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pies the terrace above the creek on its south side, and is on the 

 farm of Mr. W. J. Kirkpatrick. It was settled originally in 1803 

 by a Mr. Sheldon who moved to it from Deerfield, Mass. 



Honeoye Creek is the outlet of Honeoye L,ake, whose waters 

 it conducts to the Genesee River, which it joins at the town of 

 Rush. At Rochester Junction it bends from its hitherto northward 

 course and flows westward. The village was in the bend, so that 

 the creek flowed on the eastern and northern sides of it. The 

 valley walls are here eighty feet high and rather steep. Between 

 the valley walls and the stream are extensive flats from twenty 

 to thirty rods wide. A strong spring breaks out on the flat on 

 the northern (opposite) side of the creek, about one hundred 

 yards from the site. Another spring is said to exist on the 

 western edge of the site. The soil is gravelly loam, with frequent 

 sand pockets. Many stones litter the surface. Excepting the 

 valley walls, which are covered with underbrush and some large 

 trees, the entire site is under cultivation as it has been for nearly 

 a century. 



When the land was bought by Mr. Sheldon a square stockade 

 of logs stood at the southern end of the site, near the edge of the 

 terrace. At that time Indian relics were abundant on the surface, 

 and even now the soil yields many articles. As a whole, how- 

 ever, the surface gives few evidences of a long occupancy by a 

 large community. Refuse heaps are few and seemingly shallow, 

 yet they still yield scrap brass and animal bones. 



Graves have been opened on the site, perhaps not more than 

 fifty in all. Some have been found in cultivating from time to 

 time on the western edge of the site. Most have come from a 

 cemetery on the northeastern edge, where the steep valley wall 

 is broken down by a slight depression. 



The cemeter}^ is situated on the slope of the valley wall and 

 is densely covered by underbrush and trees. The soil is hard 

 clay and gravel loam with sand pockets interspersed- The graves 

 are in these sand pockets. The whole surface of the cemetery is 

 pitted with holes dug by collectors. 



In the summer of 1910 I was sent by the Buffalo Society of 

 Natural Sciences to locate any graves which might still remain. 

 Testing was done with a rod and by running trenches across the 

 cemetery. Five graves were located, and are here described: 



