For the benefit of the large number who will not be able to visit
the locality, it may be well to define more fully and precisely
the exact spot in which it was found. It is near the west line
of the town of Lafayette, in the upper section of the valley of
the Onondaga Creek, called Christian Hollow--a short two miles
above the south line of the Reservation of the Onondaga Indians.
The valley at this point is about half a mile in width, and there
are two north and south roads running through it, directly at the
foot of the hills on each side. The small village of Cardiff nestles
under the eastern hills, about half a mile directly east of the
locality in question, which is precisely at that point where the
slope of the western hills meets the alluvial valley of the Onondaga
Creek. This point is about one hundred feet east of the west road,
and about two hundred feet west from the bank of the creek. On
the west the ground rises moderately to the road, then more rapidly
to the top of the western hills, some eight hundred feet above the
valley below. On the east it is nearly or quite a dead level to the
creek, the ground being evidently all alluvial. The valley is beautiful--
thickly settled and under high cultivation.