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At several places on Smoke's and Cazenovia creeks were early 

 sites and' fine serrated scrapers occurred on some of them. They 

 have heretofore been found only at Canajoharie. Among the early 

 articles near Buffalo are bird amulets and gorgets, with many 

 articles of bone and some pottery. No native copper has been 

 collected and no stone tubes. With one prominent exception the 

 Iroquoian sites are at a considerable distance from the lake and 

 river. The flint used was mostly of a light color and many very 

 small and slender triangular arrowheads are found. This is a 

 marked feature of the vicinity. 



Essex county. There are no important sites in this county, but 

 many traces of early and late passage. On early maps the New 

 York wilderness is called the hunting grounds of the Five Nations, 

 and it was their tradition that it had never been otherwise used. 

 The locations given will be of a general nature, though Dr Kellogg 

 has examined some small sites along the west shore of Lake Cham- 

 plain. Split Rock was the northern boundary mark of the Mo- 

 hawks. Crown Point has been considered the scene of Cham- 

 plain's battle with them. They collected flints for use nearly two 

 miles north of Ticonderoga. 



1 " The vestiges of Indian occupation in North Elba and the 

 territory around the interior lakes leave no doubt that at some 

 former time they congregated there in great numbers." — Watson, 

 p. 216. A supposed recent village has been reported at North 

 Elba. — Smith. Essex, p. 467 



2 Arrowheads^ etc. were abundant at Elizabethtown. — Smith, 

 Essex, p. 467 



3 Large arrowheads, pestles, mortars, chisels, gouges, knives, 

 axes and pottery, occur in the north part of Ticonderoga, " along 

 the creek, the flats of Trout brook, and especially near the rapids 

 at the head of the outlet." Recent articles were also abundant. — 

 Smith. Essex, p. 381 



Franklin county. Burial mounds occur on islands in the St 

 Lawrence, and camps along its banks, but settled towns were usually 

 inland. 



