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Regarding Mr Frey’s general question a few words should 
be said. But one other awl of this character has been reported 
from this state and this is much larger. It was a surface find. 
In other states they have been found in mounds. Prof. Cyrus 
Thomas reported several of these with illustrations and they 
_ closely resemble those of New York. In the Sue Coulee group, 
Crawford county, Wis. were copper articles with one of the skele- 
tons. “Near the hand of the same skeleton were two long, 
slender, square copper drills or spindles, one about 9 inches 
long and + inch thick, pointed at one end and chisel-shaped at 
_ the other; the other 7 inches long and pointed at both ends.”— 
Thomas, p.76. In another mound of the same group was a small 
. one of similar character and a large copper ax, with copper 
beads and an obsidian implement. In one of the Rice lake 
mounds, Wisconsin, was a similar drill or spindle 74 inches long 
and pointed at both ends. In a mound on the Holston river, 
Sullivan co. Tenn. a copper spindle lay on the head of a skeleton. 
“Tt is 11 inches long, + inch in diameter at the thickest part and 
appears to have been roughly hammered out of native copper 
with some rude implement. Immediately under the lower jaw 
were two small copper drills or awls with portions of the deer- 
horn handles still attached.”—Thomas, p.351. These quota- 
tions will show the proper place of the New York copper awls. 
Native copper spears of two types have a wide range. In 
some the base is drawn out into a sharp or obtuse point for 
insertion in the shaft. These are usually notched on the lower 
edges for attachment by cords. In others the lower edges are 
raised and bent over, forming an angular socket, neatly made. 
This is often deepened for a short distance so that the shaft 
abuts against a shoulder. The flanges usually turn inward, 
giving a firmer hold. Unless very thin the blade is flat on one 
side and ridged on the other, and the usual hammered protuber- 
ances appear. New York specimens may have one or two 
notches on each side but some have none. In other states they 
occur with several deep and narrow notches on either side. Prof. 
G. H. Perkins has figured a fine example of this kind from Ver- 
