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made from fossils. A detailed list of the articles discovered in 

 the lodge refuse heaps may be found in the list of accessions. 



An examination and comparison of these articles points out their 

 manufacture by the Senecas. They are similar in every way to 

 Seneca articles from central New York of the period 1654-1779. 

 They are so dissimilar to types known to be Erie and Neutral that 

 even though the site is on reputed Erian territory, their Seneca 

 origin is apparent. 



The Archeologist's examination of this site as well as many others 

 in the region of the Cattaraugus valley only confirms the conclusion 

 that the Senecas occupied the valley some time after the Erie war 

 in 1654. 



In plate 11 a number of pipes are illustrated; that these pipes 

 are not Erian but Senecan is at once apparent to those familiar 

 with the two types. 



Mouth of the Cattaraugus site. An old site at the mouth of 

 the Cattaraugus creek was examined with some interesting results. 

 Few ash pits could be discovered and the site seems to have be- 

 longed to some Preiroquoian culture. There was no pottery to 

 be found but notched arrow points and knives were common on 

 the surface, as also were celts; gorgets have also been found here. 



Excavations in this site as well as in other places point out the 

 early occupancy of this region by a Preiroquoian people, presumably 

 some early Algonquin branch familiar with soapstone pots but 

 unacquainted with pottery. 



Several sites along the shore of Lake Erie indicate also a later 

 Algonquin people familiar with pottery. A good example of such 

 a site is the crescentric earthwork near Sheridan, Chautauqua co. 



From the site at the mouth of the Cattaraugus were found over 

 a hundred flints of various colors. The material is similar to that 

 from Ohio. 



Central New York sites. A number of interesting sites were 

 examined in Monroe, Ontario and Livingston counties. Many of 

 the places in this region have been excavated by local collectors, 

 but a number are yet available. Where such a general interest 

 prevails in archeology, the activity of collectors in excavating the 

 sites in this 'neighborhood has lessened the number of sites avail- 

 able to archeologists from museums. Hundreds of sites in the 

 Genesee valley have been opened and a great wealth of material 

 taken out. Nearly a month was spent in the vicinity of West 

 Rush, Monroe co. and more than 20 sites examined for future 



