﻿POLISHED 
  STONE 
  ARTICLES 
  USED 
  BY 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  ABORIGINES 
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  Many 
  come 
  from 
  near 
  Brewerton 
  and 
  Oneida 
  Lake. 
  One 
  of 
  

   these 
  is 
  of 
  brown 
  banded 
  slate, 
  and 
  has 
  an 
  irregular 
  back. 
  It 
  is 
  

   slightly 
  broken, 
  and 
  was 
  originally 
  six 
  by 
  two 
  inches. 
  Another 
  

   is 
  of 
  brown 
  sandstone, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  simple 
  back 
  neatly 
  rounded 
  on 
  

   both 
  edges. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  deep, 
  but 
  

   was 
  originally 
  seven 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  wide. 
  One 
  of 
  grey 
  sand- 
  

   stone 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches. 
  An- 
  

   other 
  of 
  green 
  slate 
  is 
  a 
  true 
  half 
  circle, 
  being 
  five 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  

   half 
  inches. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  straight 
  back, 
  and 
  a 
  similar 
  one 
  has 
  a 
  thick- 
  

   ened 
  back. 
  Another, 
  from 
  Oswego 
  County, 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  grey 
  slate 
  

   and 
  has 
  a 
  straight 
  back. 
  It 
  is 
  six 
  inches 
  wide 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  

   eighth 
  deep. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  light 
  drab 
  slate 
  knife 
  was 
  found 
  a 
  little 
  east 
  of 
  Onondaga 
  

   Lake, 
  and 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches. 
  

   The 
  back 
  is 
  quite 
  irregular. 
  Another, 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River, 
  is 
  

   six 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches; 
  and 
  still 
  another 
  of 
  

   red 
  slate 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  by 
  two 
  inches. 
  One 
  from 
  St. 
  Law- 
  

   rence 
  County 
  has 
  a 
  simple 
  back, 
  which 
  is 
  more 
  convex 
  than 
  usual. 
  

   It 
  is 
  seven 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  by 
  two 
  inches. 
  A 
  large 
  and 
  handsome 
  one, 
  

   of 
  purple 
  slate, 
  is 
  from 
  Cayuga 
  Lake, 
  and 
  is 
  six 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  by 
  

   two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches. 
  * 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Rau 
  figured 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  one, 
  in 
  his 
  Prehistoric 
  Fishing, 
  from 
  

   Newark 
  Valley, 
  in 
  Tioga 
  County, 
  which 
  is 
  six 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  

   inches 
  wide, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  thick 
  curving 
  back. 
  Two 
  others 
  in 
  that 
  work 
  

   are 
  from 
  Pennsylvania 
  and 
  Massachusetts, 
  and 
  others 
  are 
  added 
  

   from 
  the 
  Eskimo 
  of 
  Norton 
  Sound 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  si 
  

   frequent 
  New 
  York 
  form. 
  

  

  Although 
  most 
  of 
  those 
  mentioned 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  local- 
  

   ities, 
  they 
  probably 
  have 
  a 
  much 
  larger 
  distribution, 
  while 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  

   true 
  that 
  they 
  become 
  rarer 
  as 
  we 
  proceed 
  west 
  and 
  south. 
  In 
  but 
  

   few 
  instances 
  is 
  the 
  sweep 
  of 
  the 
  blade 
  quite 
  a 
  half 
  circle, 
  and 
  those 
  

   with 
  thick 
  backs 
  are 
  less 
  symmetrical 
  than 
  those 
  without. 
  Their 
  

   purpose 
  is 
  evident, 
  from 
  their 
  use 
  by 
  the 
  present 
  Eskimo, 
  being 
  

   identical 
  with 
  the 
  Ulu 
  or 
  woman's 
  knife. 
  Whether 
  that 
  people 
  

   actually 
  reached 
  New 
  York 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  debated 
  now, 
  but 
  the 
  opinion 
  

   of 
  those 
  who 
  think 
  the 
  Northmen 
  found 
  them 
  in 
  New 
  England 
  nine 
  

  

  