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The localities specified are approximately those where relics 

 have recently been found in greatest profusion. 



The lower village which apparently was much the larger, was 

 not situated directly upon the banks of the inlet but mainly 

 along the east side of the outlet of a large spring now known 

 as the " Barber spring " and extending east and south to the 

 vicinity of other springs. 



The upper village was about ^4 mile further south and 

 bounded on the east by the " old creek " but appears not to 

 have extended to the Naples creek on the west. All except about i 

 acre of this site is covered by a heavy turf and its full extent is 

 not known. 



Evidences of occupation have also been found on the east 

 side of the " old creek " and on the north side of the alluvial 

 cone at the mouth of Parrish gully and west of Naples creek on 

 the higher ground in the vicinity of the old cemetery. 



If any place was specially set apart by the Indians as a bury- 

 ing ground the locality is not certainly known though it is 

 traditional that the old cemetery in the northern part of the 

 village of Naples was an '' Indian burying ground " before the 

 whites appropriated it. 



Skeletons supposed to be those of Indians have been exhumed 

 near Academy street and one of a man buried in a sitting posture 

 and facing toward the east was found in 1907 in " Woodchuck 

 knoll " a little south of the upper Indian village. No relics have 

 been found in graves here. 



The former existence of '' an Indian village on the flats " has 

 been pretty generally known to Naples people, but it has never 

 been an object of special attention or interest until recently the 

 writer has undertaken to ascertain, as nearly as possible, the 

 precise location of the two villages as shown by the distribution 

 of the relics and to collect whatever might be found that bore 

 clear evidence of having been fashioned or used by those who 

 dwelt in them. 



When it is remembered that the inhabitants were not driven 

 away from their homes hurriedly but had abundant time in 

 which to remove whatever they considered of value; that the 

 land has been under more or less vigorous cultivation by the 

 whites for 120 years, and that less than }i of the area can now 

 be satisfactorily searched, the remaining 4/5 being covered by 

 heavy turf, the quantity of the material collected, if not the 

 quality, is of some interest. 



