﻿POLISHED 
  STONE 
  ARTICLES 
  USED 
  BY 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  ABORIGINES 
  63 
  

  

  Fig. 
  165 
  may 
  be 
  simply 
  a 
  long 
  perforated 
  sinker, 
  of 
  light 
  greenish 
  

   slate, 
  but 
  the 
  terminal 
  perforations 
  suggest 
  both 
  the 
  bar 
  amulets 
  

   and 
  the 
  perforated 
  boat 
  stones, 
  to 
  neither 
  of 
  which 
  does 
  it 
  belong. 
  

   There 
  is 
  a 
  slight 
  groove 
  toward 
  one 
  end, 
  and 
  depressions 
  around 
  

   the 
  holes. 
  The 
  general 
  section 
  would 
  be 
  three-sided. 
  It 
  comes 
  

   from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  214 
  is 
  unperforated, 
  nor 
  has 
  it 
  a 
  nipple. 
  It 
  expands 
  greatly 
  

   in 
  the 
  center, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  over 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  wide, 
  while 
  

   the 
  terminal 
  widths 
  are 
  much 
  less 
  than 
  an 
  inch. 
  It 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  one 
  

   eighth 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  high 
  in 
  the 
  center. 
  

   The 
  material 
  is 
  brown 
  slate, 
  and 
  it 
  comes 
  from 
  Hannibal. 
  An 
  un- 
  

   finished 
  one 
  of 
  granite, 
  almost 
  pyramidal 
  and 
  six 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  

   long, 
  is 
  from 
  Oswego 
  Falls. 
  Several 
  come 
  from 
  Cayuga 
  County, 
  

   and 
  one 
  from 
  Troy 
  has 
  two 
  perforations, 
  and 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  

   inches 
  long 
  and 
  one 
  inch 
  high. 
  A 
  fine 
  one 
  of 
  dark 
  olive 
  slate, 
  with 
  

   nearly 
  straight 
  base 
  and 
  convex 
  upper 
  surface, 
  comes 
  from 
  Canajo- 
  

   harie. 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  perforations 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  which 
  is 
  also 
  

   grooved. 
  It 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  long, 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  

   high, 
  and 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  wide. 
  One 
  of 
  slate, 
  from 
  Tioga 
  

   County, 
  has 
  a 
  straight 
  base 
  and 
  a 
  rounded 
  upper 
  surface. 
  It 
  is 
  

   three 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  has 
  two 
  perforations, 
  the 
  

   specific 
  number. 
  

  

  True 
  boat 
  stones 
  occur 
  throughout 
  the 
  northern 
  States, 
  and 
  

   many 
  good 
  examples 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  Ohio. 
  New 
  York 
  has 
  probably 
  

   as 
  many 
  forms 
  as 
  any. 
  They 
  are 
  found 
  along 
  Lake 
  Champlain, 
  

   and 
  at 
  several 
  places 
  on 
  the 
  Hudson 
  River, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  localities 
  

   already 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  CUPS 
  AND 
  MORTARS 
  

  

  Small 
  cups 
  are 
  occasionally 
  found, 
  probably 
  used 
  for 
  holding 
  

   paint, 
  and 
  usually 
  having 
  one 
  side 
  elevated. 
  Mortars 
  are 
  often 
  but 
  

   depressions 
  in 
  bowlders 
  or 
  rocks, 
  and 
  these 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  all 
  parts 
  

   of 
  New 
  York, 
  though 
  most 
  frequent 
  near 
  tidal 
  waters. 
  Some 
  of 
  

   those 
  thus 
  classed, 
  however, 
  are 
  simply 
  hollows 
  made 
  in 
  sharpening 
  

   tools. 
  Of 
  this 
  character 
  is 
  one 
  on 
  Indian 
  Hill, 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  site 
  

   of 
  1654. 
  Several 
  polished 
  depressions 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  

   bowlder 
  there. 
  Mortars, 
  however, 
  were 
  often 
  portable. 
  One 
  from 
  

  

  