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where the friends of the deceased or any body might see the corpse 

 when they pleased. Then over all was built a large shed of bark 

 so as to prevent the rain from coming on the vault." — Sullivan, 

 p. 129. Two others were much like this. 



13 An early site west of Kendaia on either side of the mouth of 

 the ravine with hearths and relics. European relics near. 



14 On lot 93 of the same town in the forks of Rising's ravine 

 a quarter of a mile from Seneca lake was once " a distinct wall with 

 holes along the center which passed from one branch of the ravine 

 to the other," inclosing a triangular spot 50 feet above the stream. 

 Recent. Also a small site in front of "the Willard asylum. — Hins- 

 dale. He also reported a small site on lot 94 on a high bluff 

 north of the steamboat landing. Sinkers, etc. 



15 Fishing hamlet on lot i, Ovid, at the mouth of a deep ravine. 

 Others occur at similar places as far as Gofif's point. 



16 Swahyawana was a hamlet on E. J. Dean's farm in the north- 

 west corner of Romulus, on the north bank of Sinclair Hollow 

 creek. Burned in 1779. — Sullivan, yy. Caches on the farm of 

 D. D. Johnson, lot 78, a mile south and three east of Romulus. 

 About 20 caches with fireplaces. 



17 An earthwork on lot 29, half a mile from the south line in 

 Ovid, on the lake ridge. It was an irregular ellipse with several 

 gateways. — Delafield, p. 389. His plan is given in fig. 56. 



18 A recent cemetery at Gofif's point on the bank of Mill creek^ 

 lot 26, Lodi. European relics. — Delafield, p. 388 



19 Charles S. Hall, of Geneva, N. Y., describes a village site 

 on a branch of Kendig creek, lot 36, Fayette. It had pottery. 



20 He also describes a considerable village on the east shore of 

 Seneca lake, lot 23, Fayette. Pottery was found. 



21 In the center of lot 33, Fayette, was a fortified town of 

 which little is known. It proves to have been circular with an 

 area of two acres. Brass kettles and gun barrels have been found 

 there. 



In his Centennial historical sketch of the town of Fayette, p. 14, just 

 published, Diedrich Willers gives a more satisfactory account of the 

 work on lot 33, Fayette. A nearly circular bank inclosed several 

 acres of elevated land. It was thick and high, with an outside ditch. 

 The trees growing within and on the walls were as large as those 



