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Kt'gardiii^" ^Ii* Frey's j^ciicral ([iicslion a few woi'ds should 

 be said. lUiL one* otli(.*r awl oi' lliis cliaracU-r has bee-ii reporU-d 

 from (his stale and this is iimkIi lai-^^ci'. It was a siiifacc find. 

 lu othei' states they ha\e been IoiiimI in mounds. I'l-of. <'yiiis 

 Thomas reporleil se\ei;il of llieso with illustrations and liiey 

 closely resemble those ol' >«'ew \'ork. In the Sue Coulee group, 

 Crawford county, Wis. were copper articles with one of the skele- 

 tons. '' Near the hand id" the same skeleton were two long, 

 slender, sijuare copper drills or spindles, one about D inches 

 lon«»" and \ inch thick, jiointed at one end and chisid-shaped at 

 the otlier; the otlu'r 7 inches long and pointed at both ends."— 

 TJionuiHy p. 7G. In another mound of the same group was a small 

 one of similar chaiacter and a large copper ax, with copper 

 beads an«l an obsidian implement. In one of the llice lake 

 mounds, U isconsin, was a similar drill or spindle 7J inches long 

 and pointed at both ends. In a mound on the Holston river, 

 Sullivan co. Tenn. a copper spindle lay on the head of a skeleton. 

 "■ It is 11 inches long, I inch in diameter at the thickest part and 

 appears to have been roughly hammered out of native copper 

 with some rude implement. Immediately under the lower jaw 

 were two small copper drills or awls with portions of the deer- 

 horn handles still attached." — Thomas, p. 351. These quota- 

 tions will show^ the proper place of the New York copper awls. 



Native copper spears of two types have a wide range. In 

 some the base is drawn out into a sharp or obtuse point for 

 insertion in the shaft. These are usually notched on the low^er 

 edges for attachment by cords. In others the lower edges are 

 raised and bent over, forming an angular socket, neatly made. 

 This is often deepened for a short distance so that the shaft 

 abuts against a shoulder. The ilanges usually turn inward, 

 giving a lirmer hold. Cnless very thin the blade is flat on one 

 side and ridged on the other, and the usual hammered protuber- 

 ances appear. New York specimens may have one or two 

 notches on each side but some have none. In other states they 

 occur with several deep and narrow notches on either side. Prof. 

 G. H. Perkins has figured a fine example of this kind from Ver- 



