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corn and cobs." — Turner. Hoi. p. 27. Compare this with the ac- 

 count of Huron burial in Jesuit relations and allied documents. 

 Schoolcraft and Squier quote this, the former adding that the pit 

 was 24 feet square. 



10 Mr Reynolds examined a stone mound in .1889 on Mr Sharp's 

 land a mile west of Lockport. — U. S. bur. of eth. p. 512 



11 Also a mound at Gasport. 



12 A circular mound was once on the upper end of Tonawanda 

 island. Bones, arrowheads and beads were found. — Turner. Hoi. p. 

 34. A larger mound once 15 feet high was opened by Squier in 

 1848. Below was " a circle of stones perhaps 10 feet in diameter, 

 within which were small heaps of bones each comprising three or 

 four skeletons. The bones are of individuals of all ages and had evi- 

 dently been deposited after the removal of the flesh. Traces of 

 fire were to be discovered upon the stones. The skulls had been 

 crushed by the superincumbent earth." There were bone and horn 

 articles. — Squier, p. 97 



13 Open air workshop opposite Tonawanda island at the mouth 

 of Tonawanda creek. About an acre strewn with flint. — Turner, 

 Hoi. p. 34. Others occur on the river. 



14 Dr A. L. Benedict furnished the following without notes. 

 On Cayuga island south of La Salle station Niagara Falls. 



15 Near the railroad and river a little northwest of North Tona* 

 wanda. 



A ring fort was reported in the Pioneer history of the Holland 

 purchase of western New York p. 29 at the head of a deep gorge 

 a mile west of Lockport. On examination Mr Reynolds thought 

 this natural. 



Oneida county. Very little of this county was occupied at first 

 by the Oneidas whose homes were mostly in Madison county. 

 Some later villages were in the western part. North of the Mohawk 

 river are a few small villages and camps of earlier tribes. 



I There were Indian camps toward Oneida lake on Wood and 

 Fish creeks and specially on the ridge where the Royal blockhouse 

 stood. These were early. In August 1899, Dr Hinsdale made 

 some explorations near Sylvan Beach and found a large workshop, 



