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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  nearest 
  was 
  a 
  pipe 
  of 
  most 
  peculiar 
  form, 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  some 
  animal 
  

   [pi. 
  22, 
  fig. 
  5, 
  also 
  text 
  fig. 
  14]. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  workmen, 
  a 
  Seneca 
  

  

  Fig. 
  12 
  Celt 
  from 
  grave 
  XLVII, 
  Fig. 
  13 
  Vessel 
  from 
  grave 
  XLVII, 
  pit 
  92 
  

  

  pit 
  92 
  

  

  Indian, 
  pronounced 
  it 
  the 
  representation 
  of 
  a 
  mythical 
  monster 
  

   known 
  to 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  as 
  the 
  Nia 
  gwa 
  he. 
  The 
  grave 
  bottom 
  was 
  

   39" 
  by 
  63" 
  in 
  dimensions. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XLVIII, 
  pit 
  93, 
  was 
  at 
  88' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  10 
  

   and 
  contained 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  an 
  infant 
  skeleton. 
  The 
  bones 
  were 
  

   crushed 
  and 
  crumbling. 
  No 
  objects 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  grave 
  except 
  

   a 
  dry 
  fibrous 
  substance 
  resembling 
  the 
  decayed 
  fibers 
  of 
  some 
  res- 
  

   inous 
  wood. 
  Orientation 
  : 
  head 
  southwest, 
  face 
  southeast, 
  right 
  

   side, 
  flexed. 
  

  

  Grave 
  XLIX, 
  pit 
  94, 
  in 
  trench 
  15 
  at 
  22' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  contained 
  

   the 
  broken 
  root-eaten 
  skeletons 
  of 
  two 
  adults. 
  Before 
  the 
  orbits 
  of 
  

   the 
  southmost 
  skeleton 
  were 
  5 
  triangular 
  flint 
  arrow 
  points 
  and 
  

   at 
  the 
  chin 
  a 
  crushed 
  pottery 
  vessel. 
  Near 
  the 
  orbits 
  of 
  the 
  north- 
  

   most 
  skeleton 
  was 
  a 
  black 
  flint 
  knife 
  [see 
  pi. 
  23, 
  fig. 
  8]. 
  Orien- 
  

   tation: 
  skeleton 
  1, 
  head 
  east, 
  face 
  north, 
  right 
  side, 
  almost 
  straight 
  

   position 
  ; 
  skeleton 
  2, 
  head 
  southeast, 
  face 
  northeast, 
  right 
  side, 
  

   flexed 
  position. 
  

  

  Grave 
  L, 
  pit 
  95, 
  in 
  trench 
  15 
  was 
  at 
  22' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side. 
  It 
  

   contained 
  a 
  deposit 
  of 
  bone 
  dust 
  and 
  a 
  crushed 
  pot. 
  

  

  