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may bo a qiiestioD. The arrowheads found wiih other things 

 ill an Tiidiaii avave at Fall Tviv<'i-, on Avliirli Lonufcllow founded 

 his well known ballad, are precisely like those found on most 

 recent Iroquois sites. These are generally a long triangle with 

 various other features. For convenience those of irr»n will be 

 placed with them here. ^lost of these are cut from tliin sheet 

 iron or brass, commonly with perforations by which they were 

 securelv bound to the shafts. Parts of these often remain, 

 liaving been preserved by the salts of the copper. As shreds 

 and large fragments of sheet copper are frequent on Iroquois 

 sites it is probable that many arrowheads and ornaments were 

 made on the spot. Sometimes an old brass kettle was used in 

 this wav. 



Fig. 46 is a long spearhead from Cattaraugus creek, made 

 from an old brass kettle. At the base the edges are rolled over 

 so as to form a socket. This is the largest the writer has 

 seen. 



Fig. 6 comes from Cayuga county and is reduced in size. It is 

 made of sheet copper and is If inches long. There is a perfora- 

 tion by which a part of the shaft remains attached by sinews. 

 Fig. TO is an unusually long and rather rough copper arrowhead 

 from Indian hill, Pompey. This was the town of 1654, and these 

 triangular arrowheads have been frequent there. It was occu- 

 pied till 1682. This is unperforated. Mr David Boyle calls 

 these ghost arrows. 



Fig. 82 is in the collection of Mr W. L. Hildburgh and was 

 found in Oneida county near Oneida lake. It is of rolled copper, 

 pentagonal, with one perforation and another begun. This 

 form is rare. Fig. 83 is similar but longer in proportion and has 

 a very small perforation midway. It is in the same collection, 

 and from Livingston county. Fig. 84 is in the same cabinet, and 

 has a stem, rather a rare feature in this class. This is from 

 Oneida county. 



Fig. 63 is a triangular arrowhead with indented and undulat- 

 ing base. It is not perforated and comes from Indian Castle, 

 north ofiWatervale, where copper arrowheads have been abun- 



