POLISHED STONE ARTICLES USED BY THE NEW YORK ABORIGINES 1 3 



and five eighths inches long and one and one eighth inches wide, 

 with neatly rounded ends. It is a rare form, and was found at Bald- 

 winsville. '• 



Fig. 7 is also a somewhat rare, but widely distributed form. It 

 is flat or nearly so on one side, and more convex on the other. 

 They usually have a broad cutting edge at one end, and are rounded 

 at the other. This one comes to a sharp point, and is rounded and 

 sharp at the broad end. It is of grey sandstone, three and one 

 eighth by nine sixteenths inches and comes from Wood Creek, east 

 of Oneida Lake. 



Fig. 8. is of the normal form of this type, and is of brown sand- 

 stone, four by three quarters inches. It is sharp at both ends, the 

 more pointed one being rounded, and comes from Baldwinsville, 

 where they are somewhat frequent. 



Fig. 9 is of green striped slate, and approaches the boat form. 

 The ends are rounded and sharp. It is four and one eighth inches 

 by three fourths deep, and comes from Chittenango Creek. There 

 are many of this form, but their use is not clear. 



Fig. 10 is another of the angular celts, and a still rarer form. It 

 is of brownish drab sandstone, eight inches long by two and one 

 eighth wide, and of a tapering form. There is a raised medial line 

 on each broad surface, which, for half the length, has been gradu- 

 ally ground down to the broad cutting edge. The small end is 

 brought to a neat point. Angles like these are hardly rare and yet 

 are seldom so pronounced. This comes from the village of Bald- 

 winsville. 



Fig. 11 is a small black basalt chisel, angular and sharp, two 

 and one eighth inches by one fourth broad. It is a very neat speci- 

 men of these small implements, and comes from Seneca River. Fig. 

 12 is another of these small celts from the same place, but thicker 

 and more ridged on one side. It is of greenstone, two and one 

 quarter inches long by three eighths wide. These are not rare. 



Fig. 13 is a larger form of black basalt, triangular in outline, and 

 with angular edges. It is three by one inches, and was found near 

 Syracuse. 



Fig. 14 is a handsome black and angular celt, with convex edges 

 and somewhat rare form, three and seven eighths by one and seven 



