ABORIGINAL OCCUPATION OF NEW YORK 5I 



a bank about 200 feet long, 14 feet broad at the base and 3 J feet 

 high. A double line of holes about a foot deep extended along the 

 top. There were several parallel furrows inside the bank partially 

 crossing the area. It is on a ridge washed on one side by the 

 Chemung.—Sqiiier, p. 53-54 



10 Kanawlohalla, burned in 1779^ was in Elmira at the junction of 

 Newtown creek with the Chemung. Two other villages have been 

 mentioned in Elmira, one near the Rathbun house and one near 

 Wisner park. — Towner, p. 24 ' 



1 1 A small- village called Middletown between Newtown and Ka- 

 nawlohalla was burned in 1779. — Sullivan, p. 128 



12 On the Nichols farm opposite the Sullivan monument is a 

 considerable site with many relics, but there are fewer aboriginal 

 traces south of Elmira than north. 



13 Chemung a tow^n burned in 1779 having 50 or 60 houses. On 

 the left or north bank of the Chemung west of the Narrows and 

 three miles from the present Chemung village. — Sullivan, p. 127. 

 Old Chemung on the same bank half a mile above the present vil- 

 lage was also burned. — Sullivan, p. 125 



14 A small and new village on both sides of Baldwin's creek and 

 northeast of the battle field was burned in 1779. Another village 

 was near this. — Sullivan, p. 127 



15 Newtown on the left bank of the Chemung was five miles 

 below Elmira and a mile above the battle field of Aug. 29, 1779. — 

 Sullivan, p. 127. The battle was near Lowman*s. 



16 A small village near the river on one of its tributaries and two 

 miles above the battle field. — Sullivan, p. 127 



17 The remaining Chemung sites were reported by Percy L. 

 Lang. A village southwest of Lowman and another one and one 

 half miles east on the river. 



18 Camps on both sides of the river at Chemung. 



19 Camps. and a village north of the river, near Wynkoop creek. 

 Chenango county, i. A horseshoe-shaped gravel bank^ four 



miles north of Sherburne and a mile west of Handsome brook with 

 a curious extension seems a natural formation, but arrowheads 

 occur in the vicinity. — Hatch, p. 74 



