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1 129 feet. A thousand feet should be taken from this. The other 

 is 163 feet away and has a north and south axis of 184 feet, the east 

 and west being 151 feet. They are west of the valley. — U. S. bnr» 

 of eth. p. 510 



26 An elliptic work is on a plateau 150 feet above Cassadaga creek 

 and on the north side of a small stream. The bank is 495 feet 

 around, with a gateway 10 feet wide. A trail leads to the stream 

 and in the center of the work is a large and deep pit. — Cheney, p. 44, 

 pi. 8, fig. I. Mr Cheney's plan appears in fig. 9, on "a scale of 250 

 feet to the inch. 



27 Another work is on high land 160 rods from Cassadaga creek, 

 with a small stream on the southern side. Many skeletons within 

 had horizontal burial. Within and without were vast quantities of 

 implements and large caches were near. From the gate in the 

 northeast part a trail led to a cemetery 50 rods away. Here were 

 three large rectangular graves with from 30 to 60 skeletons in a 

 sitting posture. — Cheney, p. 45, pi. 8, fig. 2. Mr Cheney's plan is 

 given in fig. 4, on a scale of 500 feet to the inch. 



28 In " the village of Bucklin's corners was an ancient cemetery 

 where a great number of human skeletons have been exhumed." — 

 Larkin, p. 50. Bucklin's corners, or Gerry center, is now in the 

 village of Vermont. Three quarters of a mile south of this was an 

 elliptic work of 7 acres, on high ground overlooking the Cassadaga 

 valley. Much of this was visible in 1880 according to Dr Larkin. 



29 Two miles southeast of Sinclairville was a circular work. — 

 Young, p. 19 



30 An oval work was 3 miles south of Sinclairville, on Shepard- 

 son's farm. — Reynolds 



31 Two semicircular works on Clear creek were reported by Mr 

 Thatcher. They were 3 miles west of Ellington and a mile above 

 no. 34. They were on bluffs and each had an area of one and one 

 half acres. One was double-walled, the walls turning out at the 

 gateway, in front of which was a small mound. — U. S. bur, of eth. 

 p. 509 



32 Two works, on opposite sides of Clear cf eek are 56 rods apart. 

 One on a high peninsula is a parallelogram with rounded 



