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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  Dunkirk 
  road. 
  At 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  little 
  

   flat 
  washed 
  out 
  by 
  the 
  brook 
  a 
  large 
  ash 
  bed 
  was 
  discovered. 
  This 
  

   ash 
  bed 
  is 
  27' 
  by 
  47' 
  in 
  dimensions 
  and 
  36" 
  deep. 
  It 
  was 
  filled 
  

   with 
  carbonized 
  material 
  and 
  disintegrated 
  sandstone 
  and 
  drift 
  

   boulders. 
  Several 
  of 
  these 
  large 
  ash 
  beds 
  were 
  examined 
  in 
  the 
  

   locality 
  but 
  nothing 
  which 
  would 
  give 
  a 
  clue 
  as 
  to 
  their 
  purpose 
  

   could 
  be 
  discovered. 
  

  

  4 
  The 
  Dennison 
  site 
  in 
  the 
  township 
  of 
  Gerry 
  lies 
  about 
  a 
  quar- 
  

   ter 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  from 
  the 
  Charlotte 
  township 
  line. 
  It 
  is 
  crossed 
  by 
  the 
  

   old 
  Chautauqua 
  road, 
  but 
  now 
  may 
  only 
  be 
  traced 
  by 
  careful 
  exami- 
  

   nation. 
  This 
  work 
  was 
  explored 
  and 
  partially 
  excavated 
  in 
  1887 
  

   by 
  Hon. 
  Obed 
  Edson 
  of 
  Sinelairville 
  who 
  donated 
  to 
  the 
  museum 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  human 
  remains 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  large 
  

   ossuary 
  here. 
  The 
  site 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  Iroquoian 
  type 
  and 
  no 
  occu- 
  

   pied 
  soil 
  could 
  be 
  discovered. 
  

  

  5 
  A 
  site 
  on 
  which 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  12 
  pits 
  are 
  still 
  visible 
  is 
  situated 
  

   on 
  the 
  Sears 
  farm 
  near 
  the 
  site 
  previously 
  described. 
  Nothing 
  

   could 
  be 
  discovered 
  in 
  the 
  pits 
  although 
  all 
  were 
  excavated. 
  

  

  6 
  The 
  McCullough 
  site 
  on 
  Gerry 
  hill 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  described 
  

   at 
  length. 
  

  

  7 
  A 
  glacial 
  kame 
  near 
  Cassadra 
  lake 
  has 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  pits 
  across 
  

   the 
  top. 
  These 
  were 
  opened, 
  but 
  nothing 
  except 
  a 
  few 
  kernels 
  of 
  

   charred 
  corn, 
  a 
  few 
  flint 
  chips 
  and 
  fire-broken 
  stones 
  remains 
  to 
  tell 
  

   of 
  their 
  Indian 
  origin. 
  

  

  8, 
  9, 
  10 
  Three 
  places 
  near 
  Cassadaga 
  lake 
  were 
  examined. 
  All 
  

   were 
  old 
  sites 
  of 
  early 
  Iroquois 
  culture. 
  

  

  11 
  At 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Cassadaga 
  lake 
  upon 
  the 
  dividing 
  ridge 
  of 
  the 
  

   watershed 
  a 
  small 
  camp 
  site 
  was 
  discovered. 
  

  

  12 
  An 
  interesting 
  ash 
  bed 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  H. 
  Carlson 
  farm 
  in 
  

   lot 
  46, 
  Gerry, 
  was 
  examined. 
  This 
  bed 
  is 
  upon 
  a 
  little 
  promontory 
  

   that 
  juts 
  out 
  into 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  stream 
  sometimes 
  called 
  

   Phelps 
  pasture 
  brook 
  and 
  is 
  easily 
  discovered 
  by 
  the 
  low 
  mound 
  

   of 
  black 
  earth 
  which 
  rises 
  a 
  foot 
  or 
  two 
  above 
  the 
  surrounding 
  

   surface. 
  

  

  The 
  bed 
  is 
  40' 
  by 
  45' 
  in 
  dimensions 
  and 
  4' 
  deep. 
  It 
  is 
  

   composed 
  of 
  a 
  light 
  sandy 
  soil 
  intermixed 
  and 
  colored 
  black 
  by 
  

   large 
  quantities 
  of 
  pulverized 
  carbonaceous 
  material. 
  Large 
  num- 
  

   bers 
  of 
  sandstone 
  blocks 
  and 
  granite 
  boulders 
  cracked 
  and 
  crumbling 
  

   are 
  distributed 
  through 
  the 
  mass. 
  A 
  large 
  white 
  pine 
  stump 
  A^/2 
  

   feet 
  in 
  diameter 
  crowns 
  the 
  bed 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  work 
  is 
  plainly 
  not 
  that 
  

   of 
  white 
  people. 
  Numbers 
  of 
  these 
  ash 
  heaps 
  are 
  found 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  county 
  and 
  form 
  a 
  problem 
  yet 
  to 
  be 
  solved. 
  

  

  