OSWEGO COUNTY.
A GREAT part of this county is low and wet, and it is not generally so well
adapted to sustain an aboriginal population as the adjoining counties of Jefferson
and Onondaga. Few ancient monuments occur within its limits; and concerning
these, little was ascertained in the course of these investigations. The following
facts were chiefly derived from J. V. H . Clark, Esq., of Manlius, Onondaga county,
whose attention was especially called thereto in the preparation of his forthcoming
History of the Onondaga and Oswego Country. Two enclosures, circular in form,
existed in Granby township, in the southern part of the county. One of these
occurred on State's Hundred, lot 24. Each contained about two acres, and both had
gateways opening to the east. Another formerly existed near Phillipsville, of which
no traces now remain; and still another is said to occur in Granby township, near
"Little Utica," in a bend of Ox Creek. Near the town of Fulton, on the west side
of Oswego River, is a mound of small size, which seems to be made up of human
bones promiscuously heaped together. They are much decayed. Intermixed with
them were found a number of flint arrow-heads. It is probable that none of these
remains possessed features differing essentially from those of other parts of the
State.
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