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range ii, and Mr Cheney's plan is given in fig. 6, on a scale of 500 

 feet to the inch. > 



1 1 Mr Reynolds reported a circular work on J. G. Gould's farm, 

 3 miles from Forestville on the Dunkirk road. It occupied about 

 3 acres on a blufif above Walnut creek, and there were 40 or 50 

 pits on the opposite side of the road. — U. S. bur. of eth. p. 511. 

 Mr Sherrard also referred to walls and ditches near that farm. 

 " These fortifications are somewhat numerous and extensive, reach- 

 ing over into the town of Pomfret, where a hill known as Fort hill 

 gives unequivocal testimony of the work of man." 



12 Mr Reynolds reported a bone pit in front of Mr Gould's 

 house in Sheridan. In this ossuary were human bones of persons 

 of all ages and without arrangement. In a grave near this were 

 5 skeletons in a circle, with the feet outward. — U. S. bur. of eth. 



p. 511 



13 A circular mound, 30 feet in diameter and 7 feet high, is 40 



rods from the east, shore of Cassadaga lake. Decayed skeletons 

 were removed in 1822. Many hearths were near the mound, which 

 had an average breadth of 30 feet. The large stones showed intense 

 heat. There were numerous caches, 4 feet broad and 2 feet deep. — 

 Cheney, p. 46 , ■ 



14 Not far off was a line of fortifications across a peninsula on 

 the south shore, inclosing a large area. He described what he 

 thought a gravel road. The numerous relics were of fine pottery, 

 celts and iron implements. — Cheney, p. 46, pi. 10. Mr Cheney's 

 plan of these two sites is given in fig. 20, on a scale of 500 feet 

 to the inch. 



15 Dr Larkin described a curious oblong mound on a point in 

 the lower lake. It was on the southwest side, and had a long 

 axis of 7 and a short axis of 5 rods. It was probably natural, but 

 had abundant relics. On the edge of the plateau, 12 rods from 

 this, was a bank 20 rods long, and in the rear of it another running 

 from shore to shore. 



16 A mound on the west shore of Chautauqua lake, on John F. 

 Morton's land, is two miles above .Lakeland. Several fireplaces 

 and piles of flint were near. — Reynolds 



