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The site has been occupied by at least two different peo- 

 ples. Before 1639 it was a Wenro village. After 1780 a Seneca 

 Village. Certain rude points found on the surface seem to indicate 

 an occupancy antedating the Wenro occupation, but the refuse 

 heaps, early graves and earth-work are unquestionably Wenro. 

 The Seneca village was established here in 1780 by refugees from 

 the Genesee Valley. Their council house stood a mile west, on 

 what is now Seneca Street, near Archer Street. Several notable 

 persons lived in this village, best known of whom were Red Jacket 

 and the captive Mary Jemison, known to history as "the White 

 Woman". Red Jacket lived near Seneca Street where the old 

 brick school house now stands, in the rear of W. J. Kyring's 

 store. A church stood on Indian Church Road (hence the name) 

 and gave to the village the name "Te-kise-da-ne-yont" , "the 

 place of the bell", (l). The old Mission House built about 1830 

 still stands on Buffum Street. 



* Site No. 8. This is an extensive village site accompanied by 

 its cemetery. It stands on Fenton Street on property leased 

 ( 1909) by Mr. Reinhart, on a terrace of Buffalo Creek. 

 Numerous extensive refuse-heaps, and some "ash-pits" 

 occur. The cemetery was situated on the western edge of 

 the village in a sandy knoll. It was removed by contractors 

 who were grading Barnard Street. It was probably not an 

 ossuary, for on its edge which was undisturbed by the work- 

 men, were three bodies in individual graves. About seventy- 

 five bodies were believed to have been unearthed. Some of 

 these were re-interred in the graded street; some were re- 

 moved and interred in the Potter's Field. 



Some of the refuse-heaps have been excavated by D. M. 

 Silver, and an "ash-pit" by Alanson Skinner. The articles col- 

 lected by Mr. Silver from this site are in the Museum of the 

 Buffalo Historical Society. 



In the refuse-heaps and on the surface numerous trian- 

 gular points are found, with bone articles and many fragments 

 of pottery. 



A few stone pipes were found in refuse-heaps. In the 

 "ash-pit" Mr. Skinner found large quantities of animal refuse, 



(i). L,. H. Morgan, The League of the Iroquois, Vol. 2, P. 127, edition 

 of 1901. 



