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  STONE 
  ARTICLES 
  USED 
  BY 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  ABORIGINES 
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  Fig. 
  64 
  is 
  a 
  double 
  muUer. 
  The 
  ends 
  are 
  somewhat 
  convex, 
  as 
  

   is 
  often 
  the 
  case, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  finely 
  picked 
  around 
  the 
  very 
  deep 
  edge. 
  

   This 
  is 
  also 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River, 
  where 
  many 
  forms 
  abound. 
  It 
  

   is 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  wide, 
  and 
  two 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  deep. 
  

   Both 
  these 
  figures 
  are 
  reduced. 
  Fig. 
  122 
  is 
  a 
  muUer 
  of 
  quite 
  a 
  dif- 
  

   ferent 
  character. 
  The 
  last 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  in 
  a 
  game, 
  but 
  this 
  

   probably 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  been. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  greenstone, 
  and 
  has 
  the 
  

   upper 
  surface 
  picked, 
  polished 
  and 
  rounded, 
  with 
  a 
  depression 
  in 
  the 
  

   center. 
  The 
  edge 
  is 
  picked, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  forms 
  a 
  true 
  circle, 
  while 
  the 
  

   under 
  side 
  is 
  flat 
  and 
  polished. 
  It 
  is 
  four 
  inches 
  wide 
  by 
  two 
  deep. 
  

  

  A 
  fine 
  implement 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  circular 
  

   flattened 
  white 
  sandstone 
  pebble, 
  neatly 
  chipped 
  around 
  the 
  edges, 
  

   and 
  broadly 
  depressed 
  on 
  both 
  sides, 
  this 
  depression 
  nearly 
  reaching 
  

   the 
  edge. 
  The 
  diameter 
  is 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches. 
  Another 
  is 
  

   an 
  elliptic 
  pebble 
  of 
  brown 
  sandstone, 
  three 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  

   inches 
  in 
  the 
  long 
  diameter, 
  and 
  about 
  half 
  as 
  thick. 
  It 
  is 
  ground 
  

   nearly 
  flat 
  on 
  one 
  side, 
  as 
  though 
  for 
  a 
  muller, 
  the 
  remainder 
  being 
  

   left 
  untouched. 
  This 
  is 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  Lake. 
  Another 
  elliptical 
  

   sandstone 
  pebble 
  has 
  been 
  roughly 
  ground 
  at 
  one 
  end, 
  as 
  though 
  to 
  

   change 
  the 
  shape, 
  and 
  an 
  irregular 
  groove 
  has 
  been 
  sharply 
  picked 
  

   or 
  cut 
  in 
  the 
  center. 
  Many 
  show 
  this 
  primary 
  picking, 
  the 
  depres- 
  

   sion 
  being 
  made 
  for 
  use, 
  and 
  not 
  by 
  use. 
  

  

  A 
  broad 
  central 
  line 
  of 
  white 
  quartz 
  passes 
  through 
  a 
  handsome 
  

   angular 
  black 
  pebble, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  roughly 
  ground 
  at 
  one 
  end, 
  

   leaving 
  it 
  now 
  a 
  hammer 
  stone, 
  but 
  it 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  intended 
  for 
  

   the 
  ball 
  of 
  a 
  war 
  club. 
  Many 
  hammer 
  stones 
  have 
  double 
  pits 
  on 
  

   one 
  or 
  both 
  surfaces 
  of 
  the 
  elliptical 
  or 
  circular 
  pebbles. 
  One 
  

   from 
  a 
  stockade 
  on 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River 
  is 
  an 
  oval 
  brown 
  sandstone 
  

   pebble, 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches 
  the 
  long 
  way. 
  Sharp 
  and 
  mod- 
  

   erately 
  broad 
  cuts 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  this, 
  in 
  the 
  center, 
  with 
  a 
  

   sharp 
  tool. 
  

  

  A 
  curious 
  stone 
  comes 
  from 
  an 
  Indian 
  fireplace 
  in 
  East 
  Varick. 
  

   The 
  Indian 
  soon 
  saw 
  the 
  advantages 
  of 
  compasses, 
  and 
  used 
  them 
  

   on 
  shell 
  and 
  stone. 
  This 
  brown 
  sandstone 
  pebble 
  has 
  a 
  slight 
  

   pit 
  in 
  the 
  center, 
  from 
  which 
  six 
  concentric 
  circles 
  were 
  laid 
  out, 
  in- 
  

   tersected 
  by 
  a 
  six-pointed 
  star. 
  A 
  recent 
  double 
  muller 
  of 
  grey 
  

  

  