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the preceding village. It occupies the highest terrace above a 

 small stream, called Spring Brook, on its eastern edge. The 

 valley walls are from twenty to forty feet high and rather abrupt. 

 The brook at this point falls over a limestone escarpment, prob- 

 ably Onondaga, containing chert. 



The entire site is under cultivation. The soil is gravelly 

 clay loam, some of it is rather stubborn and compact. According 

 to Mr- Dann, refuse pits and refuse heaps are abundant. He 

 asserts that much charcoal occurs scattered over the surface. 



A very large cemetery was discovered in a series of knolls 

 on the western edge of the site on the bank of the creek. From 

 this Mr. Dann claims that perhaps four hundred burials were 

 exhumed. The skeletons were in various postures. Many were 

 flexed. A few were thrown in promiscuously, evidently "bundle 

 burials". Some few were at length. A few small pits containing 

 three or four skeletons each were exhumed. 



An immense number of articles came from these graves, and 

 most of these are now in the possession of Mr. Ray Dann, of 

 Fairport. N. Y., whose collection is perhaps the most interesting 

 private collection in western New York. A brief description of 

 it will give an idea of the artifacts from this site: 



ARTICLES OF STONE. 



Whetstones. A few flint scrapers. Four of chalcedony came f i om one 

 grave. 



A few triangu'ar arrow points. 



Three pipes, one of catlinite, one of Huron slate, one of argillaceous 

 limestone. The catlinite pipe shows an old break in the stem which had 

 been mended with lead. 



Pendants made of catlinite came from one grave. 



Gun flints of local flint are numerous. 



ARTICLES OF BONE. 



A human figure cut from bone is figured by Beauchamp in "Horn and 

 Bone Implements of the New York Indians", fig. 169, plate 16. 



Fifteen or more beautiful bone combs, three of which were illustrated 

 by Beauchamp in figures 181, 189 and 337. A European comb was found. 



Two very large bone spoons as large as a table spoon with long cylind* 

 rical handles. 



One broken antler harpoon point. 



Several perforated tortoise shell rattles. 



Perforated and unperforated bears' teetK 



