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Fig. 123 is an iron spike found by Seneca river, in Lysander. — 
It is cylindric, long and slender, with a narrow base, and is not 
a rare form.. : ) : 
Fig. 64 is a long iron spear, greatly reduced in the illustration, — : 
the full length being 84 inches. This was found in the town of 
Oakfield, and belongs to C. F. Moseley, of Bergen N. Y. The 
triangular base has a triangular perforation, and the other end 
forms a spearhead, occupying two fifths of the entire length. 
Fig. 119 is a spearhead at the end of a very long shank. It” 
is of iron and was found 2 miles west of Canajoharie. Fig. 121 
has the same general form but the shank is but about half the 
length of the last. This was found at Indian Castle north of 
Watervale. The form is frequent and widespread. } 
Fig. 115 is an iron spearhead, much like a double bladed knife ; 
or dagger. It is leaf-shaped and has a tang. This is from the 
fort south of Pompey Center, where several have been found. © 
It seems much rarer elsewhere. Fig. 120 is much like the last, 
but the blade is less than half the entire length. | It was found — 
in 1885 at Cross lake. 
Fig. 185 is a cylindric piece of copper, hammered down to a 
broad edge at one end. This is from Indian hill, Pompey. 
Fig. 69 is an old steel for striking fire with flint and tinder, 
which belongs to William Isaacs of the Onondaga reservation. 
This was the national emblem of the Mohawks and rude draw- 
ings of it may sometimes be seen attached to old treaties. The 
Mohawks probably got the flint and steel soon after coming to 
New York, if not while still in Canada. Their own name re- 
ferred to this as far back as it can be traced, and they came in 
contact with the whites first of all the Iroquois. The early | 
Norsemen used the same form of steel. Many forms occur. 
Fragments of brass kettles were utilized for tools and orna- 
ments. Fig. 18 shows such a fragment notched fora saw. Fig. 
135 is a much larger piece, one edge of which is merely regularly 
cleft with a knife for the same purpose. It was found by the 
writer on the recent site near Wagner’s hollow, in Montgomery 
county. 
