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great abundance in that immediate locality. . . They are two 

 in number, each of a circular form, and they were surrounded by a 

 high embankment protected by a deep ditch. The one on the east 

 side of the river has been passed over many times with the plow, 

 but much of its original form and symmetry are still visible. The 

 other, on the opposite side, farther down the stream, is still sur- 

 rounded by a deep ditch^ filled with growing trees and underwood, 

 but has less regularity and will not so soon attract the attention of 

 the antiquarian." — Gould, p. 50, 51. Mr Gould's plan appears in 

 fig. 24. This may be the one to which Schoolcraft alluded in his 

 report (p. 208) '' On branch of the Delaware a fort one thousand 

 years old by trees." 



4 T. L. Bishop reports this and the following. Relics occur 

 near a large boulder at Ouleout postofnce, a traditional meeting 

 place for Indians. 



5 Several banner stones were found at the Vlie on the mountain 

 three miles south of Oneonta. 



6 An old Indian orchard is on the north side of Charlotte river, 

 west of West Davenport, and an old trail. 



7 Village of Adiquatangie at West Davenport. 



There were trails in this county and some Delawares lived near 

 the head of the. east branch of the Susquehanna. — Doc. hist. N. Y. 

 7 150. The Susquehanna valley is said to be rich in relics between 

 Otego and Afton. 



Dutchess county. This county lies south of the Mahikan terri- 

 tory, though at one time some of this tribe were on Wappinger 

 creek. The Wiccopees were above the Highlands on the east side 

 of the river, and the Wappingers lived on Matteawan creek and east- 

 ward to the Taghkanick mountains'. The Sepascots were at Rhine- 

 beck, but of the exact location of their villages we have no definite 

 notes. A few Esopus Indians were also on the east shore of the 

 Hudson in 1663, opposite Magdalen island. 



I A recent village two miles south of Bethel or Pine Plains, was 

 the Moravian mission of 1740. — Smith. Dutchess, p. 302. French 

 places this in the town of Northeast, " at an Indian mission house at 

 the north end of Indian lake. The remains of this old mission house 

 are still visible on the farm of Douglas Clark." — French, p. 273 



