a great pipe, their Tfoigaagë was altered. The
pöitapany /centinuèd to proceed towards foe'shnsetiting. Thé
fifth family y?as directed to/nake theforbsidehce neat a high
mountain, or, rather-note, situated south of the Canandaigua
lake, which was named J&nneatowake, and the family was
named Térhow^éa-nyo-hmtyth^t mj Possessing a Dootj now
-Seneca, and their language Was- altered.' The sixth family
went with the company that journeyed towards the subsetting-,
and touched the- bank o f1 a-great lake, and named 'liau-ha-
gwa-rah-kcL, that is, U'Cat, now Erie/and then went to wards
between the midday and sunsetting,-and travelled considerar
file distance^ and- cam'erto a large|rivet which Was named
Oitau-we-yv-ka, that is, a principal stream, now Mississippi';
the people discovered a. grape vine lying-across the river1 hy
which a part of the people went over, byt^hite they were
.èngaged, the vine- broke and were divided; they;-hec'ame enemies
to those that wentfovcr the Fiver; in consequence theyj
were obliged to- di§pêrsefoe journey. Thé^Hólder öf -thé
Heavens instructs foéntffe^foe art ©ffobws .and arrows in the
time of game -and danger.' Associates ’ were dispersed* and
each family went fo'search for residences uncording* tè their
cónveniéhéèsóf game. The; sixth, family went to'Wairds-foe
sunrise arid touched the bank jdLihe grèalr ;wpjfeÈ| The family
was directed to - ryake;foèir residence near Cmi-ta-riak, that
is,"pine in, water, situated near foe^mouth of Nusp river,
now in North Carolina, and the foihily was nafiaed Kau-ta-
iióhj now Tuscarpra; and their larigiiagp - was; also altered;
but foe six families did not go so far as to lose the understanding
of each others-language* The Holder of the-Héa-';
Yens returns to the five families and forms the mode of 'Confederacy,'
which wasnafned
house, to which are: 1st. T.ea-kdw^reh-ho-geh; 2d. 'N-eui-
JiM^tefctafago; 3d*; Seuh^am-kd-ïa-; j 4th. Shorrfea-’M-wb-
tq-wdh; 5th. Te-hoo-^vea^nyo-héftt..
’ANCIENT W0RK ON FORT HILL, AUBURN.
/• This edclo'sUre,'Mr, James H. Bostwick informs me, is situate
on the highest-point of land in the vicinity of Auburn,
and is in the form of, an -ellipsis; and measures in diameter,
from east to west, (from"the outside of the base of the embankment,)
four hundred and'sixteen feet, and from north to
south, three,hundred and ten feet; the circumference, twelve
hundred feet y présent "height ôf the highest part of the embankment
on the side, from the bottom of the ditch, four
feet-; the thicknesS'-afcthe base, fourteen feet; from the centre
of* the'-' én closure ' the ground ‘ has a gentle slope to the north,
hast," anti west, and is nearly lève!towards the south. The
1 openihga oh ^fee-south, one‘of sixty, and the other of seventy-,
eight féet,1 ®e dirfetlÿ'ôppoâïtë»of,against-deep ravines, sepa-
rated^hy Erharrow steep ridge,’-'access through which would
he difficult,,jbekfg;’on an-angle of nearly forty-five degrees.
The opening pn-foe north measures one hundred and sfoty-
six feet., opposite, to which, .the ground continues to-slope to
yhe -nortfo for the distance öfi seyentÿ feet,; from which point
foe'desèéïft' is very abrupt. The opening on the east measures
sixty-six feet? .opposite fo-which; the ground continues on a
gentle descentr to 'thé haSfcMbr -several hundred feet. The
' opening dn the southwest measures fifty feét, and is opposite
to a ridge gently descending "to foe-southwest. There are no
less than.ten?4eep'-ravihes, and as many steep-ridges surrounding
and leading‘to fois .ancient, fortification. \
. McAuley infops History of foe $tate of New York, vbh 2d,
.pages 111 and. 112; -gives a minute and interesting description
É this fortification, which,'howeyfer, contains some inaccuracies
; and also of another'fortification, situate in the north-
, east part -of Auburn. The forgé chestnut stump described hy
himps-standing in the moat om foe west side of the enclosure,
is still toh è ’seen; there are still to he seen foe remains Of
two ; forge ohk. Stumps, which seem, to have escaped his notice,
■situate Ofo.thevfofoheast sid'e of foe enclosure; one of them en