New-York tribune., 1906-12-24
INDIANS AND ARROWS.
Conesus Lake the Scene of a Recent Dis
eovery-Arrow Points and Spear Heads.

The New York State PaleOntOlogists Depart-
ment has been advised Of curious find lately
made at Conesus Lake. an Indian arrow stand
having been discovered on the farm OK Miss
Luna Mcmillan. at The head OF that body OF
water. Several hundred arrow and spead heads
and innumerable chips have been already picked
up within few hundred feet of the spot To
the relic hunter arrow stand means a place
TO which Indians repaired 70 make their arrow
heads Flint would be collected and brought TO
that point. and number Of Indians would be
delegated TO do the work of fashioning out the
points for the entire tribe. number OF those
interested in collecting arrow heads have gone
over the ground and are OF the opinion that il
must have been a stand for the red for
many years
There are two varieties OF arrow heads Ous
being diamond shaped and intended for shoot
ing game and the other sharply barbed and
used in war. and a surprising circumstances
about the discovery is a large proportion or
points Part Of the arrow stand Is covered
by the woods at McAIilIan's, and the other half
is in an open field. When the whites first set
tied in what is now Livingston County there
was a large and thriving Indian community az
Conesus. and many traces OF the savages still
remain. Every evidence tends TO show that they
made the land now covered by McNiillan's 500
acre farm a favOriJe place OF Sojourn.
The Indian trail leading down from the east
hill still remains. OF the oldest trees even
showing their bark where the path
had been marked by frequent blazing There Is
also what remains % an old Indian graveyard
NOT far distant. Perhaps of the most inter-
esting remnants of the life Of the abOrtgines is
shown in the numerous stunted pear and apple
trees located unCultivated points along the
swampy flats these trees marking the spots
where the Indians raised their fruit. II is a
matter of history that the SeneCas thoroughly
understood grating. and the old Chroniclers
state that at the time OF the advent OF the set
tiers there nothing in which the numerous
Indian communities in this section took more
interest than their orchards and grain helds.
The settlers, In fact. We're never able 10 produce
such excellent results with their apple and pear
ingStOn County for many years that they even
attempted - follow the red mans example IN
raising sweet corn
II is stated that whom the hiJes came 70 the
county from New England they were greatly
astOnished AZ the Indians garden corn the red
man having carefully cultivated n until he was
that time securing corn averaging foot in
length. In spite Of the popular impression TO
the contrary, the Senecas had reached quite a
high state Of civilization az the time the Ameri-
can colonies we're Planted. Instead OF the smoky
WigWamS the Indians of this locality lived in
TOOmy iOg house. eaCn containing number OF
doors and windows. Although decadence had
set in before the time of Sullivan's raid he
found the Senecas living in wooden houses even
a. that period and subsistng principally upon
grain ConeSuS Lake was always favOrita re-
sort FOR the savage. parties from the Genesee
Valley visiting those waters frequently for tho
purpose Of fishing, and remaining there. for
weeks time. u Is 70 this popularity OF n,
place that the frequent finds Of arrow and spear
heads and Indian implements by thu cortaxers
is attributel.-Albany Dispatch.