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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  things. 
  This 
  difference 
  is 
  so 
  great 
  of 
  itself 
  as 
  almost 
  to 
  prove 
  them 
  

   a 
  different 
  race, 
  and 
  this 
  appears 
  in 
  other 
  ways. 
  In 
  a 
  broad 
  way 
  

   the 
  Algonquin 
  family 
  might 
  be 
  included 
  in 
  this 
  view. 
  

  

  Occasionally 
  location 
  has 
  importance 
  in 
  considering 
  probable 
  use. 
  

   Two 
  grooved 
  boulders 
  in 
  position 
  may 
  materially 
  affect 
  our 
  opinion 
  

   of 
  their 
  use 
  and 
  origin. 
  The 
  abundance 
  of 
  stone 
  plummets 
  in 
  cer- 
  

   tain 
  places 
  indicates 
  a 
  local 
  and 
  special 
  purpose. 
  Two 
  forms 
  of 
  

   polished 
  slate 
  knives 
  may 
  have 
  great 
  ethnological 
  importance, 
  and 
  

   the 
  almost 
  utter 
  absence 
  of 
  other 
  things 
  points 
  out 
  early 
  differences 
  

   otherwise 
  unknown. 
  More 
  light 
  still 
  may 
  result 
  from 
  farther 
  re- 
  

   search 
  and 
  clearer 
  judgment, 
  specially 
  as 
  comparative 
  study 
  goes 
  on. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  now 
  little 
  reason 
  to 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  polished 
  stone 
  

   in 
  America 
  is 
  nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  as 
  old 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  chipped 
  articles, 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  the 
  forrner 
  occurring 
  geologically 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  the 
  latter, 
  if 
  

   the 
  tales 
  of 
  scientists 
  are 
  true. 
  Indeed 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  sharpening 
  by 
  

   rubbing 
  or 
  grinding 
  would 
  be 
  quite 
  as 
  primitive 
  and 
  natural 
  as 
  any 
  

   other, 
  and 
  it 
  would 
  soon 
  be 
  a 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  use 
  of 
  material. 
  

   Stones 
  with 
  a 
  good 
  cleavage 
  would 
  be 
  chipped; 
  those 
  of 
  a 
  different 
  

   character, 
  ground. 
  Bone 
  or 
  horn 
  are 
  often 
  so 
  well 
  adapted 
  for 
  use 
  

   naturally 
  or 
  by 
  accident, 
  that 
  the 
  slight 
  grinding 
  required 
  would 
  be 
  

   at 
  once 
  suggested. 
  Divesting 
  ourselves 
  of 
  all 
  prejudice, 
  it 
  would 
  

   seem 
  that 
  the 
  two 
  arts 
  would 
  go 
  hand 
  in 
  hand, 
  as 
  was 
  certainly 
  the 
  

   case 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  In 
  this 
  State 
  the 
  older 
  polished 
  stone 
  articles 
  

   are 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  finest, 
  but 
  are 
  often 
  far 
  older 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  flint. 
  

  

  There 
  was 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  decadence 
  in 
  polished 
  stone 
  work 
  in 
  New 
  

   York 
  before 
  the 
  coming 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  man. 
  Shell, 
  bone 
  and 
  horn 
  

   had 
  taken 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  some 
  things, 
  and 
  clay 
  of 
  others. 
  The 
  stone 
  

   pipe 
  had 
  largely 
  disappeared 
  and 
  the 
  polished 
  stone 
  axe 
  or 
  celt 
  was 
  

   almost 
  the 
  only 
  fine 
  article 
  surviving 
  in 
  pristine 
  beauty. 
  These 
  

   were 
  soon 
  to 
  pass 
  away, 
  but 
  steel 
  tools 
  occasioned 
  a 
  revival 
  of 
  orna- 
  

   mental 
  stone 
  work. 
  Pipes 
  of 
  this 
  material 
  were 
  made 
  again; 
  pipe- 
  

   stone 
  came 
  east 
  through 
  the 
  wars 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  and 
  was 
  deli- 
  

   cately 
  wrought 
  and 
  drilled 
  in 
  great 
  quantities, 
  often 
  by 
  the 
  white 
  

   man's 
  taste 
  and 
  skill; 
  always 
  with 
  his 
  tools. 
  Small 
  shell 
  beads 
  were 
  

   made 
  and 
  distributed 
  in 
  prodigious 
  numbers 
  through 
  the 
  same 
  

   means, 
  but 
  the 
  flint 
  arrow 
  and 
  stone 
  axe 
  utterly 
  disappeared. 
  The 
  

  

  