. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1918, t whichhas been under cultivation for years. The Fort covers IjetAveen four and five acres,which have been laid out in a very skilful manner. The entrance appears to havebeen from the south-east, at a steep l)ank. Inside the Fort. Avhen I first visited it,I found distinct places Avhere they had their fire-places, being holloAvs in the ground,about two feet dee]), some, three feet. There Avas also a place about tA\-enty feetAvide and about fifty feet long, near the east side. Avith gravel around the outsideabout one foot; Avhich, with scA-eral pits in
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1918, t whichhas been under cultivation for years. The Fort covers IjetAveen four and five acres,which have been laid out in a very skilful manner. The entrance appears to havebeen from the south-east, at a steep l)ank. Inside the Fort. Avhen I first visited it,I found distinct places Avhere they had their fire-places, being holloAvs in the ground,about two feet dee]), some, three feet. There Avas also a place about tA\-enty feetAvide and about fifty feet long, near the east side. Avith gravel around the outsideabout one foot; Avhich, with scA-eral pits inside, apjiears to have been used forstoring purposes.* There is a distinct road, or root-])ath. from it, in a Avindingdirection, to the Avest side, where there is a mound made with gravel. In myestimation it appears to have been a place of execution and torture. I spent onedav digging in this mound, and the only things I found were charred bonp< and ^ Prof. Bovle ami Mr. ShawAVood dug in this* .spot for relics. ARCHAEOLOGICAL EEPORT. 49. The Embankment. 50 AECm^OLOGICAL EEPORT. ashes; it may have been the medicine-mans camp. To the north of it there is aplace, about ten feet wide and three feet deep in the centre, banked around withgravel, which appears to have been used for a large fire. Among the ashes in thecentre, I found some thick pieces of potter}- and several pieces of corn cob, withthe corn still intact, burnt like charcoal, and two clay pipes on the side of the pit.*In all my digging I never found a trace of the white mans art; no iron, or copper,or any implement reseml)ling the work of the white man. It is my belief that thetribe wliieli inhabited the Old Fort were cannibals, as I found a large quantity of
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