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He said, *' It corresponded in situation and appearance with many 

 Others which I have seen in this part of the country and which seem 

 to bear a high antiquity." — Squicr, p. 6i. On the west side of 

 Genesee river, nearly opposite Avon springs, was Canawaugus the 

 birthplace of Cornplanter. Iron axes, flint arrowheads and stone 

 hammers are found there. — Doty, p. 75. There was a work in Avon 

 on the flats of the Genesee, and not far from Avon springs, described 

 by W. H. C. Hosmer. — Squier, p. 61. An'inclosure on the flats 30 

 rods north of the residence of the late Col. Jones. — Doty, p. 75 



4 A similar work existed in the northeast part of Avon about two 

 and one half miles from the village of Lima. — Squier, p. 61. This 

 would be northwest of Lima and close to the town line. 



5 W. L. Hildburgh reports a cemetery two and one half miles 

 north of Lima with European articles. This or one nearer Honeoye 

 Falls seems the Keinthe of Greenhalgh or the Gandachiragou of the 

 Jesuits. 



6 Sgahisgaaah, a recent Seneca village, was at Lima. European 

 articles are found. " There were traces of an old fortification on the 

 ridge where the Indian village had been located, the west end of the 

 ditch crossing the present highway on the ridge, a short distance 

 west of the center of the modern village, and remained visible for 

 several years after lygS."— Doty, p. 100-2. A separate site, but 

 perhaps belonging to this, is a cemetery a mile north of Lima vil- 

 lage where hatchets and knives occur with skeletons. Some skele- 

 tons were found here in 1822, with earthen pots in their laps filled 

 with squirrel bones and corn. Reported by Mr Reynolds who took 

 his account, from Doty. Of the first site, the latter says that the 

 pipes had human faces, deer and other heads. This is supposed by 

 some to be Greenhalgh's Keinthe of 1677. Squier says that the 

 cemetery was large and partly covered by the present village. 

 Raymond Dann describes a village on the electric road, half way 

 between Honeoye Falls and Lima. The cemetery was on a knoll 

 rising from a swamp. The relics are modern, but include an un- 

 usual number of discoidal beads. A place west of this is called Fort 

 Hill, and has modern relics in small numbers. 



7 There was a stockade in Livonia two miles northeast of Livonia 

 village, perhaps of later date than that on Boughton hill. It was 



