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  of 
  corn, 
  over 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  about 
  one 
  rod 
  by 
  eight. 
  This 
  was 
  charred 
  

   either 
  by 
  fire, 
  or 
  long 
  exposure 
  to 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  elements, 
  and 
  

   must 
  have 
  been 
  an 
  immense 
  grainery, 
  or 
  a 
  cache^ 
  or 
  hiding 
  place 
  

   for 
  grain. 
  It 
  is 
  estimated 
  that 
  there 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  several 
  hun* 
  

   dred 
  bushels 
  that 
  were 
  plowed 
  out* 
  

  

  Charred 
  corn 
  was 
  found 
  nowhere 
  else 
  except 
  at 
  this 
  particular 
  

   spot, 
  although 
  the 
  adjacent 
  fields 
  have 
  furnished 
  an 
  unusual 
  

   abundance 
  of 
  stone 
  and 
  earthen- 
  ware 
  fragments. 
  

  

  Just 
  within 
  the 
  enclosure 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  boulder 
  of 
  gneiss 
  rock 
  of 
  

   very 
  hard 
  texture, 
  in 
  which 
  are 
  seen 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  broad, 
  shallow 
  

   depressions, 
  doubtless 
  worn 
  by 
  the 
  grinding 
  of 
  stone 
  implements. 
  

  

  These 
  smooth 
  depressions 
  were 
  twelve 
  inches 
  across, 
  and 
  from 
  

   one 
  to 
  two 
  deep. 
  No 
  other 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  mass 
  presents 
  a 
  smooth 
  

   surface. 
  Directly 
  upon 
  the 
  mound 
  there 
  still 
  stands 
  a 
  pine 
  stump, 
  

   which, 
  although 
  partly 
  decayed, 
  still 
  has 
  a 
  diameter 
  of 
  five 
  and 
  

   a 
  half 
  feet, 
  at 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  three 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  ground. 
  An 
  out- 
  

   line 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  is 
  represented 
  in 
  plan 
  No. 
  8. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Perch 
  lake, 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Pamelia, 
  Jelferson 
  

   county, 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  stream 
  known 
  as 
  Lowel 
  creek, 
  

   and 
  on 
  an 
  estate 
  commonly 
  called 
  the 
  " 
  Lafarge 
  place," 
  there 
  

   formerly 
  existed 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  earthen 
  mounds, 
  probably 
  burial 
  

   places, 
  all 
  of 
  whicli, 
  except 
  one, 
  have 
  been 
  levelled 
  by 
  cultiva- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  The 
  original 
  number 
  or 
  exact 
  locality 
  of 
  these 
  barrows 
  or 
  tu- 
  

   muli, 
  cannot 
  now 
  be 
  ascertained. 
  They 
  may 
  liave 
  numbered 
  

   half 
  a 
  dozen, 
  and 
  were 
  considered 
  as 
  objects 
  of 
  curiosity 
  b}'' 
  the 
  

   early 
  settlers. 
  The 
  one 
  now 
  remaining 
  stands 
  on 
  an 
  elevated 
  

   bank 
  that 
  gradually 
  descends 
  witli 
  an 
  intervening 
  plain 
  to 
  the 
  

   lake 
  shore, 
  and 
  commands 
  a 
  pleasant 
  prospect. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  im- 
  

   mediate 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  mansion 
  (now 
  in 
  ruins) 
  built 
  by 
  Mr. 
  La- 
  

   farge, 
  the 
  former 
  proprietor 
  of 
  large 
  tracts 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity. 
  

   It 
  has 
  a 
  diameter 
  of 
  about 
  thirty 
  feet, 
  a 
  present 
  elevation 
  of 
  three 
  

   feet, 
  with 
  a 
  depression 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  and 
  is 
  circular 
  in 
  form. 
  

  

  The 
  relics 
  formerly 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  adjacent 
  fields 
  indicate 
  tha 
  

   this 
  was 
  anciently 
  a 
  favorite 
  haunt 
  of 
  the 
  aborigines. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  

  

  