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Title: A history of Vermont, with the state constitution, geological and geographical notes, bibliography, chronology, statistical tables, maps, and illustrations
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Collins, Edward Day, 1869-1940
Subjects: Vermont -- History
Publisher: Boston, New York (etc.) Ginn and company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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e dead. Fromdirectly beneath the largest trees or half-decayed stumps someof these relics were taken, so that we may feel sure tliat beforethe great pines which for many years, perhaps centuries, grew,flourished, and decayed, had germinated, these graves were dug,and with unknown ceremonies the bodies of the dead were placedin them, together with those articles that had been used during life,or were supposed to be needed in a future existence. We cannotknow how many successive growths of trees may have followedeach other since the forest began to usurp the place set apart forsepulture. We find also very many relics of more recent Indianlife and occupancy. Along the borders of the streamswhich empty into Lake Champlain, along the higherlands beside them, on the shores of the lake itself, andon the islands, the specimens of their handiwork and artshave been frequently found. In a few instances multiplicity of domestic implementshas indicated the site of a village or a frequently visited
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Prkhistoric Implements eound ix VermontSlate knives ; gouges or hollow chisels ; points and scrapjis ; pipes 8 HISTORY OF VERMONT camping ground. One such place was near Swanton,where the St. Francis Indians had a village near theriver which they had occupied from ancient times. Here,too, was an old burial place, four or five miles from theancient graves mentioned above. The Indians had noknowledge of these earlier graves, but knew only thoseof their own kinsmen. Across the lake, on a sand ridge north of Plattsburg,there were kilns where pottery was burned. Here were scattered about clus-ters of burned stones,masses of burned clay,and numerous bits ofpottery. Remains ofold fortifications havebeen found,with manyarrow and spear pointsnear by, while onGrand Isle in the lakethe remains of manyarrow and vSpear pointsand unfinished articles show that once there was a manu-factory of them there. Less common than arrow andspear points are the gouges and chisels of various kindsof stone, some

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