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Scdinan At'cniic Si(< . 'Tliis site, hcl wccii Academy ;iii(l I law t lioruc 

 Stroots, i-unniiiii; tln()U«»;li tVoin Scninnii Axciiuc lo ('oopcr Sired, is ihe 

 most extensive village site tioiii which remains ha\'e heeii collechMl. It 

 was a Hi-itisli camp site (luri!i«2; the He\'()hiti()n. and a ininilxT of hut tons, 

 jj;un-fiints, and hullets ha\'e heeii found t heic, as well as innneious Indian 

 remains. It seems to have heen the woikshoj) for a red jasper-like stone 

 of which numerous ('hi|)s hut no finished im|)lements ha\-e heen found. 

 The shells at this i)()int were fiist noticed by Mi'. CaK'er in 1S!)(). They 

 miiy not all Ix^ of Indian ()ri<iin. as sonu^ may he due to He\()lutionary 

 soldiers. 



Harlem River Deposit. ^Ir Calver says, ''Extendin<!; from 209th 

 Street to 211th Street on the west bank of the Harlem River and 

 almost on a line with Ninth Avenue was another large deposit 

 of oyster shells lying just beneath the top soil of the field. 

 These shells had nearly all been disturbed by the plow^ and were 

 interesting only for their color, which was red. Pieces of horn of deer 

 and split bones of the same animal were common among the shells; but, 

 in spite of the apparent antiquity of the deposit, there were, even in the 

 lowest strata of it, some small fragments of glass, which proved that either 

 the whole mass had been disturbed or else the shells had been left duiing 

 the historic period. There are several stone sinkers and hanuneistones 

 from this spot in Mr. Calver's collection and at the Museum. . 



Isham Park Site. On the knolls along the south side of Isham Park, 

 and particularly in Isham's Garden, about on the hue of Isham Street 

 and Seaman Avenue, the soil is white with small fragments of shells. A 

 nmiiber of arrow points, flint chips, hammerstones, sinkers, and potsherds 

 have been found here. On the knolls to the south of this garden, an 

 Indian burial, shell pockets with small deposits of potter}-, etc., and 

 several dog burials, have been found. There are tw^o small shell-heaps, 

 containing chips and potsherds, in the Park on the bank of the Ship 

 Canal, and several shell pockets were disturbed in excavating 218th 

 Street on the north side of the Park. 



Cold Spring. Cold Spring is situated at the extreme northern end of 

 Manhattan Island on the southern shore of Spuyten Duyvil Creek. The 

 Indian remains consist of three rock-shelters and three refuse heaps. The 

 rock-shelter is a formation where the overhanging rocks form a small cave 

 or shelter w^hich the Indians used as a dwelling place. All their rubbish, 

 such as oyster shells, broken pottery, and })roken arrow-heads, were 

 dumped near by, forming the so-called shell-heaps. Messrs. Calver and 

 McGuey explored the shell-heaps; but Mr. Chenow^eth was the first to 



