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Thompson. In the graves were found shell beads, iron axes 

 and brass kettles. 



Burial place No. 44. There is said to be a burial place on the 

 edge of the escarpment, at the head of the Indian Hill Road, 

 at the northwest corner of the Tuscarora Reservation. 

 Reported in 1908 by Ray Powell. 



Burial Place No. 45. A burial place is said to be on the "Way" 

 Farm, in Lewiston. 



Reported by Ray Powell. 



Burial Place No. 46. Graves have been found on the Powell 

 farm in Lewiston village. These are probably the graves of 

 refugees from the Iroquois country, large numbers of whom 

 settled near Lewiston in 1779, and many of whom died dur- 

 ing the winter of that year. They probably belong to the 

 village next described. 



Site No. 47. In 1787 there was a cluster of Mohawk Indians 

 one mile east of Lewiston village, (2). 



LOCKPORT. 



No village sites reported. 



NEWFANE. 



Site No. 48. Site on Lot No. 43, Range No. 7, Tp. No. 16, on 

 shore of Lake Ontario, west of the mouth of Eighteen Mile 

 Creek. 



Reported by Dr. Ringueberg. 



This may be identical with the next following. 



Site No. 49. Mound on the shore of Lake Ontario, near Eighteen 

 Mile Creek. 



This was mentioned by Turner (3). It may be identi- 

 cal with the next. 



Site No. 50. Mound in Wilson, three-fourths of a mile from the 

 lake. This is mentioned by Beauchamp, Ab. Occupation 

 N. Y., P. 108. 



i. P. A. Porter, Historical Sketches of Niagara, P. 15. 



2. J. L, Barton, Reminiscences of Western New York, P. '39. 



3. O. Turner, Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase, note, P. 26. 



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