ARCHAEOLOGY.
Vestiges of an Ancient F rench F ort in L enox — Aj^ ^ tt
Sitjl^ue the N Onondaga s at K asonda-—Antiqui^iesT ‘3#
r' P ompey, Manlius and CamillU ^A Ancient F ort cmf OSsco
at Auburn -— Vestiges of an Ancient E lliptical: W ork
at Canandaigua—F ort H il l, Gen e se s C^upfTY— RocK
Citadel of K jenuka, N iagara Quunt-Yj—Ci^'cular-F pr;t
at Deoseowa, E rie'"Count;?.;
In considering the subject of American antiquities*
it may facilitate the ; object to '„erect
separate: eras of occupancy, to which- the facts
may be referred. Such a division of the great
and almost unknown period, which preceded the
arrival; of Europeans; will at least serve as
convenient points I to concentrate, arrange and
compare the facts and evidences brought, for-*
ward; and may enable the observer the better to
proceed in any future attempts to generalize.
There appear to have been three eras in the
aboriginal occupancy of the continent, or more
strictly speaking, three conditions of occupancy,
which may be conveniently grouped as eras,
although the precise limits of them may be
matters of some uncertainty. To make this
u n c e r t a in ty ^ than it now is, and to erect these
eras on probable foundations, the proofs drawn
from monuments, mounds, fortifications,.ditches,
earth-works, barrd#S| implements of art, and
AVhatever other kindCfdviderfo^antiquity affords,
may, it is thought, be gathercd together in something
like this- shape, namely.
’ l. Vestiges' atid-ptbofs of the era of the aboriginal
milfratidu from • ether* parts of the .globe.
Thekrso far as arts or evidences of a material
character are' deleted, ^Mto'nHeesSarily he ex-
t^Mihgly limited,' IP' anyfof undoubted authenticity
shall; indeed; now\be found. The departu
r e ^ of physiology, and philology,, which have
heretofofe^ constituted the principal topics-ot
research, am still a n attractive, and by no means
a closed field. v ' .
| p | Proofs and, ves€ge#df their Continental mi-
grati6nS,'watS, affinities and general ethnological
characteristics, prior to the discovery of the continent.
Such are the grouping of languages;
the similarity or dissimilarity Of' arts, modes of
defence, and means of subsistence c
3 Proofs and vCstiges of pccupancy, * change,
and progress, subseqtioiittdtheColumhianperiod.
Withregard t o t e first erajitis almost wholly
the subject of general and profound scientific and
philosophical investigations, which wqunw <a
union of great advantages' for successful study.
This sheeted and third etas, fail withm the com