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  the 
  trail 
  ran 
  southeasterly 
  for 
  some 
  miles 
  (a 
  day's 
  journey 
  for 
  an 
  

   Indian) 
  to 
  a 
  station 
  on 
  the 
  county 
  line 
  road 
  lying 
  about 
  the 
  

   sources 
  of 
  Cold 
  brook. 
  Here 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  occupancy 
  are 
  

   spread 
  over 
  many 
  acres, 
  and 
  encroach 
  upon 
  and 
  partly 
  cover 
  a 
  

   permanent 
  village 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  earliest 
  inhabitants, 
  whose 
  remains 
  

   have 
  already 
  been 
  described. 
  The 
  relics 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  sites 
  are 
  

   •exactly 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  character 
  as 
  those 
  from 
  Iroquoian 
  stopping 
  

   places 
  on 
  their 
  westernmost 
  route 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence. 
  

   They 
  consist 
  of 
  fragments 
  of 
  the. 
  well-known 
  clay 
  pottery 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mohawk 
  tribes; 
  pipes 
  of 
  red 
  pottery; 
  small 
  triangular 
  flint 
  

   arrowheads 
  ; 
  acutely 
  edged 
  celts 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  small 
  flint 
  knives. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  years 
  ago 
  there 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  big 
  bend 
  

   a 
  fine 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  steel 
  " 
  trade 
  axe 
  " 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  traders 
  

   first 
  armed 
  their 
  red 
  neighbors. 
  This 
  is 
  included 
  in 
  this 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  fine 
  state 
  of 
  preservation. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  fine 
  

   and 
  keen 
  steel 
  arrow 
  and 
  shaft, 
  obtained 
  from 
  a 
  site 
  at 
  the 
  

   western 
  base 
  of 
  Sugar 
  Loaf 
  mountain. 
  Objects 
  of 
  copper 
  have 
  

   been 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  place. 
  A 
  broken 
  stone 
  pipe 
  drilled 
  with 
  

   steel 
  tools 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  man 
  comes 
  from 
  Glen 
  lake. 
  On 
  the 
  Bay 
  

   road, 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  owned 
  by 
  Elber 
  Titus, 
  was 
  a 
  Mohawk 
  camp 
  

   of 
  late 
  date. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  small 
  flint 
  implements 
  supplied 
  

   by 
  such 
  stations, 
  this 
  field 
  yielded 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  choicest 
  objects 
  of 
  

   Mohawk 
  manufacture 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  my 
  good 
  fortune 
  to 
  

   record. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  flat 
  limestone 
  pebble 
  three 
  inches 
  in 
  mean 
  

   diameter, 
  carved 
  into 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  young 
  buck's 
  antlers, 
  and 
  

   perforated 
  at 
  one 
  side 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  suspen- 
  

   sion. 
  Both 
  surfaces 
  are 
  delicately 
  carved 
  into 
  ridges, 
  giving 
  a 
  

   corrugated 
  appearance. 
  It 
  belongs 
  to 
  a 
  class 
  of 
  objects 
  termed 
  

   personal 
  ornaments. 
  About 
  Lake 
  George 
  and 
  on 
  many 
  of 
  its 
  

   islands 
  are 
  frequent 
  finds 
  of 
  Mohawk 
  relics 
  made. 
  But 
  the 
  

   Mohawk 
  never 
  returned 
  to 
  occupy 
  the 
  country 
  as 
  a 
  permanent 
  

   residence. 
  AVhat 
  we 
  find 
  of 
  him 
  here 
  are 
  but 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  

   these 
  temporary 
  hunting 
  or 
  war 
  camps, 
  for 
  he 
  was 
  often 
  

   attracted 
  this 
  way 
  from 
  his 
  home 
  on 
  the 
  " 
  Beautiful 
  river," 
  by 
  

   the 
  scent 
  of 
  game 
  or 
  scalps 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  only, 
  as 
  an 
  intruder 
  that 
  

   he 
  came. 
  

  

  In 
  their 
  manufacture 
  of 
  stone 
  implements, 
  the 
  aborigines 
  used 
  

   such 
  material 
  as 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  their 
  neighborhood. 
  Where 
  sup- 
  

   plies 
  of 
  flint 
  were 
  lacking, 
  they 
  made 
  use 
  of 
  native 
  quartzite 
  and 
  

   even 
  sandstone 
  for 
  their 
  smaller 
  weapons, 
  as 
  arrowheads, 
  knives, 
  

   and 
  spear 
  points, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  for 
  heavier 
  tools. 
  These 
  native 
  supplies 
  

  

  