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after rains. The beads are nearly all of two kinds, shell wam- 

 pum and glass beads of all sorts. Occasionally shell pendants 

 of different kinds are found, also copper and brass beads, and 

 beads and pendants made of a fine red sandstone, perhaps 

 catlinite. 



Implements of stone and antler are rare in the refuse. 

 Local collectors have a few flint points of both the triangular 

 and the notched patterns. No antler articles have been reported 

 as found here except one broken antler cylinder now in the pos- 

 session of a local collector. No clay potsherds have been repor- 

 ted from the refuse, though broken clay pipes are abundant. 

 No implements of bone have been found. A tiny double edged 

 stone chisel was found at the brook side at the western side of 

 the village. 



In August, 1910, I tested carefully over all the area avail- 

 able in an effort to locate the village cemetery. Much of the 

 surface was tested with rod, posthole auger and spade. A line 

 of holes was dug a yard apart on Mr. Greene's farm, following 

 the fence line which there crosses the entire site. Though no 

 graves were found there, an area of disturbed earth was found 

 and tested to the depth of nearly six feet. No evidence was 

 found of the possible use of this pit. It may have been origi- 

 nally a cache for corn storage. 



A line of test holes was dug following the approximate 

 location of the stockade as shown on Mr. Squier's plan. Besides 

 the refuse heaps already mentioned, five bodies were exhumed 

 here, two of them, as before stated, having been buried in a 

 refuse heap. These five burials are numbered from 1 to 5 on 

 the list following. There is no doubt that at this point more 

 graves occur, as well as very interesting refuse heaps, but the 

 owner's refusal to allow more digging prohibits further search. 



A considerable area on Mr. Moore's farm along the west- 

 ern edge of the site was tested. This coincides with the area 

 just inside the approximate location of the western stockade as 

 plotted by Mr. Squier. Six graves were found here, numbered 

 from 6 to 11 on the list following. There seems to be a large 

 and very interesting cemetery here, but the owner refused per- 

 mission to complete the excavation. 



A large cemetery on the farm of Mi. J. H. Bunce, one and 

 one-half miles south of the village, was carefully excavated. 

 The cemetery occupied a sandy knoll in the northeastern angle 



