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  YORK 
  ABORIGINES 
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  Occasionally 
  one 
  is 
  found 
  unfinished, 
  like 
  a 
  regularly 
  cylindric 
  

   one 
  from 
  Jefferson 
  County, 
  which 
  is 
  six 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  inches 
  

   long, 
  and 
  not 
  polished. 
  The 
  hole 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  inches 
  

   deep, 
  and 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  drilled 
  with 
  flint, 
  as 
  it 
  tapers 
  to 
  a 
  point. 
  

   A 
  cylindric 
  one 
  of 
  striped 
  olive 
  slate 
  is 
  from 
  Onondaga, 
  and 
  is 
  

   eight 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  thick. 
  

   Another 
  of 
  green 
  striped 
  slate 
  is 
  from 
  Cayuga 
  County, 
  one 
  side 
  

   being 
  flat 
  and 
  the 
  rest 
  convex. 
  The 
  orifice 
  is 
  unusually 
  small; 
  not 
  

   over 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  an 
  inch. 
  It 
  is 
  three 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  

   half 
  thick. 
  A 
  curved 
  tube 
  comes 
  from 
  Chaumont, 
  and 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  

   one 
  half 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  broad. 
  Other 
  tubes 
  

   have 
  also 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  Jefferson 
  County. 
  

  

  One 
  from 
  Saratoga 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  

   inches, 
  an 
  unusual 
  proportion 
  here. 
  A 
  cylindric 
  one 
  of 
  striped 
  

   slate 
  from 
  Brewerton, 
  is 
  four 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  

   half 
  inches. 
  A 
  very 
  long 
  one 
  of 
  green 
  striped 
  slate, 
  from 
  near 
  

   Albany, 
  is 
  ii 
  inches 
  long, 
  if 
  correctly 
  reported. 
  This 
  would 
  be 
  an 
  

   imusual 
  size 
  in 
  this 
  material. 
  

  

  Some 
  tubes 
  are 
  very 
  small, 
  and 
  a 
  cylindric 
  one 
  of 
  striped 
  olive 
  

   slate, 
  from 
  Seneca 
  Lake 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  by 
  less 
  than 
  one. 
  

   An 
  unfinished 
  tube 
  from 
  Cross 
  Lake 
  is 
  four 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  

   inches. 
  The 
  boring 
  is 
  uniform 
  to 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  one 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  

   inches, 
  showing 
  circular 
  grooves. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  picked 
  greenstone. 
  

  

  Out 
  of 
  y2) 
  tubes 
  Mr. 
  Douglass 
  had 
  none 
  from 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  BAYONET 
  SLATES 
  

  

  For 
  want 
  of 
  a 
  better 
  this 
  term 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  small 
  class 
  of 
  rare 
  

   implements, 
  probably 
  of 
  a 
  ceremonial 
  kind. 
  Very 
  few 
  have 
  been 
  

   found. 
  They 
  are 
  slender, 
  and 
  nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  parallel 
  sided 
  and 
  

   triangular 
  in 
  section. 
  One 
  found 
  in 
  Vermont 
  is 
  seven 
  and 
  one 
  

   eighth 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches, 
  and 
  has 
  no 
  shouldered 
  base. 
  

   Another 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  Canada 
  closely 
  resembling 
  this 
  in 
  form 
  

   and 
  size. 
  Two 
  others 
  come 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  County, 
  and 
  are 
  

   probably 
  the 
  finest 
  known, 
  as 
  they 
  seem 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  list. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  131 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  example 
  of 
  this 
  rare 
  article, 
  and 
  the 
  largest 
  

   yet 
  found. 
  It 
  is 
  reduced 
  for 
  illustration, 
  but 
  is 
  eight 
  and 
  seven 
  

  

  