﻿FOURTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I907 
  IO7 
  

  

  13 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  earthworks 
  in 
  Chautauqua 
  county 
  was 
  

   situated 
  on 
  the 
  old 
  Partridge-Harris 
  farm 
  in 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Gerry. 
  

   The 
  wall 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  plowed 
  down 
  but 
  originally 
  inclosed 
  

   an 
  area 
  of 
  about 
  six 
  acres. 
  Excavations 
  here 
  revealed 
  deep 
  dis- 
  

   turbances, 
  but 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  pits 
  contained 
  bone 
  objects 
  nor 
  pottery 
  

   in 
  any 
  quantity. 
  Hammerstones, 
  celts, 
  potsherds, 
  arrowheads 
  and 
  

   a 
  pipe 
  stem 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  occupied 
  layer. 
  

  

  14 
  Some 
  most 
  interesting 
  sites 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  

   Clear 
  creek 
  in 
  the 
  township 
  of 
  Ellington. 
  The 
  " 
  Old 
  Fort 
  " 
  in 
  

   Ellington 
  village 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  notable 
  in 
  Chautauqua 
  county. 
  

   Several 
  days 
  were 
  spent 
  here 
  examining 
  the 
  inclosure 
  for 
  pits 
  and 
  

   burials. 
  Several 
  large 
  ash 
  pits 
  were 
  opened 
  and 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  

   pottery 
  and 
  a 
  dozen 
  arrow 
  points, 
  triangular 
  type, 
  were 
  found. 
  

   The 
  culture 
  is 
  early 
  Iroquoian 
  and 
  prehistoric. 
  

  

  The 
  earthwork 
  is 
  oval 
  in 
  form 
  with 
  a 
  gate 
  at 
  the 
  eastern 
  end. 
  It 
  

   is 
  situated 
  upon 
  a 
  steep 
  hill 
  which 
  runs 
  out 
  into 
  the 
  valley 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  

   strategic 
  position 
  is 
  almost 
  ideal. 
  An 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  map 
  

   herewith 
  presented 
  demonstrates 
  this 
  fact. 
  

  

  15 
  The 
  Boyd 
  site 
  is 
  situated 
  near 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  lots 
  47 
  and 
  39 
  in 
  

   Ellington 
  and 
  is 
  found 
  upon 
  a 
  level 
  plateau 
  which 
  forms 
  the 
  edge 
  

   of 
  a 
  stream-cut 
  terrace 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  Clear 
  creek. 
  This 
  

   fort 
  was 
  described 
  by 
  T. 
  A. 
  Cheney 
  in 
  the 
  5th 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  Museum, 
  but 
  his 
  survey 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  entirely 
  accurate. 
  

  

  No 
  deep 
  pits 
  were 
  found 
  here 
  and 
  the 
  occupied 
  layer 
  was 
  thin. 
  

   Culture 
  : 
  Early 
  Iroquoian, 
  prehistoric. 
  

  

  16 
  Opposite 
  this 
  site 
  upon 
  the 
  terrace 
  on 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   valley, 
  1700 
  feet 
  distant, 
  is 
  another 
  earthwork. 
  This 
  work, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  is 
  a 
  circular 
  one. 
  Excavation 
  revealed 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  

   Iroquoian 
  culture 
  with 
  triangular 
  arrow 
  points 
  and 
  early 
  pottery. 
  

   No 
  long 
  occupation. 
  

  

  17 
  A 
  circular 
  fort 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Clear 
  Creek 
  had 
  a 
  large 
  central 
  

   pit 
  but 
  was 
  not 
  available 
  for 
  excavation. 
  

  

  18 
  Between 
  the 
  " 
  Old 
  Fort 
  " 
  and 
  Ellington 
  and 
  the 
  Clear 
  Creek 
  

   fort 
  is 
  a 
  glacial 
  kame 
  which 
  contains 
  what 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  old 
  burials. 
  

   Here 
  notched 
  and 
  shouldered 
  points 
  and 
  a 
  gorget 
  were 
  found. 
  

  

  19 
  Several 
  small 
  camp 
  sites 
  were 
  visited 
  and 
  examined 
  in 
  Cone- 
  

   wango 
  in 
  Cattaraugus 
  county. 
  

  

  20 
  A 
  site 
  on 
  the 
  Marshall 
  farm 
  in 
  Sherman. 
  

  

  21 
  A 
  mound 
  at 
  Findley 
  lake 
  on 
  the 
  Hill 
  farm. 
  

  

  22 
  Large 
  pits 
  in 
  numbers 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Findley 
  lake. 
  

  

  23 
  Pits 
  in 
  Kennedy 
  near 
  the 
  Randolph 
  town 
  line. 
  

  

  