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mile south of the village on the Marsh farm, and like it, is situ- 

 ated on the eastern bank of Mud Creek. The soil is the same 

 heavy red c'ay, and is now in farm crops. 



The surface shows large accumulations of refuse in which 

 are to be found large numbers of beads and other articles. 



Seven graves were found by Mr. Fox a few years ago in 

 digging the cellar for his barn. These are on the extreme 

 eastern edge of the village. One was found in digging a post 

 hole on the extreme western edge. With this body was a fine 

 bone comb. 



The Victor Site. 

 (Gandagora, Gannagaro, St. Jacques.) 



This is situated on the farms of M. E. McMahon, W. B. 

 Moore and W. J. Greene, one and one-fourth miles south of the 

 village of Victor, on the west side of the road leading from 

 Victor to Holcomb. It occupies the top of a steep hill (Bough- 

 ton Hill), the middle of the village being on the 800 foot 

 contour, 250 feet above the village of Victor. The hill is lobate, 

 pointing northward, and is bounded on the eastern, western 

 and northern sides by steep slopes which descend to the valleys 

 of two small brooks, both tributaries to Mud Creek. A strong 

 spring issues from the western base of the hill, and a swale on 

 the northwest edge probably marks another. Across the valley 

 to the westward is a steep-sided flat-topped hill, known locally 

 as "Fort Hill". In the valley to the northwestward, distant 

 from the village by air-line one and one half miles, is what is 

 known locally as the "battlefield". To the south are two ceme- 

 teries, one each on the farms of Mr. George Ketchum and Mr. 

 John Bunce. 



The soil of the village site is sandy and gravelly loam, in a 

 high state of cultivation. The portion owned by Mr. McMahon 

 is partially in an apple orchard, and there are some apple trees 

 on the portion owned by Mr. Moore. 



The entire area is covered rather thinly with refuse earth, 

 in patches which extend from Mr. McMahon's farm partly 

 through the northern half of Mr. Greene's and from the road 

 on the east to the heads of the gullies on the west. Because of 

 the cultivation which the area has undergone during the past 

 century, or for other reasons, these heaps do not show so 



