. Notes of sites of Huron villages in the township of Tiny, Simcoe County, and adjacent parts. Prepared with a view to the identification of those villages visited and described by Champlain and the early missionaries . , Esq., the west half of lot 11,concession 6, the Hogg River has cut a couloir or path in the old lakebed deposits to a depth varying from fifteen to twenty feet. In thispart of its course the river makes a loop something like the letter U,which ^encloses an ideal spot for a village requiring means of defence. Hurons selected for one of their villages this plot of ground, con-t
. Notes of sites of Huron villages in the township of Tiny, Simcoe County, and adjacent parts. Prepared with a view to the identification of those villages visited and described by Champlain and the early missionaries . , Esq., the west half of lot 11,concession 6, the Hogg River has cut a couloir or path in the old lakebed deposits to a depth varying from fifteen to twenty feet. In thispart of its course the river makes a loop something like the letter U,which ^encloses an ideal spot for a village requiring means of defence. Hurons selected for one of their villages this plot of ground, con-taining four or five acres, in the bend of the river. This ground iscovered with ashbeds and blackened soil, mixed with relics. The lat-ter consisted of iron tomahawks, knives, pieces of metal probably cutout of worn-out brass kettles, and pottery fragments in endless quan- 21 tities. All these relics show that the site was one of those occupieddown to the very latest period of the Huron occupation of the are empty caches at the site, and a pottery just south of it,where the clay is of good quality for plastic work. Mr. Newton hasexperimented successfully in making terra cotta from the same clay. r. THE PROBABLE SITE OF ST. IGNACE II AND ITS ENVIRONS. Where Brerecf and Lallbmant were put to death, March, 1649. What appears to have been the village corn patch occurs near thehouse of Wm. Bennett on lot 10, and it may have extended as farnorth as the site itself, though the cultivated ground no longer showsany traces of the corn hills. From this site to Ste. Marie the distanceis 3| miles. 22 A trail comes from Orr Lake by the way of Waverley, and justbefore reaching this place is divided into two strands, one passing downeach side of the river. These meet again at the Indian Clearing onlot 12, which we mentioned in connection with the last site. Thetrail down the east side as far as the Indian Clearing, and thence tothe mouth of the river, was widened, many years ago
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