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  ever, 
  bone 
  tubes 
  may 
  have 
  supplied 
  their 
  place. 
  Small 
  bone 
  tubes 
  

   are 
  found 
  on 
  Iroquois 
  sites, 
  but 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  for 
  ornaments. 
  

   Among 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  long 
  tubular 
  bone 
  or 
  cane 
  whistles 
  were 
  

   employed 
  in 
  medicine 
  making, 
  even 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  years. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  122 
  is 
  a 
  tube 
  of 
  dark 
  green 
  striped 
  slate, 
  generally 
  rectangu- 
  

   lar 
  in 
  section, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  broader 
  sides 
  somewhat 
  convex 
  and 
  the 
  

   narrower 
  concave. 
  It 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  Oswego 
  River, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  

   slightly 
  tapering 
  form. 
  The 
  perforation 
  is 
  usually 
  smaller 
  at 
  one 
  

   end 
  than 
  the 
  other, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  case 
  is 
  three 
  eighths 
  by 
  nine 
  six- 
  

   teenths 
  of 
  an 
  inch. 
  It 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  

   fourth 
  inches 
  wide. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  123 
  is 
  a 
  cylindric 
  tube 
  of 
  grey 
  striped 
  slate 
  from 
  Camillus, 
  

   five 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter. 
  This 
  is 
  

   the 
  usual 
  form. 
  Fig. 
  124 
  is 
  of 
  light 
  olive 
  green 
  slate, 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  

   three 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  

   Van 
  Buren. 
  The 
  orifice 
  is 
  half 
  an 
  inch 
  at 
  one 
  end, 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  

   of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter 
  at 
  the 
  other. 
  It 
  is 
  not' 
  quite 
  elliptic 
  in 
  sec- 
  

   tion, 
  being 
  flattened 
  on 
  one 
  side. 
  This 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  1846, 
  and 
  is 
  

   a 
  rare 
  form. 
  Fig. 
  125 
  is 
  a 
  cylindric, 
  tapering 
  tube, 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  beau- 
  

   tiful 
  striped 
  green 
  slate, 
  with 
  interrupted 
  bands. 
  It 
  is 
  seven 
  inches 
  

   long, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  Palermo, 
  Oswego 
  County. 
  It 
  is 
  thickest 
  

   toward 
  one 
  end. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  128 
  is 
  a 
  long 
  sandstone 
  tube, 
  apparently, 
  but 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  L. 
  Frey 
  

   thought 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  steatite 
  on 
  microscopic 
  examination. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  

   of 
  several 
  found 
  in 
  graves 
  at 
  Palatine 
  Bridge. 
  The 
  orifice 
  at 
  the 
  

   small 
  end 
  is 
  over 
  five 
  eighths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  wide, 
  and 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  

   the 
  tube 
  there 
  is 
  one 
  inch. 
  The 
  general 
  diameter 
  is 
  about 
  one 
  and 
  

   one 
  eighth 
  inches, 
  and 
  the 
  length 
  nine 
  and 
  one 
  half, 
  being 
  reduced 
  

   in 
  the 
  illustration. 
  The 
  perforation 
  is 
  quite 
  uniform 
  until 
  near 
  the 
  

   broad 
  end, 
  where 
  the 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  tube 
  suddenly 
  expands, 
  and 
  has 
  

   a 
  small 
  central 
  perforation 
  in 
  the 
  end. 
  Another 
  is 
  longer. 
  A 
  simi- 
  

   lar 
  one, 
  belonging 
  to 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  G. 
  Richmond, 
  is 
  10 
  inches 
  long, 
  but 
  

   a 
  little 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  one 
  described. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   cemetery. 
  The 
  graves 
  were 
  quite 
  remarkable, 
  and 
  contained 
  other 
  

   relics. 
  Fig. 
  129 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  a 
  different 
  form, 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  

   but 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  grave. 
  The 
  outline 
  is 
  undulating, 
  much 
  like 
  

  

  