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"It was originally about 15 feet in height. At the base ap- 

 peared to have been a circle of stones perhaps 10 feet in 

 diameter, within which were several small heaps of bones, 

 each comprising 3 or 4 skeletons. The bones are of individ- 

 uals of all ages, and had evidently been deposited after the 

 removal of the flesh. Traces of fire were to be discovered 

 upon the stones. Some chippings of flint and broken arrow 

 points, as also some fragments of deer's horns, which appeared 

 to have been worked into form were found amongst the 

 bones". This is evidently the burial place of the village 

 next following. 



Site No. 57. Village site on the point of land where the Tona- 

 wanda Creek empties into Niagara River, in North Tona- 

 wanda. This is now obliterated. 



Reported by Dr. H. U. Williams. 



Camp Sites. 



All over the Frontier region are localities where, in a limited 

 area, Indian artifacts are found more or less abundantly. Such 

 small sites are on or near water-courses. They are characterized 

 by the occurence on them of flint flakes, points and occasionally 

 stone axes, gorgets and pipes. They differ materially from the 

 village sites. They are smaller in extent and they lack the refuse 

 heaps and their abundant artifacts. In most cases they yield no 

 pottery. 



These sites are probably those of Indian camps. They have 

 certainly been occupied by Indians, in many cases for a long 

 time, but not permanently. They were evidently occupied by 

 parties of hunters, fishermen or berry-pickers, and seem so well 

 established that though they were occupied for but a short time 

 during each year, they may have been occupied year after year. 

 They were perhaps the "hamlets" that Father Dallion mentioned 

 as being convenient to the hunting grounds. On them probably 

 stood, not long bark houses, but wigwams of bark, such as may 

 still be seen at any rendezvous of Indians along the Georgian 

 Bay. Such structures would be erected for temporary shelter by 

 a wandering party, abandoned when the party moved on, and 

 perhaps reoccupied later by the same party, or by another. 



