Another spot in this vicinity said to have been the scene of a terrible massacre of the Pequot Indians, in the early colonial times, is called " Mount Misery." The Asproom Mountains, in the northern part of the town, and bordering on Lake Wepuc, were favorite hunting grounds of the great sachems Catoonah and Tappornuck in the olden times; stone arrow and spear heads, axes and gouges are constantly found on the farm of Alfred S. Hawley, Esq. A sister of Mr. Hawley many years ago lemoved to western New York, where she accidentally encountered an aged Mohegan Indian who assured her that in his youth, the tribe to which he belonged, resided near Lake Waccabuc or Wepuc ami that he well remembered the rocky island on the lake, which they regarded with great veneration, with its wonderful ovens dedicated to their god or guardian Manito. Indeed all our native tribes who have occupied the borders of the great lakes, have been very ingenious in converting to the uses of superstition, masses of perforated rock or boulder stones, as have been fretted by the action of water into a variety of shapes or forms.

Indian burying grounds are to be found in various parts of this town, one is situated on the north side of the road leading from Boutonville to Cross River, soon after passing the Wepuc stream, while another is located on the north side of the road west of the bridge which crosses the same stream, leading from South Salem to Cross River.