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One celt is recorded from the vicinity of Sharon Springs, Ot- 
sego co., one from Stuyvesant, Columbia co., the latter being in 
the collections of the New York state museum at Albany; and 
two others, found quite near the latter, in the town of Schodack. 
These two were found about the year 1893. Another, found 
near Glens Falls, is listed as lot no. 203 in the catalogue of the 
Wagman collection, sold in Boston by Woodward, in 1886. This 
measured 24 by 44 inches. 
The tenth and last to be mentioned was found on a relic strewn 
sand spit, jutting northward into the great Sacandaga Vlaie near 
Northampton, “the Fish-house,’ Fulton co. This is a broken 
portiou of the usual form of native copper celt, a fragment form- 
ing a triangle, whose sides measure about 2 inches, one being the 
cutting edge of the implement. The fracture, which is ancient, 
appears to have been made with great violence, for the fragment 
remaining is bent, showing the effect of a torsional twist or strain. 
This interesting relic was found in 1874 or 1875 and is covered 
with a fine green patina. All of the 10, as far as can be ascer- 
tained, are of the common rectanglar form, varying but little from 
the dimensions of the one from Glens Falls. 7 
The lance-shaped blades, whether used as knives, spear or 
arrowheads, present a greater diversity of form. Of the nine 
blades listed five are from Saratoga county. The remaining four 
are from Warren county, two of which were found near Glens 
Falls, one from French mountain, Queensbury, and the last from 
the vicinity of Lake George. Modern territorial boundaries 
count for nothing in archeologic science unless based on some 
prominent natural division of land by mountain range or water, 
and so it-will be seen by those familiar with these localities that 
the whole of the blades recorded were found in a very small area. 
One of those from Saratoga county is a most beautiful example 
of the ancient American’s skill in working native copper. It is 
now in the collection of William T. Becker of Schenectady N. Y. 
It is in absolutely perfect condition, is beautifully patinated in 
different tints, and has the unusual] feature of a deeply notched 
base in addition to the usual tang, which however is very short. 
Its length is 44 inches and greatest breadth 12 inches. Two 
others of the blades listed,of the common variety with long tang, 
were described and figured by William L. Stone in the American 
magazine of history for September 1878. One is described by him 
as being bronze but this is doubtless an erroneous idea. 
Closing the list of objects made by the aborigines from native 
copper is the find of beads numbering 135. This was made about 
midway between Hoffmans Ferry and Schenectady, at a gravel 
ridge in the town of Glenville, 4 mile from the north bank of the 
Mohawk river. In opening this bank several graves have been 
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