﻿POLISHED 
  STONE 
  ARTICLES 
  USED 
  BY 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  ABORIGINES 
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  top, 
  and 
  a 
  zigzag 
  ornament 
  on 
  the 
  narrow 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  stem. 
  The 
  

   platform 
  of 
  this 
  comes 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  at 
  the 
  short 
  end. 
  The 
  height 
  is 
  

   two 
  and 
  one^ 
  eighth 
  inches. 
  Another 
  of 
  soapstone 
  from 
  the 
  east 
  

   end 
  of 
  Oneida 
  Lake, 
  has 
  the 
  bowl 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  long 
  

   platform. 
  It 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  

   high. 
  There 
  are 
  many 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  platform 
  pipe, 
  and 
  they 
  reach 
  

   the 
  Hudson 
  at 
  least. 
  

  

  One 
  simple 
  but 
  graceful 
  pipe 
  is 
  from 
  Jefferson 
  County, 
  and 
  bears 
  

   some 
  resemblance 
  to 
  some 
  before 
  figured, 
  but 
  is 
  more 
  slender. 
  It 
  

   contracts 
  below 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  circular 
  bowl, 
  and 
  then 
  gradually 
  

   expands 
  toward 
  the 
  rounded 
  base. 
  It 
  is 
  less 
  than 
  two 
  inches 
  high. 
  

   Most 
  of 
  the 
  stone 
  pipes 
  from 
  that 
  county 
  are 
  recent 
  forms, 
  the 
  early 
  

   inhabitants, 
  probably 
  the 
  ancestors 
  of 
  the 
  Onondagas, 
  having 
  used 
  

   those 
  of 
  clay. 
  Of 
  these 
  there 
  are 
  fine 
  examples. 
  One 
  curious 
  pipe 
  

   of 
  mottled 
  green 
  soapstone, 
  comes 
  from 
  that 
  county. 
  The 
  raised 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  bowl, 
  which 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  back 
  as 
  usual 
  in 
  this 
  form, 
  is 
  divided 
  

   into 
  two 
  broad 
  horns, 
  on 
  each 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  human 
  face 
  of 
  modern 
  

   type. 
  It 
  was 
  probably 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  seventeenth 
  century. 
  Each 
  

   projection 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  two 
  concentric 
  horns 
  above 
  the 
  face, 
  ter- 
  

   minating 
  in 
  a 
  point. 
  In 
  these 
  respects 
  it 
  is 
  unique. 
  

  

  TUBES 
  

  

  Five 
  classes 
  of 
  tubes 
  are 
  enumerated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Fowke, 
  in 
  the 
  Re- 
  

   ports 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Ethnology, 
  four 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  represented 
  in 
  

   New 
  York. 
  To 
  these 
  may 
  be 
  added 
  here 
  those 
  with 
  four 
  flattened 
  

   sides, 
  which 
  do 
  not 
  essentially 
  differ 
  from 
  the 
  cylindric 
  forms; 
  and 
  

   those 
  with 
  an 
  expanding 
  end, 
  generally 
  almost 
  closed. 
  The 
  use 
  

   of 
  all 
  these 
  articles 
  is 
  conjectural, 
  and 
  may 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  always 
  

   the 
  same. 
  One 
  well 
  supported 
  theory 
  is 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  used 
  in 
  

   sucking 
  blood 
  when 
  bleeding 
  was 
  resorted 
  to, 
  or 
  in 
  injecting 
  the 
  

   smoke 
  of 
  medicinal 
  plants. 
  In 
  California 
  they 
  have 
  bone 
  mouth 
  

   pieces, 
  and 
  are 
  usually 
  classed 
  as 
  pipes. 
  Schoolcraft 
  gave 
  the 
  first 
  

   account 
  of 
  these 
  in 
  1843, 
  ^^^ 
  those 
  he 
  examined 
  from 
  a 
  Grave 
  

   Creek 
  mound 
  are 
  like 
  those 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  

   shore 
  of 
  Lake 
  Champlain. 
  His 
  account 
  is 
  not 
  readily 
  accessible, 
  

   and 
  may 
  therefore 
  be 
  quoted. 
  

  

  