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9 There was a small village at Breakabeen. It had a cemetery 

 and was west of the creek. — Simms, p. 207 



Schuyler county, i Peach Orchard was a small village burned 

 in 1779 and was on the east side of Seneca lake. Condawhaw was 

 a village in North Hector in that year. The name suggests Ken- 

 daia. — Sullivan, p. 129 



2 Dr George J. Fisher found a small boulder with five artificial 

 grooves in 1845. This was in North Hector, three and one half 

 miles south of Mecklenburg. Another small one was found 40 years 

 later one and one half miles north of that village. They are rare 

 outside of the Iroquois territory. 



3 There was " a village site and cemetery at the south end of 

 Seneca lake in Watkins. European articles were found." — Hild- 

 biirgh 



4 Catharine was a little south of Havana and three miles 

 from Seneca lake. It was a Seneca town of 50 houses and was 

 built on both sides of the inlet. The Indian name was Sheoquaga. 

 — Sullivan, p. 29 



5 Dr S. H. Wright reports mounds at Lake Lamoka. 



Seneca county. This county was occupied by both Cayugas and 

 Senecas. De Witt Clinton spoke of several earthworks in it toward 

 Cayuga lake but described none. Delafield also said " Other ruins 

 of fortified mounds or elevated points exist in this county, too indis- 

 tinct for description; every town affords abundant evidence of the 

 long continued residence of the natives." — Delafield, p. 389. Many 

 ^f the following were reported by Dr W. G. Hinsdale, among them 

 the first six numbers including 13 sites. 



1 A lodge site on lot 90, Waterloo, with early reHcs. A similar 

 one on lot 92 half a mile from this and north of Seneca river. A 

 small site at R. McCurdy's, lot 91. Another on lot 92 north of the 

 canal was a large site and once a marsh near the northeast angle of 

 Seneca lake. It was plowed in the dry season of 1878 and several 

 bushels of pottery with bone and stone articles were found. 



2 From the site on lot 91 early and recent relics are scattered 

 ^lorig the river to Waterloo. 



