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quantity of relics. Beads of steatite, pipes, and broken utensils of earthen^ 

 the bones of fish and wild animals, shells, &c., occur, mixed with ashes 

 and bits of charcoal, throughout the soil, within and without the limits of 

 the trench, and have been collected and carried off in large quantities. 

 Cultivation has nearly obliterated every trace of the enclosure, but by 

 the aid of several persons who were acquainted with the locality when 

 first discovered, the accompanying plan (No. 4) has been dra\vn, which 

 is believed to represent the situation and extent of this work, before the 

 land was tilled. 



The ground formerly occupied by the trench, is at present the site 

 of an orchard, and used as a mill yard. 



Reference to this work is made in several gazetteers and " Historical 

 Collections," as occurring on the farm of Capt. Washburn, in Gouver- 

 neur, (the former owner of the land, before the erection of the town- 

 ship of Macomb,) and in these it is erroneously stated that rude remains 

 of sculpture occur within the enclosure. No traces of sculpture (except 

 the beads, pipes, and other articles,) have ever been found here. 



About half a mile northeast of this place, is the trace of another 

 enclosure, but so obliterated by cultivation, that it could not be surveyed 

 with any degree of certainty. It occurs on the farms of Josiah Sweet 

 and William Houghton, the greater portion being upon the farm of the 

 latter. 



It is situated on a small stream, the outlet of a tamarack swamp^ 

 formerly a beaver meadow ; is of an irregular oval figure, and can be 

 traced with tolerable accuracy about 160 paces, which is nearly half of 

 the original circumference. Its longest direction was NNE. and SSW. 

 Numerous fire-beds occur within the enclosure, and in one instance, a 

 quantity of ashes and charcoal was found five feet below the surface. 

 In a field a few rods distant, large quantities of broken pottery, and 

 traces of an Indian village, are found. About three-fourths of a mile 

 from the enclosure first described, (plan No. 4) there occurs another 

 trench, of semicircular form, and in a far more perfect state of preser- 

 vation than either of the others. This is on the farm of Robert Wilson, 

 and about 25 rods south of " Wilson's Lead Mine." 



For the topography and extent of this trench, reference is made to 

 the accompanying p!an, No. 5. 



As the land around this has never been ploughed, it has not furnished 

 any relics of interest. 



In the lown of Massena, St. Lawrence county, is an ancient trench 

 enclosure, on the farm of Josiah C. Bridges, about half a mile south- 



