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To the east of this pit and adjoining it were two other pits (given 
the number 23). One contained a dog burial and the other an infant 
burial. The infant’s skull was missing and the dog had two beads 
of shell (disk wampum) at its neck. 
In pits 9 and 10 which adjoined but were of different depths were 
interesting objects. Grave 9 was found 3 feet down in the upper 
terrace. It was of a large child, probably female, and of about 11 
years, judging by the skull and dentition. Each joint of the limbs 
lifted from the diaphysis, appearing as a distinct bone, having a sepa- 
rate surface or suture between it and the shaft. At 5% feet down, 
or 2 feet lower than grave 10, another large grave was found. Upon 
baring the bones and brushing them off, so as not to disturb their 
relation, we found parts of four skeletons — two infants, a headless 
adult, and a flexed skeleton of an adult male. With the headless 
skeleton was a crude clay pipe with a flattened stem, and resting 
under the sternum of the complete skeleton was a steatite pipe. 
Implements found in other graves are: shell beads of the discoid 
type, broken tubes, a flattened metate, three broken bell pestles, a 
pendant gorget of the thick type, bone awls, notched arrow points, 
a copper pin about an inch long and two perforated joints. Other 
implements found by the McComb family are described in the 
Director’s report for 1913. 
New York State Indian Commission. The work of this com- 
mission, of which the Archeologist was secretary, by appointment 
of the Governor, terminated with the adjournment of the Legisla- 
ture in 1922. The object of the commission was to confer with the 
committees of Congress on Indian affairs, relative to the status of 
the New York State Indians and their reservations. This necessity 
grew out of the apparent conflicts in jurisdiction between the federal 
and state governments, in the matter of enforcing state laws on 
reservations, particularly those relating to health, quarantine, edu- 
cation and truancy. By an opinion of the Attorney-General, it 
appeared that state laws did not apply to reservations and since the 
Federal Government attempted to enforce its jurisdiction only in 
the matter of the seven major crimes, it was felt by welfare workers 
that there were many beneficial efforts that were weakened through 
the lack of laws capable of enforcement. The several members of 
the Legislature and of the state departments who were members of 
the Indian Commission were to see what Congress was willing to do 
in this situation. A preliminary hearing was held with certain mem- 
bers of the congressional committees, but for 3 years the commis- 
