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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  was 
  found 
  I 
  flattened 
  ball 
  of 
  antler 
  [pi. 
  35, 
  fig. 
  6] 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  edged 
  

   pebble, 
  F401. 
  

  

  Pit 
  78 
  at 
  55' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  11 
  was 
  3' 
  by 
  5' 
  in 
  top 
  

   dimensions 
  and 
  30" 
  deep. 
  It 
  contained 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  cracked 
  

   deer 
  bones 
  and 
  scattered 
  through 
  the 
  refuse 
  were 
  the 
  following 
  

   named 
  articles: 
  1 
  serrated 
  deer 
  rib, 
  F402 
  [text 
  fig. 
  21], 
  1 
  worked 
  

   bone, 
  F403, 
  1 
  scratched 
  and 
  gnawed 
  deer's 
  femur, 
  F404, 
  1 
  chisel- 
  

   edged 
  pebble, 
  F405, 
  1 
  celtlike 
  tool 
  made 
  from 
  a 
  pebble, 
  F406, 
  1 
  min- 
  

   iature 
  celt 
  made 
  from 
  a 
  natural 
  pebble, 
  F407, 
  1 
  long 
  tubular 
  bead, 
  

   F408, 
  1 
  triangular 
  jasper 
  arrow 
  point, 
  1 
  flint 
  bunt, 
  F410, 
  1 
  pot 
  rim 
  

   fragment, 
  F411, 
  1 
  long 
  triangular 
  flint 
  point, 
  F412, 
  2 
  rude 
  bone 
  

   beads, 
  F413, 
  414, 
  1 
  section 
  of 
  a 
  charred 
  wooden 
  pipe 
  stem, 
  F415. 
  

  

  Pit 
  79 
  at 
  60' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  11 
  was 
  3' 
  8" 
  by 
  3' 
  in 
  top 
  

   dimensions 
  and 
  32" 
  deep. 
  It 
  contained 
  a 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  ashes, 
  

   gray 
  and 
  white. 
  14" 
  from 
  the 
  top 
  were 
  found 
  1 
  antler 
  point 
  with 
  

   hollowed 
  socket, 
  F424 
  [pi. 
  35, 
  fig. 
  8], 
  1 
  double 
  pitted 
  stone, 
  1 
  bone 
  

   awl, 
  F425, 
  1 
  worked 
  beaver 
  tooth, 
  F426 
  and 
  1 
  worked 
  deer 
  phalanx. 
  

  

  Pit 
  80 
  at 
  h' 
  in 
  trench 
  14 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  was 
  4' 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  

   60" 
  deep. 
  It 
  was 
  in 
  two 
  layers 
  divided 
  by 
  a 
  thin 
  layer 
  of 
  top 
  soil 
  

   thrown 
  in 
  anciently. 
  The 
  uppermost 
  layer 
  was 
  48" 
  thick 
  and 
  the 
  

   bottom 
  one 
  12". 
  The 
  former 
  contained 
  the 
  bones 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   animals 
  among 
  which 
  the 
  following 
  were 
  identified 
  : 
  deer, 
  elk, 
  moose, 
  

   bear, 
  wildcat, 
  skunk, 
  beaver, 
  turtle, 
  sturgeon. 
  In 
  the 
  ashes 
  at 
  the 
  

   top 
  of 
  the 
  pit 
  were 
  found 
  three 
  perfect 
  celts 
  and 
  a 
  butt 
  and 
  an 
  edge 
  

   of 
  two 
  others. 
  All 
  were 
  17" 
  below 
  the 
  surface. 
  The 
  presence 
  of 
  

   these 
  celts 
  in 
  this 
  feast 
  pit 
  suggested 
  the 
  idea 
  that 
  here 
  had 
  been 
  a 
  

   council, 
  a 
  feast 
  and 
  a 
  " 
  burying 
  of 
  the 
  hatchet 
  ceremony." 
  Other 
  

   objects 
  from 
  the 
  pit 
  were 
  potsherds, 
  flint 
  chips, 
  charred 
  corn 
  and 
  

   charred 
  cobs, 
  three 
  sections 
  of 
  a 
  broken 
  bone 
  needle, 
  F416, 
  417, 
  

   418 
  several 
  pot 
  rim 
  fragments 
  and 
  a 
  terra 
  cotta 
  pipe 
  bowl. 
  The 
  

   numbers 
  of 
  the 
  celts 
  are 
  F450, 
  451, 
  452. 
  

  

  The 
  ground 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  this 
  trench 
  and 
  nearly 
  'up 
  to 
  the 
  

   pit 
  contained 
  post 
  holes 
  and 
  seemed 
  to 
  have 
  once 
  been 
  a 
  " 
  lodge 
  

   floor." 
  

  

  Pit 
  81 
  at 
  13' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  14 
  was 
  3' 
  by 
  4' 
  in 
  top 
  

   dimensions 
  and 
  36" 
  deep. 
  It 
  contained 
  a 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  ashes 
  

   and 
  charcoal. 
  Near 
  the 
  top 
  were 
  a 
  few 
  deer 
  bones, 
  a 
  polished 
  bone 
  

   bead, 
  F420 
  and 
  a 
  charred 
  corn 
  cob, 
  F419. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  no 
  pits 
  beyond 
  pits 
  80 
  and 
  81 
  but 
  indications 
  of 
  lodge 
  

   sites 
  in 
  two 
  places. 
  Pit 
  78 
  in 
  trench 
  11 
  intruded 
  the 
  trench 
  line 
  at 
  

   50 
  feet 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  but 
  beyond 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  

   barren 
  belt 
  that 
  cut 
  the 
  trench 
  diagonally 
  and 
  intercepted 
  the 
  trench 
  

   line 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  at 
  about 
  40'. 
  

  

  