924 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



With regard to some of these finds Eager, in History of 

 Orange County, 1843, p. 73, gives the following particulars. 



1782 Three miles south of the village of Montgomery, on the 

 farm now owned by Mr Foster Smith, the bones were 

 visited by Gen. Washington and other officers of the army 

 when encamped at Newburg, 1782-83. The Rev. Robert 

 Annan, who then owned the farm, made a publication at 

 the time, describing the bones, locality, etc., which caused 

 Mr Peale subsequently to visit this county. 



1794 Found about 5 miles west of the village of Montgomery, 

 just east of the residence of Archibald Oranford esq. and 

 near the line of the Oochecton turnpike. 



1800 They were found about 7 miles northeast from Mont- 

 gomery on or near the farm of Dr George Graham. 



THE PEALE SKELETONS 



1801 1 First found in 1799; further excavated 1801 by 

 Charles Wilson Peale " in the vicinity of Newburgh." 

 The original bones " consisting of all the neck, most of 

 the vertebrae of the back, and some of the tail; most of 

 the ribs, in greater part broken; both scapulae; both 

 humeri, with the radii and ulnae; one femur; a tibia of 

 one leg and a fibula of the other; some large fragments 

 of the head; many of the fore and hind feet bones; the 

 pelvis somewhat broken, and a large fragment, 5 feet 

 long, of one tusk about midway." He was therefore in 

 want of the back and tail bones, some of the ribs, the 

 under jaw, one whole tusk and part of the other, the 

 breast bone, one thigh, and a tibia and fibula and many 

 of the feet bones. Subsequent excavations added little. 

 Rembrant Peale. The Mammoth. 1803 



1801 2 "Eleven miles distant from the former" (no. 1) 

 Orange county. Found first in 1793. Excavated by 

 O. W. Peale. 1801. Scattered parts only. 



1801 3 Found in 1798 on farm of Peter Millspaw " crossing 

 the Walkill at the falls." " Twenty miles west of the 

 Hudson." Excavated by O. W. Peale. Many of the 

 large bones found, including under jaw. 



1803 Montgomery 



" Found 1 mile east of Montgomery on the farm now 

 owned by Dr Charles Fowler." Eager. Hist. Orange 

 County. 1848. p. 73 



