fields 
  for- 
  

   merly 
  yielded 
  the 
  usual 
  variety 
  of 
  fragments 
  of 
  pottery, 
  and 
  rude 
  

   implements 
  of 
  bone, 
  steatite 
  and 
  flint. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  highway 
  to 
  Antwerp 
  passes 
  across 
  the 
  eastern 
  

   margin 
  of 
  this 
  enclosure, 
  and 
  the 
  area 
  is 
  mostly 
  occupied 
  by 
  

   houses 
  and 
  gardens. 
  This 
  work 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   the 
  post-office, 
  named 
  Sanford's 
  corners. 
  

  

  