﻿POLISHED 
  STONE 
  ARTICLES 
  USED 
  BY 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  ABORIGINES 
  3 
  1 
  

  

  superficial 
  perforation 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  bottom. 
  Fig. 
  240 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  

   pipestone 
  ornament 
  found 
  with 
  a 
  skeleton 
  near 
  Onondaga 
  Lake. 
  

   There 
  are 
  two 
  perforations. 
  Fig. 
  242 
  is 
  a 
  flat 
  oval 
  ornament 
  of 
  

   common 
  slate, 
  perforated 
  at 
  the 
  small 
  end, 
  and 
  found 
  on 
  an 
  Onon- 
  

   daga 
  site 
  of 
  1600. 
  Fig. 
  243 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  pipestone 
  ornament 
  from 
  

   Cayuga, 
  with 
  converging 
  sides. 
  It 
  is 
  notched 
  along 
  the 
  edges 
  and 
  

   perforated. 
  Fig. 
  244 
  is 
  similar, 
  but 
  parallel 
  sided, 
  and 
  comes 
  from 
  

   Pompey. 
  Fig. 
  245 
  is 
  a 
  fiat 
  serpent 
  form 
  of 
  soft 
  greenish 
  slate, 
  and 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  back 
  has 
  been 
  cracked 
  ofif. 
  A 
  well 
  defined 
  head 
  and 
  

   scales 
  remain, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  general 
  outline. 
  It 
  is 
  much 
  curved 
  

   horizontally, 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  probably 
  

   very 
  early. 
  

  

  A 
  turtle 
  totem 
  of 
  grey 
  stone 
  came 
  from 
  an 
  early 
  cache 
  in 
  Cayuga. 
  

   It 
  had 
  projecting 
  head, 
  feet 
  and 
  tail, 
  and 
  was 
  perforated 
  for 
  suspen- 
  

   sion. 
  A 
  frog 
  of 
  green 
  slate, 
  found 
  in 
  Canajoharie 
  Creek, 
  is 
  well 
  pro- 
  

   portioned 
  and 
  carved, 
  but 
  seems 
  recent. 
  A 
  disk 
  of 
  green 
  sand- 
  

   stone 
  from 
  that 
  vicinity 
  has 
  on 
  it 
  a 
  tree, 
  1774, 
  and 
  W. 
  H. 
  K., 
  and 
  

   such 
  inscriptions 
  are 
  not 
  rare. 
  A 
  curious 
  hatchet 
  shaped 
  stone 
  

   found 
  there, 
  has 
  a 
  fine 
  wolf's 
  head 
  in 
  relief. 
  A 
  remarkable 
  orna- 
  

   ment 
  is 
  from 
  Belleville, 
  Jefferson 
  County. 
  It 
  has 
  on 
  it 
  what 
  seems 
  

   a 
  ship, 
  and 
  also 
  a 
  fish 
  with 
  feet. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  red 
  slate, 
  and 
  much 
  like 
  

   other 
  recent 
  articles. 
  

  

  With 
  all 
  the 
  vigor 
  of 
  their 
  ornamental 
  work 
  it 
  is 
  commonly 
  easy 
  

   to 
  distinguish 
  that 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  aborigines 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  

   man, 
  with 
  a 
  moderate 
  experience, 
  and 
  quite 
  as 
  readily 
  may 
  recent 
  

   work 
  be 
  distinguished 
  from 
  that 
  which 
  is 
  earlier. 
  Little 
  touches 
  

   make 
  the 
  difference. 
  In 
  some 
  places 
  there 
  are 
  scores 
  of 
  small 
  peb- 
  

   bles 
  adorned 
  with 
  designs, 
  and 
  probably 
  made 
  and 
  used 
  by 
  Indians, 
  

   but 
  they 
  are 
  almost 
  always 
  recent 
  work. 
  On 
  the 
  great 
  subject 
  of 
  

   these 
  distinctions 
  we 
  need 
  not 
  enter 
  now, 
  merely 
  calling 
  attention 
  

   to 
  it. 
  

  

  HAMMER 
  STONES 
  AND 
  MULLERS 
  

  

  Stones 
  with 
  pits 
  or 
  cups 
  are 
  found 
  throughout 
  the 
  world, 
  and 
  

   much 
  has 
  been 
  written 
  on 
  their 
  uses. 
  Many 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  undoubt- 
  

   edly 
  hammer 
  stones, 
  specially 
  when 
  made 
  of 
  small 
  pebbles, 
  easily 
  

   used 
  in 
  this 
  way. 
  Even 
  these, 
  however, 
  are 
  not 
  alike, 
  and 
  other 
  

  

  