had also been struck in excavating the iiQith
line of the trench on Fort Hilly and some portions
of it had been thrown out ’with the earth.
Such are the interesting faets communicated
to me, by the gentlemen whose , names! have
been mentioned. The notice of the present ah
tered state of the site, and the following just
reflections' naturally springing from the .subject,
may be.stated in the exact words of Dr. Dewey:
. “ The forest has been removed. Not a tree
remains on the quadrangle, and only a.few on
the edge of the ravine on the west. By cultivating
the landj the trench'is nearly filled in
some places, though the line of if is .clearly seen :
On the north side, the trenehr-is considerable,
and where the road crosses ity is three or four
feet deep at the- sides of the road. It wilf take
only.a few years mure,to o-Miterate if entirely, as
not even a «tump remains to mark out its*line.
“ From this view it may be seen or inferred,
1. That a real trench bounded three sides
of the .quadrangle. On; thO south side* there was
not found any trace of trench, palisadoes, blocks,
&c.
; “ 2. It was formed long before the whites
came into the country. The large trees on the
ground and in the* trench, carry us hack to an
early era.
“ 3. The workers must have had some convenient
tools for excavation.
^«4^ ..The direction of the sides may have
had some reference to the four cardinal points,
though The situation of the ravines naturally
marked ouf the lines‘.N J 11 ■*-' * r \^P
/ ‘^ 5. It cannot have been designed merely to
©atch,wild animals, to be driven into it from the
south. • The oblique Me dowh to, the spring is
opposed torthia supposition; as .Well as the insuf-
fleiehey of such a trelich'.td confinc the animals
.pffjib forest.^ 1 H
6. /TfjOl Same reasons tender, it Mprobable
that the quadrangle was' .designed to confine
and protect domestic' animals.*. ,
^ ^ It was probably a sort of fortified place.
There might7 have been a'ctefenee on .the south
by a ..stockade,- or some ^similar means,
which might have entirelyfdfeappeared.
“ By what people was, this work done ?
“ The article § found in the burying ground, at
Ff offer no certain reply. The axesRchisels; ,&e,,
found on the Indian grounds in this part of the
state' were evidently* made of the greenstone or
trap-of New England, like thosp found on the
Connecticut river in Massachusetts. The pipe of
limestone might be from that part offhe,country.
The pipes seem’to belong to different eras,
i , The limestone pipe indicates, thé work of
tbe savage or aborigines. . BMHH
“ 2. The third indicates the age of French influence,
over the Indians. An intelligent French
gentleman says such clay pipes are frequent
among the town population in parts of France.