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southwest of the last, and occupied but httle later. A very few 

 European* articles are found there. At the elevated angle is a face, 

 below which is a straight body, reaching to the basal projection. 

 This is grooved across, as usual, and the remaining surface is fur- 

 rowed with rude diag'onal and horizontal grooves. The notched 

 base of the ornamented portion projects beyond the general surface. 

 Pottery from this site is blacker than is usual in Onondaga county, 

 and often thin. 



Fig. 52 is from the site west of Cazenovia, and, as well as the next, 

 is from a photograph. They are probably about half the actual 

 length, but preserve their relative proportions to each other. The 

 face is very broad and characteristic, being much like that of some 

 Onondaga Indians now. It is immediately under the narrowly pro- 

 jecting and notched rim. The surface has a few diagonal hues, and 

 the basal projection is notched. Traces of ornamentation also 

 appear far down on the expanding side. Fig. 53 is from the same 

 site, and the face is an excellent representation of an old person, 

 toothless and withered. Above the face and below the notched 

 rimx, are several neat grooves. Many faces might be given from 

 this interesting site, the home of the Onondagas at the formation 

 of the Iroquois league. 



Fig. 54 is a very curious human figure on a highly elevated and 

 projecting rim. It comes from the fort already mentioned, on the 

 line of Fabius, and is very thin. There is a row of indentations 

 just below the rim_, and another at the base of the projection. 

 Irregular sloping lines appear between. The face, which reaches 

 the top, is grotesque. The slender body has angular arms, tlie 

 hands being clasped below the abdomen. Two legs follow the 

 retreating slope below the projection, and are irregularly barred. 

 The cross bars on the body and arms are neater. Similar specimens 

 of black clay often occur on this elevated site. It was a local fash- 

 ion, as in the case of the large faces already described. 



Fig. 55 is a very small and rude vessel from Brewerton, very 

 shallow and but an inch across. Fig. 56 is a much neater and 

 smaller one from the Wagner's hollow site, north of the Mohawk 

 in Montgomery county. This pretty little cup, or miniature kettle^ 



