﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  

  

  483 
  

  

  trench 
  soil 
  at 
  40' 
  from 
  the 
  beginning 
  was 
  hard 
  and 
  compact 
  with 
  no 
  

   occupied 
  soil 
  appearing. 
  

  

  Pit 
  28, 
  discovered 
  at 
  the 
  commencement 
  of 
  trench 
  4 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  

   side 
  was 
  18 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  lake 
  bank. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  trenchlike 
  pit 
  10' 
  

   4" 
  long 
  east 
  and 
  west, 
  4' 
  wide 
  and 
  52" 
  deep. 
  It 
  was 
  filled 
  with 
  

   animal 
  bones, 
  deer 
  and 
  beaver, 
  and 
  other 
  refuse. 
  In 
  the 
  pit 
  were 
  

   found 
  4 
  bone 
  awls, 
  F274 
  to 
  277 
  inclusive, 
  5 
  bone 
  beads, 
  F278 
  to 
  

   282 
  inclusive, 
  4 
  incised 
  bones, 
  F284 
  to 
  287 
  inclusive, 
  1 
  bone 
  needle 
  

   fragment 
  and 
  1 
  Venus 
  mercen 
  aria 
  shell. 
  

  

  Beyond 
  the 
  pit 
  and 
  ranging 
  from 
  pit 
  1 
  in 
  trench 
  1 
  to 
  the 
  trench 
  

   line 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  were 
  three 
  post 
  holes 
  in 
  a 
  line. 
  The 
  soil 
  beyond 
  

   these 
  post 
  holes 
  appeared 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  lodge 
  floor. 
  

  

  Pit 
  29 
  was 
  discovered 
  at 
  12' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  trench 
  and 
  

   it 
  ran 
  over 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  into 
  the 
  adjoining 
  trench. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  

   ash 
  pit 
  3' 
  by 
  4' 
  in 
  dimensions 
  and 
  48" 
  deep. 
  The 
  objects 
  found 
  

   were 
  1 
  bone 
  bead, 
  F256, 
  1 
  bone 
  shuttle 
  or 
  bodkin, 
  F245 
  [pi- 
  34' 
  

   fig. 
  21], 
  and 
  1 
  bone 
  needle 
  fragment, 
  F243. 
  

  

  Pit 
  30 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  shallow 
  pit 
  in 
  which 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  elk 
  bones 
  

   had 
  been 
  buried. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  a 
  " 
  lodge 
  floor." 
  

  

  a-.> 
  ; 
  

  

  Fig. 
  2 
  Diagram 
  of 
  intruding 
  pits 
  31 
  and 
  32. 
  

   A 
  = 
  Top 
  soil; 
  B 
  = 
  Undisturbed 
  sand; 
  C 
  = 
  Dis- 
  

   turbed 
  sand 
  and 
  loam; 
  D 
  = 
  Interlying 
  stratum 
  

   of 
  sand 
  between 
  EE; 
  EE 
  = 
  Floors 
  of 
  shale 
  

   slabs 
  

  

  Pit 
  31 
  at 
  43' 
  in 
  trench 
  4 
  was 
  5' 
  by 
  8' 
  in 
  top 
  diameters 
  and 
  28" 
  

   deep. 
  It 
  contained 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  animal 
  bones 
  and 
  potsherds. 
  In 
  

   this 
  pit 
  were 
  found 
  awl 
  F268, 
  bone 
  bead 
  F247 
  and 
  terra 
  cotta 
  pipe 
  

   bowl, 
  F244 
  [text 
  fig. 
  24]. 
  

  

  Beyond 
  this 
  pit 
  was 
  a 
  " 
  lodge 
  floor 
  " 
  and 
  several 
  post 
  holes. 
  

  

  Pit 
  32 
  at 
  42' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  4 
  intruded 
  pit 
  31 
  [text 
  

   fig. 
  2]. 
  It 
  was 
  5' 
  by 
  6' 
  in 
  top 
  dimensions 
  and 
  72" 
  deep. 
  The 
  pit 
  

   was 
  in 
  three 
  strata 
  separated 
  by 
  layers 
  of 
  flat 
  stones. 
  The 
  middle 
  

  

  