[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] I have not at the time of this writing had the opportunity to view the collection or read the notes, but hope to do so in the near future. The fact that many aboriginal cultures are represented by the artifact collection, leads one to believe that the site may not have been occupied permanently by any of them, but may have been a gathering place or a portaging point for travel across the island. Geographically, the evidence points to this theory, as the site is located at one of the more favorable fording points on the river. Tonawanda Creek, which undoubtedly was used for travel by the early aborigines empties into the river directly across from the site. On the opposite side of the island, another fording of the west branch of the Niagara River would lead the natives to the Welland River in Ontario, thus creating a travel route from the interior of the Niagara Peninsula in Ontario to the environs of the Genesee Valley in Now York. It is logical to believe that the moving tribes, traveling from east to west and vice-versa, crossed the formidable barrier of the Niagara River at this point, for above the island the river is swift in its descent from Lake Erie, and below the island is a series of rapids that drop over a tremendous precipice creating the Falls of Niagara. From the Falls, the river flows through a great gorge in a series of turbulent rapids, to empty into Lake Ontario.