The old French fort of 1696 stood on lot 106, but traces of it can now be found only by digging. An Indian village grew up about it, and there was a burial-ground farther south. In Syracuse there were also orchards and burial-places.
Town of Onondaga.—Sir William Johnson built the Onondagas a stockade in 1756, which was burned in 1779. It stood on a plateau on Webster's Mile Square, and the inclined roadway by which it was reached from the creek yet remains. The writer recently examined and fully described this site. The several burial-places and other sites in this town are all modern, and yield European and Indian relics. Yet a stone plummet and a bird totem were found at the present reservation, the latter worn as an ornament by an Indian girl.
40. Town of De Witt.—A burial-place was discovered in East Syracuse, lot 42, in 1878, from which many skeletons were taken. They were inclosed in rude stone cists, which yielded also clay pipes, arrow-heads, and celts. Near Jamesville fine stone pipes have been found.
41. Town of La Fayette.—On lot 3, east side of the reservoir, is the site of the large fort destroyed in 1696, during Frontenac's invasion. It was a stockade and earthwork, and the remains are both Indian and European. Several burial-places occur in this vicinity.
42. On lot 13 was a large Indian orchard and a settlement, which was abandoned on the invasion of 1779. The relics are both Indian and European. A burial-place has the graves in rows, and also scattered promiscuously. The bodies were inclosed in boxes of wood or bark. (Clark.)
Town of Pompey.—This has many sites, nearly all historic, and fully described by Clark, but with some errors.
43. At this point is a village site, which had circular lines of stone and relics of mixed origin. (Clark.)
44. A little south of the last named is a burial-place, and also lines of earthworks, with similar remains. (Clark.)
45. On lot 19 was a village site with four streets and mixed relics. (Clark.)
Fig. 9.
46. On lot 9 is Indian Hill, probably the Onondaga Castle of 1650. Clark describes the settlement as about a mile long, with a burial-place of 30 acres, but makes an overestimate again. He describes the earth-work as elliptical. European relics are found there yet. It may extend slightly into lot 20.
