﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  477 
  

  

  and 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  to 
  the 
  declivity 
  that 
  formed 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  

   eastern 
  hillside. 
  This 
  bank 
  ran 
  at 
  nearly 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  the 
  knoll 
  

   proper, 
  the 
  whole 
  eastern 
  slope 
  forming 
  an 
  arm 
  that 
  sloped 
  down 
  

   to 
  the 
  level 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  creek. 
  On 
  the 
  southern 
  bank 
  of 
  this 
  

   arm 
  were 
  refuse 
  dumps. 
  The 
  east 
  arm 
  was 
  post 
  holed 
  at 
  

   intervals 
  of 
  a 
  rod, 
  220 
  holes 
  being 
  dug. 
  Hardly 
  a 
  sign 
  of 
  occu- 
  

   pancy 
  was 
  found 
  except 
  near 
  or 
  along 
  the 
  level. 
  There 
  was 
  no 
  

   " 
  occupied 
  soil 
  " 
  or 
  " 
  Indian 
  dirt," 
  the 
  soil 
  being 
  in 
  general 
  a 
  stiff 
  

   clay 
  mixed 
  with 
  sand 
  and 
  gravel 
  and 
  much 
  more 
  compact 
  than 
  the 
  

   top 
  soil 
  on 
  the 
  level. 
  

  

  An 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  site 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   covery 
  of 
  a 
  circular 
  earth 
  belt, 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  cut 
  off 
  by 
  the 
  

  

  Fig 
  1 
  View 
  of 
  cliffs 
  at 
  northeastern 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  site. 
  Every 
  year 
  as 
  the 
  frost 
  

   and 
  water 
  wear 
  down 
  the 
  shale 
  the 
  earth 
  above 
  slides 
  down 
  into 
  the 
  lake 
  exposing 
  pits 
  

   and 
  relics. 
  A 
  recent 
  landslide 
  is 
  shown 
  at 
  X 
  in 
  the 
  picture. 
  

  

  lake 
  bank. 
  On 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  this 
  earth 
  ring 
  were 
  pits 
  and 
  occupied 
  

   soil. 
  The 
  signification 
  of 
  this 
  belt 
  is 
  discussed 
  hereinafter 
  under 
  

   the 
  title 
  " 
  Significance 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  data." 
  

  

  Diminution 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  plot 
  by 
  the 
  encroachment 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  highly 
  probable 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  site 
  has 
  been 
  lost 
  by 
  

   the 
  encroachment 
  of 
  the 
  lake, 
  which 
  eating 
  down 
  the 
  shale 
  cliffs 
  

   caused 
  land 
  slides 
  [text 
  fig. 
  1]. 
  Certain 
  it 
  is 
  that 
  land 
  is 
  lost 
  in 
  this 
  

  

  