ABORIGINAL OCCUPATION OF NEW YORK 7 1 



10 A cemetery in a gravel bank six miles south and east of 

 Bergen, has skeletons in a sitting posture, with and without early 

 reHcs. There are fireplaces near. Reported by C. F. Moseley. 



Greene county, i There are sites near Leeds about four miles 

 northwest of Catskill, on Catskill creek and on the plain. For notes 

 on some sites thanks are due George H. Chadwick of Roches- 

 ter. Others were furnished to Beer's History of Greene county, by 

 Henry Brace. 



2 The southwest corner of Jefferson flats, called Castle hights, 

 overlooks an old cemetery. On the plain below was a rude stock- 

 ade. On the flat between the Catskill and Kaaterskill was another 

 village, and on the hill nearly 600 feet north stood a fort. An 

 Algonquin tribe lived on the plains below the junction of the creeks 

 two miles from the river. There was a cemetery. — Hist. Greene co. 

 p. 89, 90 



3 On the south side of the Catskill about half a mile from the 

 river and south of the town, was a hamlet at the foot of the Hope- 

 nose with abundant early relics. A work shop was a little south, 

 and a cemetery was on the east side of the hill. — Hist. Greene co. 

 p, 106 



4 On the north side of the creek at Femmen Hook was a ceme-* 

 tery with early reHcs. Also a village half a mile west of Catskill. 



5 A heap of Unio complanatus shells on the river bank three 

 miles below Catskill also contained traces of the aborigines. There 

 were lodge sites for a long distance. 



6 There were traces of a camp under a ledge near the old Cats- 

 kill mountain house with pottery, etc. 



7 "Old fort " is placed near High peak on a West Shore railroad 

 map of 1893. This is in the town of Hunter, and may be incorrect. 

 On the same map, Indian graves are placed near Sleepy Hollow, 

 two miles northeast of the mountain house, but their existence is 

 doubted. 



8 Mr Chadwick locates an aboriginal battle ground on the west 

 side of Rogers island in the Hudson just above Catskill. 



9 A site on the plain on the northeast side of the Catskill near 

 South Cairo. 



