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have been found on the Warren farm, one and one half miles south 

 of Scottsville. Some are serrated. 



34 Bony hill, in Wheatland, has its name from the human bones 

 which covered it when the country was first settled. In digging 

 the Valley canal in 1839-40, many bones were found, which seemed 

 buried in trenches. They were very large. The hill was north 

 of the Lehigh, and west of the W. N. Y. & Pa. railroad. 



35 Skeletons were found in a sand pit 150 feet north of the town 

 line in Henrietta, and 200 feet from the river. A skull and kettle 

 were plowed up 200 feet east of these. Some skeletons were also 

 found on the line of the Erie railroad 200 feet north of the town line. 



36 A series of camps occurs on the upper waters of Red creek, 

 two miles from West Henrietta. 



37 The following are in Rush. A fireplace was found two and a 

 half feet underground in the river bank, three fourths of a mile north 

 of the bridge between Scottsville and Rush. A skeleton was found 

 in a gravel knoll a quarter of a mile north of Scottsville station. Mr 

 Clapp says of this, " Found in a lying position, on right side, head 

 to the south, hands and feet drawn to the chin. Facial angle of 

 the lowest type; scarcely any forehead, retreating chin, protruding 

 teeth. A fireplace was 30 feet from this, under 20 inches of un- 

 disturbed soil." A large early village was 80 rods south of Scotts- 

 ville station, but produced only flint implements and chips. 

 Another early village was half a mile south of the last. A large 

 village site and cemetery are just west of the Colt pond, one and one 

 fourth miles south of Scottsville station. 



A cemetery two miles from the river and just south of the 

 town line between Henrietta and Rush. 



Montg^omery county. The Mohawks seem to have entered their 

 historic valley late in the i6th century, having a few predecessors 

 at intervals. At first, being refugees from Canada, they sought 

 retired positions on tributaries of the river, drawing nearer to that 

 as they acquired confidence and strength. Like all the Iroquois 

 they moved often and a wide border land separated them from 

 their enemies on the Hudson river. At one time they had a castle 

 east of Schoharie creek but were driven from this in 1626 and 



