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valley is narrow with steep walls, and not favorable to the 

 preservation of delta terraces; but such are seen between 

 Hobokenville and Merrillsville. The channels cut across the 

 north end of West Stockbridge hill by the Cowaselon waters 

 escaping eastward were described and mapped in the former 

 paper, in the 20th report. 



Stockbridge lake 



This lake occupied the upper Oneida valley, covering the sites 

 of Stockbridge and Munnsville villages, which were under 500 

 feet of water. Judging from the map the outlet was near 

 White's Corners, over a mile south of Pratt's Hollow, with a 

 hight of about 1170 feet, and leading to the Chenango river. 

 The later escape of the Oneida waters was across the north 

 end of Eaton hill, the effects of which will be described later. 



Oriskany lake 



Passing east, the next lake occupied the upper valley of 

 Oriskany creek as far north as Clinton. The outlet of this lake 

 was at Bouckville to Chenango drainage, with a hight of about 

 1150 feet. The depth of water near Clinton was 550 feet. The 

 later, eastward, overflow was across the ground east of Clinton, 

 and this later stage of the waters may be called the Clinton lake. 

 The succession of lake levels and the resulting phenomena will 

 be given later in this writing. 



Sauquoit lake 



The valley of Sauquoit creek, which joins the Mohawk river 

 west of Utica, was flooded with glacial waters its whole length 

 except the 3 miles below New Hartford. The outlet of the 

 primitive lake was at Eichfield Junction, to the Unadilla-Susque- 

 hanna, with altitude of about 1270 feet. 



The ancient valley is largely filled with gravelly moraine 

 drift from Sauquoit village up past Eichfield Junction, and 

 for some unknown distance beyond toward Bridgewater. The 

 waters flowing from the receding ice front filled the entire width 

 of the valley with an overwash gravel plain which heads north- 

 east of the Eichfield Junction station and declines southward 

 toward the Unadilla valley. This was the primitive outlet of 

 the Sauquoit glacial lake. The present creek has cut deeply 



