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  STONE 
  ARTICLES 
  USED 
  BY 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  ABORIGINES 
  75 
  

  

  Avith 
  a 
  tubular 
  drill, 
  and 
  this 
  was 
  interrupted 
  when 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  but 
  an 
  

   eighth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  had 
  been 
  reached, 
  leaving 
  a 
  core 
  in 
  the 
  center. 
  

   The 
  implement 
  is 
  thick 
  and 
  heavy, 
  somewhat 
  hatchet-shaped, 
  the 
  

   blades 
  being 
  about 
  equal 
  on 
  either 
  side, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  six 
  and 
  three 
  

   eighths 
  wide 
  by 
  two 
  inches 
  deep. 
  This 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River, 
  

   and 
  not 
  from 
  a 
  village 
  site, 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  agrees 
  with 
  some 
  other 
  

   specimens. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  193 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  frequent 
  reel 
  shaped 
  articles, 
  and 
  is 
  nearly 
  

   perfect. 
  The 
  material 
  is 
  olive 
  brown 
  striped 
  slate, 
  three 
  and 
  five 
  

   eighths 
  wide 
  by 
  two 
  inches 
  deep. 
  The 
  orifice 
  is 
  half 
  an 
  inch 
  wide. 
  

   This 
  form 
  expands 
  gradually 
  to 
  the 
  center, 
  and 
  the 
  terminal 
  inden- 
  

   tations 
  are 
  beveled 
  to 
  a 
  moderately 
  sharp 
  edge. 
  Quite 
  often 
  the 
  

   upper 
  and 
  low^r 
  edges 
  are 
  grooved 
  throughout, 
  but 
  this 
  one 
  has 
  a 
  

   plain 
  surface. 
  It 
  comes 
  from 
  Lysander. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  200 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  beautiful 
  of 
  these 
  articles, 
  and 
  comes 
  

   from 
  Fabius 
  or 
  Pompey, 
  much 
  resembling 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  

   from 
  that 
  vicinity. 
  It 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  beautiful 
  olive 
  green 
  striped 
  

   slate, 
  and 
  in 
  form 
  is 
  like 
  a 
  slender 
  pickaxe, 
  having 
  a 
  central 
  ridge 
  

   along 
  both 
  sides, 
  from 
  end 
  to 
  end. 
  Each 
  end 
  has 
  a 
  slight 
  projec- 
  

   tion. 
  In 
  the 
  center, 
  on 
  one 
  side, 
  is 
  a 
  partially 
  effaced 
  ornament. 
  

   It 
  is 
  seven 
  inches 
  wide 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  deep, 
  and 
  the 
  orifice 
  

   is 
  nine 
  sixteenths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter. 
  No 
  finer 
  example 
  of 
  this 
  

   form 
  is 
  on 
  record. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  201 
  is 
  a 
  pick-shaped 
  article 
  of 
  black 
  slate, 
  unique 
  in 
  some 
  

   respects. 
  The 
  center 
  is 
  enlarged 
  by 
  a 
  distinct 
  concave 
  sweep 
  on 
  

   either 
  side, 
  terminating 
  in 
  a 
  central 
  flattened 
  surface. 
  Near 
  this 
  is 
  

   a 
  lateral 
  perforation 
  on 
  either 
  hand, 
  drilled 
  precisely 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  gor- 
  

   gets. 
  No 
  other 
  has 
  been 
  reported 
  with 
  holes 
  like 
  these, 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  

   stone 
  had 
  been 
  placed 
  on 
  a 
  staff, 
  they 
  might 
  have 
  served 
  to 
  attach 
  

   pendent 
  ornaments. 
  The 
  sides 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  transverse 
  lines, 
  

   suggesting 
  tallies. 
  The 
  blades 
  are 
  thin, 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  length 
  is 
  six 
  

   inches, 
  with 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  

   on 
  a 
  camp 
  site 
  on 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River 
  in 
  1875. 
  The 
  ends 
  are 
  abrupt, 
  

   and 
  may 
  be 
  either 
  broken 
  or 
  unfinished. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  202 
  is 
  a 
  thick, 
  crescent 
  formed 
  banner 
  stone 
  from 
  Skaneateles 
  

   Lake, 
  made 
  of 
  green 
  striped 
  slate, 
  and 
  one 
  inch 
  deep 
  by 
  three 
  and 
  three 
  

  

  