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  STONE 
  ARTICLES 
  USED 
  BY 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  ABORIGINES 
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  and 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Eskimo, 
  but 
  these 
  slate 
  knives 
  were 
  apparently 
  used 
  

   here 
  long 
  before 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  entered 
  New 
  York. 
  The 
  half 
  cir- 
  

   cular 
  slate 
  knives 
  of 
  Canada, 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  the 
  Eastern 
  States, 
  

   also 
  raise 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  early 
  visits 
  of 
  the 
  Eskimo, 
  and 
  the 
  prob- 
  

   ability 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  strengthened 
  by 
  the 
  recent 
  finding 
  of 
  articles 
  made 
  

   of 
  walrus 
  tusks, 
  south 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario. 
  They 
  occur 
  also 
  in 
  Can- 
  

   ada, 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  St. 
  Lawrence. 
  Without 
  discussing 
  this 
  question 
  

   at 
  length, 
  it 
  may 
  suffice 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  these 
  two 
  forms 
  of 
  knives 
  are 
  in 
  

   present 
  use 
  among 
  the 
  Eskimo,, 
  and 
  that 
  that 
  people 
  lived 
  on 
  the 
  

   north 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  300 
  years 
  ago, 
  whence, 
  

   at 
  a 
  still 
  earlier 
  day, 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  easy 
  for 
  them 
  to 
  

   make 
  hunting 
  excursions 
  into 
  New 
  York 
  by 
  water. 
  Certain 
  it 
  is 
  

   that 
  south 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  articles 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  found, 
  

   and 
  the 
  other 
  but 
  rarely. 
  

  

  In 
  some 
  parts 
  of 
  Canada 
  the 
  knives 
  now 
  to 
  be 
  considered 
  are 
  

   about 
  as 
  common 
  as 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  being 
  most 
  abundant 
  on 
  both 
  

   sides 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario. 
  They 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  reported 
  east 
  of 
  Lake 
  

   Champlain, 
  except 
  in 
  its 
  immediate 
  vicinity, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  

   one 
  in 
  Maine, 
  nor 
  do 
  they 
  reach 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  way 
  

   southward 
  to 
  the 
  Pennsylvania 
  line. 
  In 
  fact 
  here 
  they 
  are 
  rarely 
  

   found 
  far 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  larger 
  lakes 
  and 
  streams 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  

   St. 
  Lawrence. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  161 
  is 
  a 
  dark 
  grey 
  slate 
  knife 
  of 
  this 
  kind, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  a 
  fre- 
  

   quent 
  form, 
  being 
  shouldered 
  but 
  having 
  no 
  barbs. 
  There 
  are 
  

   slight 
  notches 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  tang. 
  It 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  

   eighths 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  not 
  quite 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  wide. 
  Fig. 
  

   164 
  is 
  another 
  of 
  grey 
  slate, 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  

   fourth 
  inches 
  wide. 
  This 
  is 
  broadly 
  shouldered, 
  and 
  approaches 
  the 
  

   barbed 
  form. 
  The 
  base 
  is 
  of 
  unusual 
  dimensions, 
  being 
  half 
  the 
  

   length. 
  Both 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  166 
  is 
  very 
  long, 
  and 
  with 
  nearly 
  parallel 
  sides. 
  The 
  base 
  is 
  

   broken, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  still 
  five 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  

   fourth 
  wide. 
  It 
  has 
  barbs 
  and 
  distinct 
  notches, 
  and 
  is 
  reported 
  

   from 
  Chenango 
  County, 
  an 
  unusual 
  location. 
  Fig. 
  167 
  is 
  of 
  grey 
  

   slate, 
  with 
  long 
  barbs 
  and 
  very 
  deep 
  notches, 
  which 
  are 
  like 
  sharp 
  

   teeth. 
  It 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  

  

  