two hundred and fifty years ago, and the manu-
facture of the implements ayo describe, of course ended then.
There may have been a temporary residence of some tribes, while
the French had possession of Crown Point, or during the Revolu-
tionary war, while the British had the control of the lake. But
we have, we think, the testimony of history, that after the Iroquois
were first overcome oif by the fire ciriiis, which were used by CnAM-
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PLAIN and his Frcnclimen, they never returned to occupy this region
by a permanent settlement. Besides, after the Indians were fur-
nished by Europeans ivith fire-arms and other needed implements,
they had no occasion to manufacture them.
The main object of our inquries has been to find evidence of the
extent of Indian settlements in the County. But,up here nearly entire."
Almon W. Pinney, states, that in an old channel of the same
river, on the old Smalley farm, and not far from the same place,
the Avater had Avashed away the bank and uncovered parts of a
broken " camp-kettle," as he called it, holding about a pailful and
a half, of the same material as the aboA'e, curiously ornamented by
flowers or leaves wrought on the sides. There were also found
there half a bushel of perfect and imperfect arrow heads, one of
Avhich Avas four inches long.
^Nocn Deavey, states, that on his farm, in Middlebury, on Avhich
his father Avas an early settler, two miles southeast from the village,
and Avest of his house, on dry land near a brook betAveen the hills,
he has ploughed up on tAVO separate spots, chippings, or