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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  hoe.' 
  The 
  Mohawks 
  used 
  wooden 
  hoes. 
  Corn,'beans 
  and 
  squashes 
  

   were 
  the 
  staple 
  products, 
  and 
  rude 
  implements 
  sufficed 
  for 
  these. 
  

   Some 
  celts 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  adzes. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  28 
  is 
  a 
  curved 
  celt-like 
  implement 
  of 
  polished 
  sandstone, 
  

   from 
  the 
  east 
  end 
  of 
  Oneida 
  Lake. 
  

  

  The 
  sharp 
  end 
  is 
  almost 
  pointed, 
  while 
  the 
  other 
  is 
  rounded 
  some- 
  

   what 
  like 
  a 
  ball. 
  This 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  pick 
  or 
  a 
  hoe. 
  It 
  

   is 
  nine 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  thick, 
  

   being 
  reduced 
  in 
  the 
  illustration. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  66 
  has 
  been 
  called 
  an 
  adze, 
  spade 
  or 
  hoe 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  rare 
  form 
  

   in 
  New 
  York. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  polished 
  black 
  slate, 
  somewhat 
  triangular 
  

   in 
  outline, 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  groove 
  across 
  the 
  surface 
  about 
  a 
  third 
  of 
  

   the 
  way 
  from 
  the 
  top. 
  Below 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  circular 
  perforation. 
  

   The 
  size 
  is 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  by 
  three 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  inches, 
  and 
  

   it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  near 
  Canoga, 
  on 
  Cayuga 
  Lake. 
  It 
  is 
  

   a 
  western 
  form, 
  and 
  finely 
  finished. 
  

  

  STONB 
  BAIiliS 
  

  

  Stone 
  balls 
  were 
  often 
  employed 
  by 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  in 
  the 
  heads 
  of 
  

   war 
  clubs, 
  a 
  hard 
  knot 
  sometimes 
  serving 
  the 
  same 
  purpose. 
  Some 
  

   Onondagas 
  still 
  preserve 
  such 
  stones 
  used 
  by 
  their 
  ancestors. 
  They 
  

   occur 
  moderately 
  on 
  most 
  Iroquois 
  sites, 
  whether 
  early 
  or 
  recent, 
  

   and 
  generally 
  show 
  irregular 
  facets, 
  though 
  sometimes 
  quite 
  

   globular. 
  They 
  are 
  not 
  usually 
  large, 
  but 
  in 
  one 
  instance 
  at 
  least 
  

   the 
  size 
  is 
  too 
  great 
  for 
  a 
  war 
  club. 
  They 
  are 
  occasionally 
  grooved, 
  

   and 
  many 
  elliptical 
  pebbles 
  occur 
  with 
  this 
  feature, 
  which 
  were 
  

   probably 
  sinkers, 
  and 
  had 
  no 
  relation 
  to 
  warfare. 
  These 
  are 
  abun- 
  

   dant 
  on 
  some 
  lake 
  shores, 
  notably 
  those 
  of 
  Cayuga 
  and 
  Seneca. 
  In 
  

   the 
  West 
  stone 
  balls 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  somewhat 
  like 
  

   slung 
  shot, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  well 
  known 
  as 
  bolas 
  in 
  California 
  and 
  

   elsewhere. 
  In 
  New 
  York 
  the 
  more 
  elaborate 
  stone 
  balls 
  may 
  be 
  

   considered 
  recent. 
  Although 
  perforated 
  stones 
  have 
  been 
  said 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  .used 
  as 
  weights 
  for 
  fire 
  drills 
  by 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  

   proof 
  of 
  this 
  in 
  early 
  days, 
  as 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  occur 
  on 
  Iroquois 
  sites; 
  

   and 
  a 
  mistaken 
  impression 
  has 
  been 
  gathered 
  from 
  Morgan, 
  who 
  

   makes 
  no 
  mention 
  of 
  a 
  stone 
  in 
  describing 
  the 
  fire 
  drill. 
  

  

  