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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  quartz, 
  finely 
  polished, 
  is 
  from 
  Indian 
  Hill 
  (1654)^ 
  and 
  is 
  so 
  neat 
  and 
  

   symmetrical 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  intended 
  for 
  some 
  game. 
  The 
  

   diameter 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches, 
  and 
  the 
  thickness 
  one 
  and 
  

   one 
  eighth. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  beautiful 
  article. 
  One 
  fifty 
  years 
  older 
  comes 
  

   from 
  a 
  stockade 
  some 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  this. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  red 
  sandstone 
  

   pebble, 
  with 
  both 
  surfaces 
  convexly 
  ground, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  in- 
  

   dentation. 
  The 
  edges 
  are 
  picked, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  four 
  inches 
  wide 
  by 
  one 
  

   and 
  five 
  eighths 
  deep. 
  A 
  combined 
  hammer 
  stone 
  and 
  muller 
  is 
  

   from 
  Indian 
  Hill, 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  the 
  pit 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  flat 
  side. 
  

   The 
  convex 
  side 
  is 
  depressed, 
  and 
  the 
  edge 
  hammered. 
  A 
  fine 
  nut 
  

   stone 
  from 
  Rome, 
  nearly 
  six 
  inches 
  across, 
  has 
  three 
  cavities 
  on 
  one 
  

   side, 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  of 
  a 
  lozenge 
  form. 
  

  

  A 
  curious 
  elliptic 
  pebble 
  of 
  brown 
  sandstone 
  is 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  

   Lake. 
  It 
  is 
  ground 
  and 
  pitted 
  as 
  usual, 
  and 
  from 
  this 
  a 
  sloping 
  

   surface 
  has 
  been 
  ground 
  toward 
  each 
  end. 
  One 
  from 
  Cayuga 
  

   County 
  has 
  terminal 
  grooves 
  instead. 
  On 
  Mohawk 
  sites 
  mullers 
  

   are 
  also 
  found 
  with 
  European 
  relics. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  y6 
  is 
  an 
  extremely 
  small 
  muller, 
  but 
  three 
  quarters 
  of 
  an 
  

   inch 
  across. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  circular 
  sandstone 
  pebble 
  distinctly 
  ground 
  on 
  

   one 
  side, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River. 
  

  

  Pestles 
  are 
  everywhere 
  found, 
  as 
  might 
  be 
  expected, 
  but 
  were 
  

   very 
  sparingly 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  *who 
  preferred 
  their 
  wooden 
  

   pestle 
  and 
  mortar, 
  as 
  they 
  do 
  still. 
  The 
  Jesuit 
  missionaries 
  among 
  

   the 
  Hurons 
  expressed 
  the 
  same 
  preference, 
  although 
  they 
  had 
  a. 
  

   hand 
  mill 
  which 
  the 
  Indians 
  delighted 
  to 
  turn. 
  • 
  The 
  primitive 
  im- 
  

   plements 
  gave 
  the 
  best 
  results. 
  Mr. 
  Fowke 
  thinks 
  the 
  cylindrical 
  

   pestle 
  was 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  rolling 
  pin, 
  but 
  has 
  taken 
  no 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  long 
  

   flattened 
  pebbles, 
  so 
  frequent 
  in 
  parts 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  

   they 
  were 
  sparingly 
  used 
  elsewhere. 
  Stone 
  mortars 
  are 
  more 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  toward 
  the 
  coast, 
  and 
  the 
  ordinary 
  pestle 
  or 
  pounder 
  must 
  

   often 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  without 
  them. 
  Prof. 
  G. 
  H. 
  Perkins 
  described 
  

   a 
  pestle 
  with 
  a 
  carved 
  head 
  in 
  Vermont, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  

   in 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  at 
  Albany. 
  Mr. 
  Wagman 
  had 
  a 
  fine 
  one 
  of 
  

   this 
  kind 
  from 
  Lake 
  George, 
  with 
  an 
  animal 
  head 
  at 
  one 
  end. 
  It 
  

   was 
  24 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  two 
  thick. 
  Several 
  have 
  been 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  