﻿No. 
  30.] 
  107 
  

  

  the 
  writer 
  could 
  learn, 
  no 
  excavations 
  have 
  ever 
  been 
  made 
  at 
  

   this 
  place 
  to 
  ascertain 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  relics 
  or 
  bones 
  in 
  the 
  

   mound. 
  

  

  A 
  semicircular 
  trench 
  formerly 
  existed 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  OsWe* 
  

   gatchie, 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  county, 
  on 
  lot 
  No. 
  40, 
  (western 
  sub- 
  

   division,) 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  now 
  owned 
  by 
  Benjamin 
  Pope. 
  A 
  small 
  

   portion 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  highway 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  part 
  now 
  visible, 
  but 
  

   on 
  the 
  first 
  settlement 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  a 
  complete 
  semicircle 
  could 
  

   be 
  very 
  plainly 
  traced. 
  Within 
  the 
  bank 
  was 
  a 
  ditch 
  two 
  feet 
  

   deep. 
  No 
  bones 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  here, 
  although 
  an 
  unusual 
  

   abundance 
  of 
  ear 
  then- 
  ware 
  fragments 
  formerly 
  occurred 
  here. 
  

  

  Stone 
  implements 
  and 
  flint 
  arrows, 
  also 
  were 
  frequently 
  found 
  

   in 
  and 
  around 
  the 
  work. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  instance 
  we 
  observe 
  a 
  departure 
  from 
  the 
  plan 
  observed 
  

   in 
  most 
  other 
  works 
  in 
  this 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  in 
  which 
  a 
  com- 
  

   plete 
  enclosure 
  was 
  formed, 
  either 
  by 
  an 
  artificial 
  mound 
  of 
  earth, 
  

   or 
  in 
  part 
  by 
  some 
  natural 
  barrier, 
  as 
  a 
  stream, 
  or 
  the 
  brow 
  of 
  a 
  

   hilL 
  In 
  the 
  present 
  example 
  none 
  such 
  existed, 
  and 
  the 
  work 
  

   consisted 
  simply 
  of 
  an 
  open 
  crescent. 
  A 
  sketch 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  is 
  

   represented 
  in 
  plan 
  No. 
  9. 
  Several 
  other 
  works 
  remain 
  to 
  be 
  

   described, 
  particularly 
  in 
  Jefferson 
  county, 
  but 
  the 
  foregoing 
  is 
  

   all 
  that 
  the 
  writer 
  has 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  examine 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  

   year. 
  

  

  Connected 
  with 
  our 
  primitive 
  history, 
  and 
  forming 
  a 
  link 
  

   in 
  the 
  chain 
  of 
  events 
  that 
  preceded 
  our 
  existence 
  as 
  a 
  State 
  

   government, 
  are 
  several 
  specimens 
  of 
  rude 
  painting 
  upon 
  the 
  

   rocks 
  on 
  the 
  Canadian 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  river, 
  which 
  

   although 
  not 
  within 
  our 
  territory, 
  yet 
  may 
  belong 
  to 
  our 
  history, 
  

   and 
  are 
  here 
  inserted. 
  

  

  They 
  may 
  hereafter 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  confirm 
  or 
  illustrate 
  some 
  

   recorded 
  incident, 
  and 
  are 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  symbolical 
  records 
  

   employed 
  to 
  preserve 
  the 
  memory 
  of 
  events. 
  

  

  Directly 
  opposite 
  to 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Morristown, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  

   below 
  Brockville, 
  are 
  two 
  localities 
  where 
  paintings 
  may 
  be 
  seen, 
  

   They 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  executed 
  in 
  red 
  ochre 
  j 
  are 
  about 
  three 
  

  

  