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  STONE 
  ARTICLES 
  USED 
  BY 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  ABORIGINES 
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  ornamental 
  in 
  this, 
  but 
  it 
  might 
  readily 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  the 
  Zuni 
  amulets 
  

   were. 
  

  

  Another, 
  almost 
  exactly 
  like 
  this, 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  Lake, 
  

   but 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  longer. 
  Still 
  another 
  of 
  striped 
  slate, 
  very 
  uniform 
  

   in 
  thickness 
  throughout, 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  Oneida 
  River 
  in 
  1879. 
  

   It 
  had 
  lain 
  for 
  centuries 
  in 
  low 
  land, 
  and 
  was 
  much 
  discolored. 
  The 
  

   length 
  was 
  five 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches, 
  and 
  the 
  width 
  and 
  depth 
  one 
  

   inch 
  each. 
  One 
  from 
  Wayne 
  County 
  is 
  of 
  dark 
  green 
  slate, 
  atid 
  has 
  

   small 
  notches 
  or 
  tally 
  marks 
  along 
  the 
  edges. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  flattened 
  

   top, 
  which 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  curving 
  ridge 
  at 
  first, 
  and 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  

   one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  three 
  quarters 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  high. 
  A 
  broken 
  

   one, 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  material, 
  comes 
  from 
  Brewerton, 
  and 
  another, 
  of 
  

   brownish 
  slate, 
  was 
  found 
  near 
  the 
  Willard 
  Asylum 
  on 
  Seneca 
  Lake. 
  

   This 
  is 
  four 
  inches 
  long. 
  

  

  BOAT 
  STONES 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Fowke 
  classes 
  the 
  boat 
  stones 
  as 
  a 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  banner 
  

   stones, 
  sometimes 
  calling 
  them 
  gorgets; 
  neither 
  of 
  which 
  do 
  they 
  

   much 
  resemble. 
  They 
  are 
  not 
  always 
  perforated, 
  though 
  this 
  may 
  

   have 
  been 
  the 
  ultimate 
  intention. 
  When 
  this 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  there 
  

   are 
  usually 
  two 
  holes, 
  bored 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  side. 
  Banner 
  stones 
  

   have 
  commonly 
  but 
  one 
  hole, 
  which 
  is 
  large, 
  central, 
  and 
  quite 
  uni- 
  

   form. 
  Gorgets 
  may 
  have 
  several, 
  and 
  each 
  one 
  is 
  usually 
  drilled 
  

   from 
  both 
  sides. 
  The 
  banner 
  stones 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  on 
  a 
  

   staff, 
  whether 
  they 
  were 
  or 
  not. 
  No 
  such 
  use 
  could 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  

   either 
  of 
  boat 
  stone 
  or 
  gorget. 
  Very 
  often, 
  however, 
  fine 
  examples 
  

   of 
  the 
  former 
  are 
  not 
  perforated, 
  and 
  have 
  little 
  in 
  common 
  with 
  

   the 
  other 
  implements 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  Few 
  true 
  boat 
  stones, 
  if 
  by 
  this 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  understood 
  those 
  which 
  

   have 
  been 
  excavated, 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  The 
  excava- 
  

   tion, 
  however, 
  may 
  be 
  merely 
  a 
  device 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  stone 
  lighter^ 
  

   rather 
  than 
  an 
  essential 
  feature. 
  If 
  this 
  is 
  allowed, 
  as 
  seems 
  reason- 
  

   able, 
  many 
  might 
  be 
  placed 
  under 
  this 
  head. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  154 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  these, 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  

   seven 
  eighths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  high. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  width, 
  

   and 
  a 
  lateral 
  section 
  gives 
  a 
  long 
  triangle, 
  the 
  deepest 
  part 
  being 
  

   near 
  one 
  end. 
  Before 
  and 
  behind 
  this 
  are 
  perforations 
  from 
  top 
  

  

  