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and have a deeply indented base. They occur on Indian hill in 

 Pompey, the site of the Onondaga town which Father Le Moyne 

 first visited in 1654. Fig. 9 is a beautifully mottled one from Water- 

 vale, in the same town. It is two inches long, and is exceptional in 

 material, as most of these are of common flint. 



In the early Mohawk towns the same favorite Iroquois arrow ap- 

 pears, but in a ruder form. Fig. 10 is a curious example from the 

 earthwork in Minden, near Fort Plain. This work seems to have 

 been one of the earliest triad of Mohawk forts, occupied respectively 

 by the three clans of Turtle, Bear and Wolf, and having suggestions 

 at least of European contact. Squier's statement that European 

 articles have been found there, seems premature. This arrow point 

 is of grey flint, one and one quarter inches long, and may be unfin- 

 ished, as it is flat on one side, and much ridged on the other. Fig. 1 1 

 represents another of the same material, and much like the last, 

 except in having a lower ridge and deeper base. This comes from 

 a Mohawk town east of Wagner's Hollow, which has afforded some 

 of the most remarkable relics of the early historic period. Although 

 usually of common flint, fig. 12 shows a very pretty white one from 

 Baldwinsville, which is not only a good example, but is very finely 

 serrated. 



There are distinct varieties of the triangular arrows, and fig. 13 

 represents one of the rarest of these from the double walled earth- 

 work, three miles southeast of Baldwinsville. It is of a beautifully 

 variegated and lustrous flint, with a distinct groove in the center of 

 each surface, tapering from base to point. The base is much in- 

 dented, though not as deeply as in some, and the length is two and 

 one eighth inches, with convex edges. The locality is of importance, 

 as showing this to be an Iroquoian form. Fig. 14 shows another 

 of these from Cross lake, two and one half inches long, which is very 

 fine, and of a light bluish grey flint. Other fine examples might be 

 given, for though somewhat rare, it is widely distributed. 



Another variety, in which the edge presents a double curve, is 

 locally called the shark's tooth form. Jones, in his Antiquities of 

 Georgia, calls most triangular arrows the shark's tooth form, but in 

 New York it is restricted to a peculiarly curved outline. Fig. 15 is 



