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Title: The Mohawk Valley : its legends and its history
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Reid, W. Max (William Max), 1839-1911
Subjects: Mohawk River Valley (N.Y.) -- History
Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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cept at one point, where it connects with thecleared farm land to the west. From the ridge spoken of,there are three separate hogsbacks lunning to the west,north, and northeast, and extending to the creek, whichmakes a sharp turn to the west at this point. Although theseridges are found on nearly every ancient Indian site, with atrail leading from the top of a hill to a ravine below, it is hardto believe that the acclivity of their trails could be more inac-cessible than those spoken of above. The ridges are from tento twenty feet high, and about two feet broad on top, but are sosteep that great danger would attend any attempt to descendfrom above without flexible shoes or bare feet and a verysteady head. Our guide, Mr. Jacob Lepper, informed us that he hadbeen familiar with this spot from boyhood, and that themounds were plainly discernible the last time he visited thisspot, about six years ago. The numerous excavations that wefound would seem to indicate that an extended examination
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AN ATTIC CORNER, GLEN-SANDERS HOUSE, SCHENECTADY 125 ■c1 4 :(-■ v5.1 ■ T>-n£i- I ■--^o r; Guy Park and Fort Johnson 127 had been made, but by whom, or with what results, I havebeen unable to ascertain. The cultivated plateau to the westcomprises the farms of John and Spencer Sweet. Many relicshave been found on these farms, particularly in a field northof the farm buildings. Mr. John Sweet exhibited to me quite a number of pre-historic relics which were the remnants of an extensive collec-tion gathered by his father in the early years of his life, oneof which was a half of a gorget, or banner stone, as the cere-monial stones are called. The fragment was about four incheslong and two inches wide, of highly polished variegated stone,and when whole must have resembled a butterfly with its wingsspread, a hole one-half inch in diameter extending lengthwisethrough that part which would represent the body of theinsect. Numerous arrow-points, drills, and spears of flintwere also i

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