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rows facing each other. — Young, p. 19. This was on B. F. Denni- 

 son's farm, on the Jamestown road near Sinclairville. — U. S. bur. 

 of eth. p. 510. There was also a nearly circular work 60 rods 

 north of this and on William Scott's land. It had a depression in 

 the center and a gate at the north. It is on lots 30 and 38. — U. S. 

 bur. of eth. p. 510. There ai:e cinder heaps on the farm of John F. 

 Phelps, a mile south of Sinclairville. 



24 There were two breastworks on the north and south bounda- 

 ries of Sinclairville, with a large circular work between them. The 

 gate was on the south side. Six or seven acres were inclosed in 

 the heart of the village. On a high bluff above Mill creek on the 

 west was a circular work with deep excavations. — Young, p. 19-20. 

 A slightly curved bank^ without gateways and 100 rods long, crosses 

 Sinclairville from bluff to bluff, precipices defending the other sides. 

 The ai-ea is nearly square. — Cheney, p. 45, pi. 9. Mr Cheney's plan 

 is given in fig. 3, on a scale of 1000 feet to the inch. 



25 There are two works on the farm of John Almy, South Stock- 

 ton, a mile across the Cassadaga valley and nearly 60 rods from 

 the dividing lines of Gerry and Ellery. The larger and southeast- 

 ern one is in the shape of the letter D, the straight line fronting 

 the eastern edge of the bluff. A northwest gateway connects with 

 a ravine, across which is the gate of the smaller, opposite and 

 circular work about 6 rods away. The latter incloses half an acre. — 

 Larkin, p. 50, fig. 11. Dr Larkin's plan appears in fig. 17. There 

 was a circular work 60 rods south of this, on the farm of S. M. 

 Tower. It '' w^as a true circle, facing the south and divided in 

 the center by a straight line." This was on a plain on the west 

 side of the Cassadaga valley. From the western side of the fort 

 a ditch, 20 rods long, reached a stream at a hight sufficient to 

 carry the water within the walls, inside of which .were hearths, 

 caches, pottery and arrowheads. — Larkin, p. 53. Mr Reynolds re- 

 ports these rather differently. The one on the Tower farm is 80 

 rods south of the others, and is a circle, inclosing two and a half 

 acres. The others are in South Stockton, 4 miles southwest of 

 Sinclairville, and both are called circular works. The smaller fort 

 has a north and south axis of 132 feet, and an east and west axis of 



