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  [Senate 
  

  

  Remains 
  of 
  ancient 
  art 
  have 
  been 
  observed 
  in 
  three 
  different 
  

   localities 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Watertown, 
  Jefferson 
  county, 
  all 
  of 
  

   which 
  are 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  brows 
  of 
  hills, 
  or 
  on 
  elevated 
  grounds 
  

   above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  ridges. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  land 
  

   of 
  Wm. 
  Lampson, 
  near 
  the 
  residence 
  of 
  Joseph 
  Gibbs, 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  

   east 
  of 
  Burrville, 
  and 
  about 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  from 
  the 
  town 
  

   line 
  of 
  Rutland, 
  on 
  lot 
  No. 
  31, 
  of 
  the 
  township 
  survey. 
  It 
  con- 
  

   sisted 
  of 
  a 
  crescent, 
  running 
  across 
  an 
  elevated 
  ridge, 
  the 
  steep 
  

   banks 
  of 
  which 
  completed 
  the 
  enclosure, 
  and 
  would 
  have 
  ren- 
  

   dered 
  it 
  a 
  very 
  suitable 
  position 
  for 
  defence. 
  No 
  graves 
  w^ere 
  

   found 
  within 
  or 
  around 
  it, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  much 
  reason 
  to 
  believe 
  

   that 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  military 
  work, 
  belonging 
  to 
  a 
  period 
  long 
  subse- 
  

   quent 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  many 
  others 
  in 
  this 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  On 
  the 
  

   hill 
  side 
  is 
  a 
  spring 
  of 
  water, 
  and 
  within 
  the 
  enclosure 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  

   boulder 
  of 
  gneiss, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  worn 
  smooth 
  and 
  concave 
  in 
  

   places, 
  by 
  the 
  rubbing 
  of 
  stone 
  implements. 
  On 
  a 
  point 
  of 
  land 
  

   across 
  the 
  deep 
  valley 
  on 
  the 
  west, 
  and 
  directly 
  opposite, 
  I 
  

   picked 
  up 
  a 
  cast 
  iron 
  ball, 
  weighing 
  eight 
  ounces. 
  Several 
  of 
  

   these 
  have 
  at 
  various 
  times 
  been 
  found 
  by 
  the 
  inhabitants, 
  and 
  

   this 
  leads 
  to 
  the 
  conjecture 
  thai 
  they 
  may 
  have 
  a 
  connection 
  

   with" 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  work. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  iron 
  balls 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  unable- 
  to 
  leafb 
  

   the 
  existence 
  of 
  other 
  metallic 
  articles 
  from 
  this 
  locality, 
  although 
  

   fragments 
  and 
  implements 
  of 
  aboriginal 
  workmanship 
  have 
  been 
  

   abundant. 
  No 
  trace 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  mound 
  is 
  now 
  left, 
  and 
  the? 
  

   accompanying 
  sketch, 
  (No. 
  6,) 
  was 
  drawn 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  settlers 
  who 
  was 
  familiar 
  with 
  it 
  when 
  the 
  coun- 
  

   try 
  was 
  first 
  cleared. 
  

  

  This 
  site 
  being 
  on 
  the 
  line 
  between 
  Montreal 
  and 
  Onbiidf^g^, 
  

   may 
  we 
  not 
  reasonably 
  conclude 
  that 
  this 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  camp 
  

   or 
  station 
  of 
  the 
  French, 
  at 
  the 
  period 
  when 
  they 
  occupied 
  trad- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  missionary 
  posts 
  among 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  two 
  centuries 
  ago, 
  

  

  This 
  inquiry 
  can 
  never 
  be 
  answered, 
  and 
  we 
  are 
  left 
  to 
  supply 
  

   the 
  history 
  with 
  such 
  feeble 
  assistance 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  drawn 
  from 
  a 
  

   few 
  scattered 
  memorials. 
  

  

  On 
  lot 
  No. 
  29, 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Watertown, 
  there 
  formerly 
  exis- 
  

   ted 
  two 
  trench 
  enclosures. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  

  

  