ABORIGINAL CHIPPED STONE IMPLEMENTS OF NEW YORK 6l 



once. Fig. 157 is such an article, of common flint, representing a 

 frequent form on the Seneca river. It is three inches long, and the 

 base is but slightly wider than the main part. One of the same form 

 and material but four inches long, comes from Onondaga Valley. 

 This also is straight, and has but a trifling expansion at the end. 

 Another of similar form and material, from Brewerton, is a little 

 thicker, and three and five eighths inches long; nor are these solitary 

 examples, although they may represent the extreme length of this 

 form here. 



Some expanded forms do not exceed an inch in length. Fig. 158 

 shows one of these which is not an inch long, but which is neatly 

 worked and symmetrical. It is of bluish flint, and was found at Bald- 

 winsville in 1878. Fig. 162 has a thicker base than usual, and indeed 

 is somewhate massive throughout. It is of brown flint, three and 

 three quarters inches long, and comes from the Oswego river. Fig. 

 163 is a beautiful drill, yellow at the base and shading into red, which 

 is the color most of the way towards the point. This may have been 

 caused by heat. The base is moderately broad with concave sides, 

 and is three and three quarters inches long. It comes from Onondaga 

 lake. In many such forms there is little more than a quick expansion 

 of the base, tapering, rounded, or angular, as the case may be. These 

 vary little in length, but are often quite wide. Fig. 164 unites the 

 scraper and drill, as in some other cases, having a scraper edge almost 

 to the point. It is of mottled flint, two and one half inches long, and 

 was found on the Seneca river. 



Another form of the long drills was distinctly notched. Fig. 165 

 is a beautiful example of these. It is from the same river, and is of 

 a mottled grey flint, three and seven eighths inches long. Both work 

 and material are fine, and it is slightly barbed on one side. Very 

 closely resembling this is another from the Mohawk, at Canajoharie 

 flats. It is of drab flint, a little shorter and wider than the last, but 

 equally fine. The length is three and three eighths inches. A broader 

 form still, but of about half the length, comes from Brewerton, and 

 there are many approaching these. 



Excepting as they approach the triangular form, those with a very 

 long and broad base rarely reach two inches in length. Fig. 166 is 



