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His ability and experience are well known, and these hare been 

 of great service in the present work. 



Among the articles of native copper not figured here is one 

 formerly in the state museum, from H. Van Rensselaer's farm 

 near Ogdensburg. It is classed as a copper pickax. A fine tri- 

 angular copper celt also belongs to the museum which came 

 from Stuyvesant, Columbia co. One article of native cop- 

 per was found on D. F. Shafer's farm, Schoharie. Mr Henry 

 Woodworth of East Watertown has a fine spear of this material 

 4 inches long. A neighbor found a larger one which he un- 

 wisely polished. Mr W. P. Letchworth of Portage says: ''I 

 once had in my collection an ancient copper hatchet, excavated 

 near Silver Creek N. Y. which disappeared in a loan exhibition 

 held in Buffalo many years ago." 



Copper implements have been reported at East Aurora, but 

 most relics are recent there and these may be inferred to be the 

 same. At the opening of the Cambria ossuary in 1823 copper 

 and iron implements were found with flint arrowheads and 

 pottery. Though of an early date the copper there was prob- 

 ablv not native. 



The Wagman collection was sold at auction in 1886. It was 

 made up of articles found not far from Saratoga and in it were 

 three of native copper. One was described as a combined spear- 

 head and bodkin, probably a spear with a long and sharp tang. 

 This was from Glens Falls and measured Q^ inches by | inch. 

 An arrowhead from the same place was 4J by 2^ inches, which 

 is unusually wide for such an article. An elliptic and pointed 

 spearhead was 6 by 1^ inches. In the Smithsonian report for 

 1879, Mr X. Cole mentioned a native copper spear, found near 

 West mountain, Warren co. 



Copper articles were found in opening a mound in Mount 

 Morris in 1835. These have since been reported as of brass, 

 including brass kettles. Mr Hough mentioned a native copper 

 chisel in Ellisburg, Jefferson co. Mr T. A. Cheney said, in 

 describing a circular work and its relics on the east bank of the 

 Allegany river: 



