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Fig. 26 is a rough native copper spear willi :iii oMiisr' point, 

 possibly broken or milinislnMl. II is in I In* Sniillisoniaii rollf-c- 

 tion ;m<l rniiM' riom Miilla N. ^ ., wcsl nl" S:ir;i(o|^;i hike. 



Fig. 1^5 is in llic same coIIcm'J i<m, an<l <ani(i fi'om Mvingslon 

 connly, N. V. '^I^hr base is not poinl«(l ;mhI IIk' im|il(iiuii( sng- 

 gests both (lie knife and spear. It is siigiiliy rounded, and Ihere 

 are no basal notches. 



Fig. M'J is in tlie Kigeb)w collection, and was fonnd (m R. Adsit's 

 farm, lot 7(5, Lvsander, nordi side <d" tin* river roa<l and 

 toward Beav(M' lake. Several rop]K'r inijilcmenf s hnve tjeon 

 fonnd near Ihere. TJiis is a small form, flat on on side ;ind 

 rounded on the other. There is a notch on each side toward Ihe 

 pointed base. Jt is lla?•dIy^^^^ inches long but is neatly tinisluMl. 



Fig. 50 is a thin coiiijer spearhead found lialf a mile cast of 

 Onondaga creek, and nearly a mile south of Fast Onondaga 

 village, beside an old Indian trail, it is ridged on one side and 

 has a deep notch on each edge near the base. The base is 

 obtnsely pointed. It is bnt .3^ inches long, and the edges are 

 nearly parallel and quite sharp. It was fonnd in 1894 by Mr 

 George Slocum, its present owner, and is slightly twisted as a 

 whol(\ 



Fig. 49 has the outline of a pointed elli|>sp, rather obtuse at 

 the base. One edge has one notch and the other Iwo for attach- 

 ment. It would have answei'ed well for a knife ami is as long 

 as the last. It was found in the town of Venice, Cayuga co. in 

 1S86. 



Fig. 44 is another of these small spears, much thicker thnn 

 the last two. It has a pointed base and opposite notches whieh 

 are nearly midway in the edges. This was found on the north 

 shore of Oneida lake June 12, 1886, on a i)oint east of liig bay. 

 The writer visited the spot afterward ami found ai'rowheads 

 and drills. The fmder was Mr White of Geddes, then su])orin 

 tendent of schools, wdio soon disposed of it. It, is not so dis 

 tinctly ridged as some, but has the uSual protuberances. The 

 length is 3 inches. 



Fig. 42 is from a drawing of a small spearhead in the state 

 museum made by Mr R. A. Grider. It was obtained from the 



