﻿FOURTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I907 
  IO5 
  

  

  Stone 
  objects. 
  Articles 
  of 
  stone 
  were 
  not 
  numerous 
  and 
  at 
  

   the 
  Gerry 
  site 
  only 
  three 
  celts 
  were 
  found 
  and 
  these 
  outside 
  the 
  

   inclosure 
  on 
  the 
  higher 
  ground. 
  

  

  No 
  hammer 
  stones 
  or 
  anvils 
  were 
  found 
  but 
  arrow 
  chippings 
  and 
  

   triangular 
  flint 
  points 
  were 
  fairly 
  numerous. 
  

  

  Bone 
  objects. 
  No 
  bone 
  implement 
  or 
  object 
  of 
  any 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  village 
  site 
  and 
  the 
  only 
  bone 
  object 
  found 
  

   whatever 
  was 
  the. 
  heron 
  bill 
  near 
  the 
  forehead 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  skeleton 
  

   in 
  grave 
  6. 
  

  

  Sites 
  examined 
  

  

  A 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  earthworks 
  and 
  village 
  sites 
  examined 
  in 
  Chautau- 
  

   qua 
  and 
  Cattaraugus 
  counties 
  follows. 
  From 
  two 
  to 
  five 
  days 
  or 
  

   more 
  were 
  spent 
  in 
  the 
  examination 
  of 
  each 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  determine 
  

   their 
  character 
  and 
  the 
  culture 
  represented. 
  

  

  i 
  An 
  earthwork 
  situated 
  on 
  a 
  bluff 
  at 
  the 
  confluence 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  

   brook 
  with 
  Mill 
  creek 
  is 
  described 
  by 
  the 
  old 
  inhabitants 
  as 
  a 
  cir- 
  

   cular 
  work 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  depression 
  in 
  the 
  center. 
  This 
  is 
  situated 
  

   on 
  the 
  Margaret 
  Harris 
  farm. 
  No 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  earth 
  wall 
  remains 
  

   although 
  the 
  excavation 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  is 
  yet 
  visible. 
  It 
  however 
  

   seems 
  natural 
  rather 
  than 
  artificial. 
  Few 
  traces 
  of 
  occupation 
  

   could 
  be 
  discovered 
  although 
  several 
  days 
  were 
  spent 
  in 
  testing 
  and 
  

   excavating. 
  Some 
  flints 
  and 
  fire-cracked 
  stones 
  were 
  strewn 
  on 
  

   the 
  bank 
  above 
  Mill 
  creek, 
  but 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  pits 
  or 
  pottery. 
  

  

  This 
  work 
  is 
  mentioned 
  in 
  State 
  Museum 
  bulletin 
  32, 
  Aboriginal 
  

   Occupation 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  as 
  no. 
  24 
  in 
  Chautauqua 
  county. 
  

  

  2 
  There 
  was 
  an 
  extensive 
  earthwork 
  and 
  village 
  site 
  in 
  the 
  heart 
  

   of 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Sinclairville. 
  Cheney's 
  plan 
  and 
  description 
  are 
  

   erroneous. 
  The 
  site 
  was 
  examined 
  and 
  a 
  map 
  made 
  from 
  an 
  actual 
  

   survey 
  by 
  Hon. 
  Obed 
  Edson 
  of 
  Sinclairville. 
  This 
  earthwork 
  

   belongs 
  to 
  the 
  prehistoric 
  Huron-Iroquois, 
  and 
  triangular 
  points 
  and 
  

   pottery 
  are 
  found 
  each 
  year 
  as 
  the 
  lawns 
  are 
  graded 
  and 
  gardens 
  

   tilled. 
  

  

  3 
  The 
  Edmunds 
  site. 
  An 
  interesting 
  camp 
  site, 
  discovered 
  on 
  

   Pine 
  hill 
  is 
  situated 
  oh 
  the 
  Edmund's 
  farm 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Char- 
  

   lotte. 
  27 
  pits 
  were 
  opened 
  here 
  and 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  pottery 
  found. 
  

   Two 
  crushed 
  pots 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  pits 
  on 
  the 
  nose 
  of 
  a 
  sandy 
  

   projection 
  that 
  ran 
  out 
  from 
  Pine 
  hill 
  into 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  Edmund's 
  

   brook. 
  One 
  large 
  pit 
  had 
  a 
  stoned 
  floor 
  and 
  was 
  walled 
  with 
  slabs 
  

   of 
  shale. 
  This 
  was 
  evidently 
  a 
  cache 
  or 
  storage 
  cellar. 
  The 
  

   Edmund's 
  site 
  is 
  about 
  one 
  mile 
  from 
  Cassadaga 
  creek 
  and 
  is 
  sit- 
  

   uated 
  between 
  the 
  Dunkirk, 
  Allegany 
  Valley 
  & 
  Pittsburgh 
  track 
  

  

  