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Fig. 123 is an iron spike found by Seneca river, in Lvsander, 

 It is cylindric, long and slender, with a narrow base, and is not 

 a rare form. 



Fig. 64 is a long iron spear, greatly reduced in the illustration, 

 the full length being 8J inches. This was found in the town of 

 Oakfield, and belongs to C. F. Moseley, of Bergen N. Y. The 

 triangular base has a triangular perforation, and the other end 

 forms a spearhead, occupying two fifths of the entire length. 



Fig. 119 is a spearhead at the end of a very long shank. It 

 is of iron and was found 2 miles w^est of Canajoharie. Fig. 121 

 has the same general form but the shank is but about half the 

 length of the last. This was found at Indian Castle north of 

 Wateryale. The form is frequent and widespread. 



Fig. 115 is an iron spearhead, much like a double bladed knife 

 or dagger. It is leaf-shaped and has a tang. This is from the 

 fort south of Pompey Center, where several have been found* 

 It seems much rarer elsewhere. Fig. 120 is much like the last, 

 but the blade is less than half the entire length. It was found 

 in 1885 at Cross lake. 



Fig. 185 is a cylindric piece of copper, hammered down to a 

 broad edge at one end. This is from Indian hill, Pompey. 



Fig. 69 is an old steel for striking fire with flint and tinder, 

 which belongs to William Isaacs of the Onondaga reservation. 

 This was the national emblem of the Mohawks and rude draw- 

 ings of it may sometimes be seen attached to old treaties. The 

 Mohawks probably got the flint and steel soon after coming to 

 New York, if not while still in Canada. Their own name re- 

 ferred to this as far back as it can be traced^ and they came in 

 contact with the whites first of all the Iroquois. The early 

 Norsemen used the same form of steel. Many forms occur. 



Fragments of brass kettles were utilized for tools and orna- 

 ments. Fig. 18 shows such a fragment notched for a saw. Fig. 

 135 is a much larger piece, one edge of which is merely regularly 

 cleft with a knife for the same purpose. It was found by the 

 writer on the recent site near Wagner's hollow, in Montgomery 

 county. 



