﻿POLISHED 
  STONE 
  ARTICLES 
  USED 
  BY 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  ABORIGINES 
  73 
  

  

  r 
  

  

  that 
  the 
  drill 
  was 
  hollow. 
  Dr. 
  Ran 
  thought 
  that 
  such 
  an 
  

   implement 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  southern 
  cane, 
  

   now 
  used 
  for 
  fishing-rods 
  and 
  pipe-stems, 
  which 
  varies 
  greatly 
  

   in 
  size, 
  and 
  is 
  hard 
  enough 
  for 
  such 
  a 
  purpose. 
  In 
  any 
  case, 
  sand 
  

   and 
  water 
  were 
  employed, 
  but 
  the 
  work 
  was 
  slow. 
  The 
  stone 
  was 
  

   picked 
  into 
  shape, 
  a 
  little 
  polishing 
  done, 
  and 
  this 
  was 
  followed 
  by 
  

   the 
  drilHng 
  and 
  general 
  grinding 
  and 
  polishing. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  varieties 
  usually 
  described 
  nearly 
  all 
  occur 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  

   though 
  sometimes 
  in 
  a 
  fragmentary 
  condition, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  true 
  of 
  

   Canada 
  also. 
  They 
  vary 
  much 
  in 
  form, 
  size 
  and 
  material, 
  but 
  are 
  

   usually 
  of 
  some 
  ornamental 
  stone, 
  quite 
  frequently 
  the 
  striped 
  slate. 
  

   Out 
  of 
  209 
  banner 
  stones 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Douglass' 
  collection 
  but 
  five 
  are 
  

   from 
  New 
  York, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  of 
  frequent 
  occurrence, 
  but 
  rarely 
  

   on 
  village 
  sites. 
  They 
  are 
  sometimes 
  pick-shaped, 
  like 
  a 
  broad 
  

   double 
  axe, 
  heart 
  and 
  butterfly 
  shaped, 
  like 
  reels, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  

   make 
  a 
  double 
  crescent 
  with 
  four 
  points. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  184 
  is 
  of 
  Hght 
  green 
  slate, 
  slightly 
  banded, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  an 
  ex- 
  

   panded 
  double 
  hatchet 
  form, 
  which 
  might 
  be 
  called 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  butter- 
  

   fly. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  Three 
  River 
  Point. 
  As 
  in 
  most 
  of 
  

   the 
  others, 
  the 
  orifice 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  larger 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  than 
  the 
  other, 
  

   and 
  the 
  average 
  in 
  this 
  one 
  is 
  five 
  eighths 
  of 
  an 
  inch. 
  The 
  extreme 
  

   width 
  is 
  four 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  

   deep. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  185 
  is 
  a 
  straight, 
  pointed, 
  and 
  elliptical 
  article 
  of 
  green 
  striped 
  

   slate 
  from 
  the 
  Oneida 
  River. 
  It 
  is 
  here 
  represented 
  in 
  profile, 
  which 
  

   is 
  the 
  narrow 
  way, 
  an 
  unusual 
  feature, 
  and 
  thus 
  the 
  perforation 
  is 
  

   made 
  through 
  the 
  narrower 
  central 
  diameter. 
  It 
  is 
  four 
  inches 
  

   long, 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  wide, 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  deep. 
  

   The 
  material 
  is 
  fine. 
  Fig. 
  i86 
  is 
  very 
  different, 
  generally 
  circular, 
  

   but 
  a 
  little 
  angular. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  green 
  striped 
  slate, 
  and 
  one 
  side 
  has 
  

   been 
  broken. 
  The 
  depth 
  is 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  half, 
  and 
  the 
  original 
  width 
  

   five 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches. 
  A 
  deep 
  rectangular 
  indentation 
  meets 
  

   the 
  orifice 
  above 
  and 
  below, 
  thus 
  shortening 
  it; 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  the 
  usual 
  

   central 
  expansion 
  of 
  the 
  thinner 
  forms. 
  It 
  comes 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  

   Lake. 
  

  

  