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  Fig. 
  47 
  is 
  a 
  small, 
  black 
  and 
  polished 
  ball, 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  quantity 
  

   found 
  together 
  in 
  an 
  Indian 
  cemetery 
  at 
  Dresden, 
  on 
  Seneca 
  Lake. 
  

   One 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter, 
  and 
  another 
  a 
  little 
  larger. 
  

   They 
  are 
  not 
  quite 
  a 
  perfect 
  sphere. 
  Fig. 
  53, 
  from 
  a 
  stockade 
  on 
  

   the 
  Seneca 
  River, 
  closely 
  resembles 
  these, 
  and 
  is 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  general 
  

   diameter, 
  but 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  oblong. 
  It 
  is 
  black 
  and 
  polished, 
  and 
  is 
  

   quite 
  heavy. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  49 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  balls, 
  probably 
  used 
  in 
  war 
  clubs. 
  

   It 
  is 
  of 
  polished 
  quartzite, 
  naturally 
  grey, 
  but 
  stained 
  dark 
  and 
  with 
  

   russet 
  streaks. 
  A 
  distinct 
  flattened 
  zone 
  encircles 
  it 
  one 
  way, 
  but 
  

   is 
  not 
  conspicuous, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  obscure 
  facets. 
  The 
  diameter 
  

   is 
  about 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches. 
  This 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  Onon- 
  

   daga 
  town 
  of 
  1696, 
  near 
  Jamesville. 
  A 
  large 
  granite 
  ball, 
  one 
  foot 
  

   in 
  diameter 
  and 
  worked 
  all 
  over, 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  place. 
  It 
  

   may 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  in 
  games. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  51 
  is 
  a 
  ball 
  of 
  pink 
  quartzite^ 
  faceted, 
  picked 
  and 
  ground. 
  

   There 
  are 
  four 
  facets 
  on 
  opposite 
  sides, 
  and 
  another 
  begun. 
  It 
  is 
  

   two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  a 
  village 
  

   site 
  near 
  Baldwins 
  ville. 
  

  

  A 
  polished 
  brown 
  sandstone 
  ball 
  was 
  found 
  near 
  Amboy, 
  which 
  

   was 
  covered 
  with 
  red 
  paint, 
  and 
  was 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  

   in 
  diameter. 
  A 
  very 
  irregular 
  faceted 
  one 
  of 
  brown 
  sandstone 
  is 
  

   from 
  Indian 
  Hill, 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  in 
  1654. 
  It 
  is 
  two 
  

   inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  and 
  ground 
  but 
  not 
  polished. 
  One 
  of 
  picked 
  

   ironstone 
  was 
  long 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  Webster 
  family, 
  on 
  the 
  

   Onondaga 
  Reservation. 
  It 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  in 
  diam- 
  

   eter, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  irregular. 
  Many 
  such 
  balls 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  Cayuga 
  

   County, 
  where 
  oblong 
  grooved 
  pebbles 
  also 
  occur. 
  A 
  large 
  

   grooved 
  ironstone 
  ball, 
  on 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  Reservation, 
  is 
  unpol- 
  

   ished, 
  and 
  three 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  inches 
  thick. 
  A 
  spherical 
  one 
  

   comes 
  from 
  Indian 
  Hill. 
  

  

  Near 
  Baldwinsville 
  they 
  are 
  frequent 
  on 
  fortified 
  sites, 
  and 
  else- 
  

   where. 
  One 
  of 
  light 
  greenstone, 
  from 
  the 
  double 
  walled 
  fort, 
  has 
  

   distinct 
  facets, 
  and 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter. 
  

   Another, 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  is 
  of 
  light 
  greenstone 
  and 
  has 
  irreg- 
  

   ular 
  facets. 
  The 
  diameter 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

  

  