ABORIGINAL OCCUPATION OF NEW YORK II5 



brook and two farther east on the Bidwell farm. The cemetery 

 for the latter place was south of the road with both early and recent 

 relics. Clark *says, "At Jack's reef when the whites first settled 

 this town the Onondagas had a large settlement with an extensive 

 clearing and a valuable orchard." — Clark, 2 1328. No early travelers 

 mention this. 



17 Northeast of these on the Somes farm, lot 16 Van Buren 

 is a hill where relics are said to have been abundant and where 

 an old settler of good judgment remembered a paHsade line. The 

 writer found no traces of occupation on the hill but there were 

 small camps toward the river. 



18 Besides scattered sites farther down the Seneca river there 

 was a hamlet on lot 4 and west of Dead creek. It was an early 

 site but not long occupied. 



19 Two hamlets were east of Dead creek on the river bank. 

 These were on the Wright farm, lots 4 and 5 and were quite dif- 

 ferent in character,, the eastern one having rude relics. The west- 

 ern one probably represented several camps. 



20 An extensive stockade was on the Crego farm, lot 6 near the 

 south bank of the river. The area is about 400 by 500 feet and the 

 usual relics are found, among the rest the sharp barb of a bone 

 fishhook and a flat Unio bead. Another stockade was directly 

 across the river. 



21 Two hamlets and several camps were on the river bank on 

 the west Hne of Baldwinsville, town lot 7. One camp was recent. 

 Others occur at intervals along the river as far as the island. These 

 are mostly early. 



22 On the south side in Baldwinsville a village and cemetery were 

 a little southeast of the village cemetery. Relics are found with 

 the skeletons. Another village was mostly on the east side of 

 Syracuse street. A few' lodges and graves were on the west side. 

 All these were on land sloping to Crooked brook. A few rods 

 southeast was a cemetery in sand loam out of which the writer 

 saw 20 skeletons taken at one time. No special order was observed 

 in burial but the knees were generally drawn up. Under almost 

 every head was a small pebble, the loam being free of stones. In 



