﻿POLISHED 
  STONE 
  ARTICLES 
  USED 
  BY 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  ABORIGINES 
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  But 
  a 
  few 
  typical 
  specimens 
  are 
  figured, 
  but 
  these 
  knives 
  vary 
  

   much 
  in 
  proportions 
  and 
  details. 
  The 
  barbs 
  are 
  usually 
  formed 
  

   by 
  cutting 
  a 
  groove 
  between 
  the 
  cutting 
  edge 
  and 
  tang^ 
  and 
  the 
  

   notches 
  may 
  be 
  simply 
  cuts 
  or 
  half 
  circular 
  grooves. 
  The 
  surface 
  

   is 
  usually 
  ground 
  all 
  over, 
  and 
  all 
  is 
  polished 
  except 
  the 
  flattened 
  

   tang, 
  which 
  is 
  often 
  slightly 
  roughened 
  by 
  a 
  coarser 
  grinding. 
  In 
  

   Eskimo 
  knives 
  this 
  is 
  inserted 
  in 
  a 
  handle, 
  and 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  are 
  usually 
  beveled 
  for 
  this 
  purpose. 
  A 
  few 
  others 
  may 
  be 
  

   mentioned. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  greenish 
  slate, 
  from 
  Baldwinsville, 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  

   long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  wide, 
  and 
  is 
  barbed 
  and 
  notched. 
  

   A 
  similar 
  one 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  dimensions. 
  A 
  slender 
  one 
  of 
  dark 
  

   slate 
  is 
  barbed, 
  but 
  has 
  the 
  base 
  broken. 
  It 
  is 
  four 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  

   inches 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  wide. 
  A 
  curious 
  one 
  of 
  red 
  slate 
  

   is 
  very 
  broad. 
  It 
  is 
  broken, 
  but 
  was 
  originally 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  

   long 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  broad. 
  It 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  little 
  

   longer, 
  but 
  the 
  edges 
  have 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  usual 
  convex 
  sweep. 
  All 
  

   these 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  place. 
  

  

  Another 
  broken 
  one, 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  locality, 
  is 
  of 
  dark 
  slate, 
  

   shouldered, 
  and 
  without 
  lateral 
  notches. 
  The 
  present 
  size 
  is 
  three 
  

   and 
  one 
  fourth 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  once 
  a 
  fine 
  

   implement. 
  One 
  which 
  is 
  barbed 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  convex 
  edge, 
  is 
  flat 
  in 
  

   the 
  center, 
  instead 
  of 
  having 
  the 
  usual 
  ridge. 
  It 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  

   fourths 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches. 
  Another 
  fine 
  one 
  of 
  grey 
  slate, 
  

   also 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River, 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  sharp 
  point, 
  and 
  is 
  seven 
  

   and 
  one 
  half 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches, 
  an 
  unusual 
  size. 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  one 
  of 
  grey 
  slate, 
  from 
  the 
  Oswego 
  River, 
  is 
  barbed, 
  and 
  

   has 
  both 
  blade 
  and 
  base 
  very 
  tapering. 
  It 
  is 
  two 
  inches 
  by 
  one. 
  A 
  

   long 
  one 
  of 
  grey 
  slate, 
  from 
  Baldwinsville, 
  is 
  also 
  barbed, 
  and 
  is 
  

   four 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches. 
  A 
  handsome 
  

   one 
  of 
  brown 
  slate 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  and 
  is 
  shouldered. 
  The 
  

   surface 
  is 
  rounded 
  and 
  not 
  distinctly 
  ridged. 
  It 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  

   eighth 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  broad. 
  

  

  A 
  shouldered 
  one 
  of 
  black 
  slate, 
  from 
  the 
  Oswego 
  River, 
  is 
  three 
  

   and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  wide. 
  One 
  

   from 
  Onondaga 
  Lake 
  is 
  barbed 
  and 
  has 
  the 
  sharp 
  end 
  neatly 
  

  

  