MEMORANDA,“LOCALITIES TO BE EXAMINED; &.C.
P ompey, Onondaga county.—Vestiges of a town, Jfive hundred
acres; three circular walls, or elliptjqal forts,'eight miles
apart;,-these farmed a triangle, enclosing^thpAtown.
jh Camillas.—rTwo^ forts; pne, three acr,e$ on # high bill;
east,' a gate; west,'a spring .ten rods off;*shape,'seJliptip^l;
► ditch deep; veaU ten feet high:, sepönd fort, .half amilq^distant;
lower ground; Constructed .hk^-fhe other; about half
as large; shells,AestaOeous^animals, plenty; fragments, p otr
teiy; pieces of brick; “ other signs” of^anpieplsettl^ient,
found by first settlerg.— )
' East Bank of Seneca Riyer.—Six miles south of 'Cross
and Salt lakes; forty miles south of Osjvegp; ;d^söQYered,l’791
(New York Magazine, 179.2);,.,^ith^ a atone
five feet. By three and a half, and six inches thick,a eviOpptly
sepulchral; two hundred and twenty yards length;^fty^fiye *
yards breadth; bank, and-dilch entire.; two apertures, middle
of parallelogram, one toWard?s the .water,"other land; second
’vyork half a mile south; j half-moon: outwork; ',sj,ngniarity_.
extremities- of the crescent from larger fort; bank and ditch
pf'both, large old trees; pottery weirhürnéd, Ven, indented«;
these works traced eig^een ipiles east, of Manhus squares
Oxford, Chenango County.—;East banks Chenango fiver;
great antiquity; north to Sandy creek, fourteen miles fipp
Sackett’s Harbor, near one which cpvers fifty acr.es; fragments
of pottery West in great numbers.
Onondaga Town: Scipio: Auburn, two forts: Cananuaï-
öïxa, ,three forts; between Cayuga^ and Seneca lakes, several.
R id g ew a y , Genesee.— Sêyeral forts and places of burial
} Allen’s Residence, 1788.—Two miles w e s t - a flat; de-
serted Indian Tillage; Junction of Allen’s creek with Genesee;
eight miles north of Kanawageas; .five miles north of Magic
.spring; six acres; six gates,v ditch eight feet yvide, sixdeep;
circular on three sides; fourth side,, a high bank> -a covered
way, .near twohundred years old; second,half a mile south,
©n a-greater eminence; less dimensions, but deeper ditch;
more lofty and commanding. ^ f = A i A 1'!" * y
J o a ik a .— Twenty-six miles west of Kanawageas; six miles
fprtbCr; Tegafained^ghgwe,-' or double fortified town; a fort
at each: end; firsf abti.utrfou-r. acres; two miles distant another,
hfght acres; d*ci;about fir&.fceor six feet deep; small stream
one side; traces of .sixVgates; 'dug*Way to the water; large
pUks, - ftyo hundred'years old of-more; remains of a funeral-
'pjle,“bones; Tndtad- six feet by twenty, thirty diameter (sixty
to pinetylK '
Path to Buffalo Creek.—Heights, fortified.
-H^ESTfiOP ToNAWANn^^Still* another. j
a «Oft ^Branch. of'AA®/D?eaware.—A fort one thousand years
©Id;’by trees. ' y
«SOUTH’ stoE .^■EsiE^CatthrangUs creek to Pennsylvania
iine,- fifty m i l e s ; s o m e , half a mile;
soma cp‘nf aim-five acres; - walk .and breast-works.rof earth;
1 appqaranee|.^' ancient beds of creeks; nqfe the geological
’ change; Lake-Erreyetired from two toTve<miles.'
EurTher J.&QUTIU—At1 chain- of parallel forts; two table
grounds; recession of lake. -
-All these vestiges?denote, long periods of time, .and proba-
, bly different'eras ,-of occupation. preceded the Iroquois!
Who preceded)theSrpredecessors?, DoAhese vestiges tell the
story!--Hdw Shall we^udyAhem! By antiquities; by lan-
, gua^e; h y Comparison -with other races of America, Asia,
’Africa, Europe.» *• r r>
V'Alrany.—Examine, the sit-e-of ancient Mohawk residence,
in 1609, on the-island and its vicinity,; at, the mouth of Norman’s
kill; lopk for their ancient burial places; bones, pieces
of pottery,-and other objects, of- art maj tell something bearing
on the;r, history.yTs the oask*.opposite the turnpike gate,
the site oft their ancient burial ground! Is this the spot denoted
-by their name of Tawasentha;. or is it to be sought in
other places, at.the,m'outh, or up the valley’of this stream!