The skulls have been fully identified as of the Indian type, and found to be those of two powerful males in the prime of life and one young woman.  The skull in possession of Mr. Earl is doubtless of the same race.  Some large stones were found placed above the bodies, and also a number of naturally flat stones which appear to have been used as scoops to excavate.  The plateau where the remains were found is about half way up the side of the “Mountain” or hill, as it more properly is, the total height being only about 700 feet.  The plateau slopes somewhat and looks towards the south-east, and being protected by the hill behind it from prevailing winds, and having a good light soil, constitutes a very favorable situation for the growth of the Indian crops of corn and beans.  The Mountain being an isolated rise in the great plain of the St. Lawrence, the plateau was also most favorably placed for look-out and defence.  A hundred yards or so to the west is a fine perennial spring, and a short distance further is another which has always been known as “the old Indian Well,” having been a resort of Indians at a later period.  Only a few spots on the plateau have so far been excavated; but with approaching improvements I have no doubt that other graves will soon be found.  The ground to the west, in the neighborhood of the two perennial springs, has in particular, never been much disturbed.  If therefore, as on the site of the old Hochelaga, this burying-ground is on the out skirts of a town site, relics of a much more interesting character may be looked for in the undisturbed neighborhood just referred to, the Raynes and Murray farms, and those on, the southern slope of the Mountain.

Should a town-site be fortunately discovered I have no doubt that progressive Westmount will see to proper care being taken in the matter.  Such a town would likely be older than Hochelaga and thus afford a fresh step in tracing the record of this mysterious people.  Such towns were frequently moved, when the soil or supply of wood gave out, or disease or enemies made removal imperative.  As to the remains already unearthed being prehistoric, there can be no doubt.  The Island was deserted after the destruction of Hochelaga by the Hurons about 1560.  The next Indian inhabitants were Catholic converts and therefore were buried at full length in a consecrated Christian ground.  The village of the converts was at the Old Towers of the Fort des Messieurs, some quarter of a mile eastward of the plateau referred to.

In tracing back the history of the land in which these discoveries have been made, we learn from the terrier or land book of the Seminary of St. Sulpice, that it was conceded about 1708, and that it has ever since remained in private hands.  Had the site been known as a burial place, even years previous to that date, it is altogether unlikely that such a concession would have been made; especially as there was abundance of unoccupied land in the vicinity.  The faint