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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  24 
  A 
  large 
  mound 
  on 
  the 
  Cheney 
  farm 
  in 
  Poland. 
  

  

  25 
  Two 
  mound 
  sites 
  at 
  Falconer. 
  

  

  26 
  An 
  old 
  burial 
  site 
  in 
  Victoria 
  on 
  Chautauqua 
  lake. 
  

  

  27 
  Two 
  mounds 
  at 
  Vandalia, 
  at 
  the 
  confluence 
  of 
  Chipmunk 
  creek 
  

   and 
  the 
  Allegany 
  river. 
  

  

  28 
  The 
  sites 
  of 
  the 
  mounds 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Olean 
  creek. 
  

  

  29 
  Mound 
  on 
  the 
  Sunfish 
  property 
  in 
  Great 
  Valley. 
  

  

  30 
  Earthwork 
  site 
  at 
  Point 
  Peter 
  on 
  Cattaraugus 
  creek. 
  

  

  31 
  Village 
  site 
  in 
  Elko. 
  

  

  32 
  Burial 
  site 
  at 
  Old 
  Town 
  in 
  Elko. 
  

  

  33 
  Village 
  site 
  at 
  Onoville 
  on 
  the 
  Allegany. 
  

  

  34 
  Village 
  site 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  Clear 
  creek 
  in 
  Erie 
  county. 
  

  

  35 
  Earthwork 
  on 
  Zoar 
  hill 
  in 
  Otto. 
  

  

  36 
  Earthwork 
  on 
  the 
  McNeil 
  farm 
  in 
  Westfield. 
  

  

  37 
  Village 
  and 
  burial 
  site 
  on 
  Chautauqua 
  creek, 
  Westfield. 
  

  

  38 
  Two 
  fort 
  sites 
  on 
  the 
  Almey 
  farm 
  in 
  Gerry. 
  

  

  39 
  Earth 
  ring 
  site 
  and 
  occupied 
  kame 
  40 
  rods 
  distant 
  from 
  38. 
  

  

  40 
  Site 
  at 
  High 
  Banks 
  near 
  Irving. 
  

  

  41 
  Silverheel's 
  site 
  on 
  the 
  Cattaraugus 
  reservation. 
  Probably 
  

   early 
  Seneca. 
  

  

  Excavations 
  conducted 
  here 
  by 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  property 
  yielded 
  

   some 
  interesting 
  specimens 
  of 
  entire 
  pottery 
  and 
  bone 
  objects. 
  

   These 
  objects 
  will 
  be 
  acquired 
  for 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  foregoing 
  sites 
  are 
  reserved 
  

   for 
  fuller 
  description. 
  Two 
  important 
  facts 
  may 
  here 
  be 
  stated 
  

   with 
  propriety. 
  

  

  1st, 
  That 
  the 
  Senecas 
  occupied 
  western 
  New 
  York 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  

   Genesee, 
  having 
  fixed 
  villages 
  long 
  before 
  the 
  Revolutionary 
  War. 
  

   The 
  date 
  of 
  these 
  sites 
  may 
  be 
  fixed 
  shortly 
  after 
  1656. 
  This 
  fact 
  

   is 
  supported 
  alone 
  by 
  the 
  testimony 
  of 
  archeology 
  and 
  the 
  evidence 
  

   is 
  too 
  overwhelming 
  to 
  be 
  disputed. 
  

  

  2d, 
  That 
  the 
  Senecas 
  in 
  western 
  New 
  York, 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Genesee, 
  

   made 
  pottery 
  and 
  flints 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  when 
  they 
  used 
  European 
  

   articles 
  extensively. 
  Iron, 
  glass, 
  broken 
  china 
  ware, 
  flint 
  chips, 
  

   broken 
  pottery 
  and 
  bone 
  implements 
  have 
  all 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  pits. 
  

  

  Notable 
  accessions 
  

  

  Wampums. 
  A 
  wampum 
  belt 
  22 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  8 
  rows 
  wide 
  

   was 
  purchased 
  from 
  W. 
  C." 
  Hill 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  city. 
  The 
  design 
  

  

  