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have been a camp of the Indians, judging from the num- 

 ber of implements of all kinds that have been found there, 

 together with chips in abundance. 



At this place the brook is shallow and the catching of 

 alewives and lamper-eels was comparatively easy. From 

 these two places most of the specimens of the Harriman 

 collection came. 



The arrow points are made from about all the varieties 

 of rock that could be fashioned into shape and be used for 

 the purpose intended. Quartz was the one mineral that 

 was locally the most abundant, and from that many points 

 were made. The dark varieties of igneous rock that are 

 found here only in narrow dikes or boulders brought from 

 northern ledges were also used. Besides these, manj' 

 points are made from flint or chert of various colors. This 

 is a material that is not found in this State and must have 

 been brought from other sections. This would mean ex- 

 cursions on the part of the implement makers or the ex- 

 change or purchase of either the material or the finished 

 artifacts. 



The various forms of the arrow points are worthy of study. 

 Representative shapes are shown in the cut. The triangle, 

 the long, slim form, the point with barbs, those without, 

 and all the multitude of varieties were made for different 

 uses or kinds of arrows and were also dependent, I suspect, 

 upon the shape of the original fragments and the way the 

 chips fell off. 



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