NYSAA Bulletin No. 26 — Croton Point Midden Excavation — Passage 5 (part 4)
[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] Most types of tools have been collected on the surface of this small site during the past 70 years, notably among them a small completely grooved axe two inches in length, no doubt but a child's toy tool, and one wonders if the departed mentioned were the No. 26 November 1962 9 owners of this, the smallest grooved axe recorded from Long Island, although certainly not a Sebonac type of tool. No late projectile points were found in the pits, but they occur in the surface, more often the narrow, slightly sidenotched points with straight bases are found, which outdates the Orient culture fishtail form. There is no evidence that the pot is related to the grave or the pits. Isolated pots have been recorded far removed from pits or shell heaps on eastern Long Island. This land has been under cultivation for 250 years. There were no Indian habitations in Orient when the first settlers occupied the area. This burial is the most easterly that an Indian grave has been recorded on the north branch of the Island, but not the only one in Orient, and the cremation graves of the Orient Focus people are only a half mile west on high hilltops. RIVERHAVEN #1 (Twa 4-3) SITE Grand Island, New York Edward Kochan Morgan Chapter Riverhaven Site #1 (Twa 4-3) is located on Grand Island, an island in Erie County, located in the Niagara River between Lake Erie and the City of Niagara Falls, New York.