BULLETIN 



of the 



Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 



VOLUME IX. No. 3 



Indian Village, Camp and Burial Sites 

 on the Niagara Frontier. 



By Frederick Houghton. 



INTRODUCTION. 



In the spring of 1907 the Buffalo Society of Natural Scien- 

 ces requested Mr. Frederick Houghton to prepare for publica- 

 tion a list of Indian village sites in Erie County. Many of 

 these had been identified in previous years by Mr. Houghton, 

 and some of them he had carefully explored for the Society. 

 It was thought that a record should be made of such as are 

 already known and that, if possible, others should be sought out 

 and identified and the list thus enlarged ; for while it could not 

 be hoped that any list would be complete, such a published 

 record would serve as a reliable foundation upon which other 

 investigators might build and an encouragement to such explo- 

 rers in their intelligent efforts. 



Mr. Houghton very willingly undertook the task assigned 

 him and spent the summer of 1907 in preparing the list which 

 follows. Letters were written to all of the public school teach- 

 ers and to many others in the County outside of the City of 

 Buffalo, the endeavor being to enlist their interest that the 

 resulting reports and suggestions might open the way, as they 

 did, for Mr. Houghton's personal investigations. The outcome 



