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Ainoiiii' tlu'se were spearheads some inches in hfnj^th with 

 double barbs upon each side and formed from native masses 

 of copper. . . Fig'. 9 represents a copper arrowhead of fine 

 finish wliich was disclosed within the inclosnre. It is stated 

 that spc^arheads, hatchets, etc. of iron, much oxidized by expos- 

 ure, had been observed within this ancient work. None came 

 to my notice. — Clieney, p. 49 



The arrowhead represented is large but otherwise like those 

 of European copper found on Iroquois sites of the 17th century. 

 It is possible that native copper articles were found with this 

 but ^[r Cheney did not say he saw them. Others have reported 

 modern copper arrows from forts on Cattaraugus creek, not 

 found by them and therefore subject to doubt. They may have 

 been used bv the Eries in the 17th centurv. 



Besides 135 tempered copper beads found in a grave 5 miles 

 northwest of Schenectady, Mr Van Epps reported a native cop- 

 per ax in the American antiquarian for 1894, found 20 years 

 earlier. Fragmentary copper occurs in a few places. Most of 

 the native copper implements now^ known in New York have 

 been gathered within a quarter of a century and there may be 

 many unreported now in private hands. Mr J. W. Xelson re- 

 ported a fragment of native copper, 3 by 5 inches, with silver 

 veins, from Deming's point, mouth of Matteawan creek, and 

 a double-pointed knife 4 inches long. Copper spears have been 

 doubtfully reported from Fredonia. 



In the summer of 1901 Mr Lorimer Ogden, of Penn Yan, 

 obtained a fine copper spear, 6 inches long, but no further 

 description of this has been received, nor any notes of locality. 

 The find is quite unusual for that section of Xew York, as such 

 articles seem very rare in the lake region of the central and 

 western parts of the state. 



A fine celt of native copper was received too late for illus- 

 tration, and is now in the Bigelow collection. It presents no 

 unusual features, but has the black lines, corrosion and verdi- 

 gris common to all articles of the kind. The general thickness 

 is f of an inch, gradually sloping on one side to the top, btit 

 more abruptly curving on both sides to the broad cutting edge. 



