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10 Some Stockbridge Indians lived at Brainard's in Nassau in 

 1760, where Mr Hoag's orchard stands. The place was called On- 

 ti-ke-ho-mawck. — French, p. 557 



Richmond county, i A few implements and shell heaps with 

 some graves have been reported near Tottenville at the south end of 

 Staten island. 



Rockland county. There are probably many small camps in this 

 <:ounty, but none have attracted much attention. 



I A heap of stones on the Cheesecock patent, 1700. — Green, p. 20 



St Lawrence county. This county was in the early Iroquois ter- 

 ritory though it was visited by others. F. B. Hough says there 

 are many open sites and that pottery is abundant by the low lands of 

 tributaries of the St Lawrence. None of these have been definitely 

 reported. There occur stone gouges, arrowheads of many materials, 

 steatite beads and ornaments, bone needles and other implements. 

 " Not infrequently a rude resemblance to the human face is noticed 

 on these fragments of pottery." — Hough, p. 18. The important 

 sites were reported by him. 



1 A fort on a hill is half a mile southwest of the railroad bridge at 

 the village of Racket River in Massena. It was an irregular in- 

 closure like an ox-bow. The open side was toward the river and 

 had a ditch. There were no bastions, and Mr Hough said a pre- 

 vious description he had given was erroneous. — Hough, p. 21. At 

 a late hour Dr O. McFadden, of Massena, sent a careful plan of 

 this. It was a stockade rather than an earthwork and had the usual 

 trench in which pickets were set. The west line is 116 paces long. 

 The opening is less and has some peculiar features. There are 

 many pits about the open part and outside of the west line. Fig. 

 91 is reduced from Dr McFadden's large and carefully made plan. 



2 There was a remarkable work on the farm of H. C. Holbrook, 

 on or near mile lot 10 in the northeast part of Potsdam. It was 

 semicircular, and was west of the river and half a mile north of the 

 railroad bridge at Raquetteville. There were several gates, fire- 

 places within and without, and the usual relics. Graves were found 

 on a neighboring island.— J/oM^/i, p. 21 



