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23. Empty grave, represented by a foot, 

 an arm and a hand of an adult. 



24 to 27. Heap of bones in a pit 3 feet 

 long and 3 feet wide. Mass was 12 

 inches thick and the top was 8 inches 

 from the surface. Bones of three 

 adults and a child in no order, all 

 the bones being mingled. 



28 to 30. Heap of bones in a pit repre- 

 senting the bodies of three young 

 adults or older children and possibly 

 one young child. 



31 and 32. Bones of an adult and a 

 child, mingled. 



33. A heap representing one body in a 

 typical "bundle burial' ' . 



34 to 62. Heap containing bones repre- 

 senting at least twenty-eight bodies. 

 See description of this ossuary on 

 a previous page. 



63. An empty grave, 7 inehes deep. 



Iron knife, shell bead. 



Wampum, glass and 

 shell beads and pen- 

 dants, 2 brass rings on 

 finger bones. A long 

 thin coiled brass wire 

 spring. 



These were scattered 

 throughout the mass 

 of bones. 



Wampum beads under 

 the skulls. A small 

 bone spoon, an iron 

 axe, hawk bell, shell 

 beads and pendants. 

 Nothing. 



Kettle bail and a bird 

 bone. 



Whetstone, 

 bone comb 

 iron spit. 



decayed 

 and an 



The Fort Hill Site, Victor. 



This is on the flat top of a steep sided sand hill, one and 

 one-half miles west of Gandagora, on the opposite side of the 

 valley. No vestiges of occupancy can now be seen. Old settlers 

 claim that fifty years ago a breastwork of earth could plainly be 

 seeu around the site. This earthwork was mentioned and 

 plotted by Mr. O. H. Marshall. (*) A strong spring issues from 

 the base of the hill on the eastern side. 



This corresponds accurately to the "little fort" which 

 Denonville burned after it had served as a base for the Senecas 



(*) O. H, Marshall, Historical Writings, p. 137. 



