ABORIGINAL OCCUPATION OF NEW YORK QI 



morning he crossed to the east side of the stream and destroyed the 

 town. The sites in the vicinity will be described under one number. 



According to Schoolcraft the Oneida stone was of syenite and 

 stood on a commanding eminence in Stockbridge. The White 

 stone at the spring was also known as this. This had been placed in 

 a fence by Job Francis, the owner. Another noteworthy stone of 

 limestone was on Gen. Knox's farm a mile or more south. — School- 

 craft. Report, p. 46-48. The truth is that there were several of these 

 stones, and some were portable. There is a tradition that the 

 Oneidas carried one to Wisconsin, but this is denied there. French 

 describes it as a boulder of gneiss on the farm of James H. Gregg in 

 Stockbridge, and now at the entrance of Utica cemetery. — French, 

 p. 458. Mr Kirkland said it was a stone which a strong man could 

 carry, standing by a chief's door but sometimes placed in a tree. 



None of these seem to agree with the Council rock east of the 

 creek and southeast of Munnsville. It is said to have been carried 

 away piecemeal. " Thomas Rockwell settled on East hill in Stock- 

 bridge in 1813. The Council rock was on. his farm which has 

 been known as Prime's hill. 50 acres of this^ including the council 

 ground, were sold by him." — Hammond, p. 745. Prime's hill council 

 ground in 1805 was a clearing of half an acre with an entrance 

 through the bushes on the east. In the center was a circle, 20 

 feet in diameter and two feet above the general level, covered with 

 fine coals. Within a radius of three miles around were many 

 graves, with iron axes, brass kettles, pipes, etc. — Hammond, p. 102 



" There are evidences that the whole range of high hills east of 

 Oneida creek was once thickly peopled. . . Their burial grounds 

 have been discovered in several places, from the south line of the 

 town (Stockbridge) to the north on this range." The farms of 

 Taylor Gregg, Ichabod Francis and William Smith are mentioned. 

 The articles are mostly recent. — Hammond, p. 731-33. The Council 

 spring is on the farm of Mary Doxtater at the foot of West Hill. — 

 Hammond, p. 743 



20 Under this is placed a group of sites northeast of Munnsville. 

 French says there was a burial ground a mile southeast of thai 

 place on the hillside. There is a small one there, but the reference 



