Antiquities of the State of New York: With a Suppl. on the Antiquities of the West

aboriginal acres altars ancient axes bank barrows beads builders burial buried burned caches Cayuga county Celts cemeteries centre character Chillicothe circular Clarence Township clay constructed copper covered Creek dead defences deposited described discovered ditch earth earth-works elevated embankment erected Erie County excavation existed extended feet high feet in diameter feet in height fire forty four fragments of pottery gateway Genesee River graves ground hill human bones implements inches inclosed inclosures Indians Iroquois Jefferson County Lake Livingston county Mexico miles Mississippi Valley monuments mound-builders mounds nearly observed occupied occur Ohio Onondaga Onondaga county Ontario County origin ornaments palisades Peru pits PLATE plough pottery probably purposes ravine relics remains remarkable resembling river rude sacred Scioto River Senecas sepulchral shells side situated skeletons square structures supposed temples terrace tion town township traces trees tribes tumuli vicinity village walls York