﻿POLISHED 
  STONE 
  ARTICLES 
  USED 
  BY 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  ABORIGINES 
  6^ 
  

  

  well 
  as 
  deep 
  notches. 
  It 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  

   eighths 
  inches. 
  Another 
  from 
  that 
  vicinity, 
  of 
  black 
  slate, 
  is 
  smooth 
  

   and 
  thick. 
  It 
  is 
  shouldered 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  suggestions 
  of 
  barbs, 
  and 
  

   the 
  base 
  is 
  nearly 
  half 
  the 
  length. 
  It 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  

   long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  wide. 
  In 
  all 
  about 
  lOO 
  have 
  been 
  figured 
  

   and 
  described 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  a 
  smaller 
  number 
  in 
  Canada. 
  Of 
  

   New 
  York 
  specimens 
  two 
  thirds 
  come 
  from 
  a 
  territory 
  of 
  forty 
  

   miles 
  square, 
  and 
  always 
  near 
  water. 
  This 
  is 
  significant 
  of 
  their 
  

   use. 
  

  

  THE 
  WOMAN'S 
  KNIFB 
  

  

  Much 
  better 
  known 
  than 
  the 
  double 
  edged 
  slate 
  knife 
  is 
  the 
  

   semi-circular 
  one, 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Ulii, 
  or 
  woman's 
  knife 
  of 
  the 
  

   Eskimo, 
  and 
  still 
  in 
  use 
  by 
  that 
  people. 
  In 
  the 
  interesting 
  

   examples 
  figured 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Otis 
  T. 
  Mason 
  and 
  others, 
  will 
  be 
  

   found 
  those 
  of 
  metal 
  and 
  slate, 
  which 
  closely 
  resemble 
  those 
  

   of 
  stone 
  found 
  in 
  our 
  fields, 
  shown 
  also 
  with 
  handles 
  at- 
  

   tached. 
  Ours, 
  however, 
  are 
  never 
  perforated, 
  nor 
  is 
  the 
  curved 
  out- 
  

   line 
  interrupted 
  before 
  reaching 
  the 
  back, 
  thus 
  answering 
  to 
  but 
  a 
  

   division 
  of 
  these 
  interesting 
  implements. 
  Dr. 
  Abbott 
  has 
  well 
  said, 
  

   * 
  As 
  these 
  semi-lunar 
  knives 
  are 
  more 
  abundant 
  in 
  New 
  England 
  

   than 
  in 
  the 
  Middle 
  States, 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  use 
  

   among 
  the 
  southern 
  coast 
  tribes, 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  pattern 
  is 
  

   derived 
  from 
  the 
  Eskimo, 
  with 
  whom 
  the 
  Northern 
  Algonkins 
  were 
  

   frequently 
  in 
  contact.' 
  Dr. 
  Rau 
  endorsed 
  this 
  view. 
  

  

  Since 
  these 
  eminent 
  scientists 
  published 
  this 
  opinion 
  many 
  of 
  

   these 
  implements 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  perhaps 
  more 
  

   than 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  States, 
  and 
  the 
  features 
  of 
  their 
  

   distribution 
  point 
  to 
  their 
  use 
  by 
  northern 
  visitors, 
  rather 
  

   than 
  by 
  settled 
  inhabitants. 
  They 
  are 
  far 
  from 
  rare 
  on 
  both 
  

   sides 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario, 
  but 
  most 
  frequent 
  toward 
  the 
  eastern 
  end, 
  

   the 
  part 
  most 
  accessible 
  to 
  the 
  Eskimo. 
  Very 
  rarely 
  they 
  have 
  

   been 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  and 
  Pennsylvania, 
  and 
  are 
  oftenest 
  near 
  

   fishing 
  resorts. 
  They 
  were 
  unknown 
  to 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  all 
  essentially 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  form, 
  the 
  principal 
  difference 
  

   l^eing 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  simple 
  or 
  a 
  thickened 
  back, 
  so 
  that 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  

  

  