﻿POLISHED 
  STONE 
  ARTICLES 
  USED 
  BY 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  ABORIGINES 
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  Fig. 
  37 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  and 
  flat 
  gouge 
  of 
  brown 
  haematite^ 
  from 
  Van 
  

   Buren. 
  The 
  broad 
  depression 
  is 
  carried 
  from 
  end 
  to 
  end. 
  Most 
  

   of 
  those 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  material, 
  which 
  is 
  quite 
  smooth 
  

   but 
  shows 
  abundant 
  pits 
  with 
  the 
  poHsh. 
  On 
  this 
  one 
  an 
  Indian 
  

   and 
  arrows 
  have 
  been 
  marked 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  point, 
  doubtless 
  by 
  a 
  

   much 
  later 
  hand. 
  It 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  

   fourth 
  inches 
  wide, 
  a 
  common 
  size. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  38 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  gouge 
  of 
  the 
  long 
  variety, 
  made 
  of 
  brown 
  sand- 
  

   stone, 
  three 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches. 
  It 
  is 
  

   from 
  the 
  north 
  shore 
  of 
  Oneida 
  Lake, 
  and 
  is 
  grooved 
  from 
  end 
  to 
  

   end. 
  Fig. 
  39 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  small 
  one, 
  probably 
  originally 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  

   last. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  broken, 
  and 
  then 
  ground 
  down 
  to 
  a 
  

   celt-like 
  edge, 
  having 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  groove 
  unchanged. 
  Others 
  occur 
  

   where 
  this 
  has 
  been 
  done. 
  This 
  is 
  of 
  black 
  basalt, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  

   Brewerton. 
  The 
  top 
  is 
  probably 
  unaltered, 
  and 
  the 
  present 
  size 
  is 
  

   two 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  inches 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  wide. 
  For 
  

   most 
  purposes 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  gouge 
  still. 
  Fig. 
  40 
  presents 
  the 
  same 
  feature, 
  

   very 
  little 
  of 
  the 
  groove 
  remaining. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  grey 
  sandstone, 
  now 
  

   flattened 
  by 
  this 
  secondary 
  work, 
  and 
  is 
  four 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  by 
  

   one 
  and 
  three 
  ►fourths 
  inches. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  42 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  broad 
  gouge 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Oneida 
  Lake, 
  

   made 
  of 
  greenstone, 
  and 
  six 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  

   inches. 
  The 
  broad 
  groove 
  is 
  but 
  two 
  and 
  one- 
  half 
  inches 
  long. 
  

   Fig. 
  43 
  is 
  much 
  like 
  this 
  at 
  one 
  end, 
  having 
  a 
  groove 
  of 
  similar 
  out- 
  

   line. 
  At 
  the 
  other 
  end, 
  however, 
  the 
  lines 
  of 
  another 
  groove 
  take 
  

   a 
  reverse 
  sweep. 
  Both 
  ends 
  are 
  depressed. 
  The 
  material 
  is 
  green- 
  

   stone, 
  mottled 
  with 
  white, 
  and 
  the 
  dimensions 
  are 
  four 
  and 
  three 
  

   quarters 
  by 
  two 
  inches. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  near 
  the 
  Oswego 
  River. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  45 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  long 
  gouge 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  size 
  and 
  form, 
  from 
  

   Oneida 
  Lake. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  black 
  basalt, 
  eight 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  

   one 
  quarter 
  inches. 
  Some 
  others 
  there 
  were 
  much 
  larger. 
  These 
  

   long 
  gouges 
  are 
  frequent, 
  varying 
  from 
  four 
  to 
  ten 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  always 
  finely 
  finished, 
  but 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  as 
  the 
  other 
  forms. 
  They 
  occur 
  throughout 
  the 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  

   drainage 
  in 
  the 
  East. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  54 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  those 
  we 
  have 
  termed 
  long 
  gouges, 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  

   broad 
  smooth 
  groove 
  across 
  the 
  back, 
  not 
  unique 
  and 
  yet 
  a 
  rare 
  

  

  