Report on an Ossuary (Number two) 



at Orangeport, Niagara County, N. Y. 



By Frederick Houghton, M. S. 



In 1909 an ossuary was discovered by accident on the farm 

 of Sweeney Brothers at Orangeport. This was visited by Mr. 

 Bryant who has reported upon it. 



On July 14th, 1910 I visited the site of this ossuary to satisfy 

 myself that no individual graves had been overlooked. In testing 



The ossuary. Photograph by F. Houghton. 



nearby I discovered a mass of bones which upon investigation 

 I found to be a great bone pit similar to that which had already 

 been found. 



The site of these ossuaries is on the top of a sandy knoll 

 which here is superimposed upon the limestone which caps the 



