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  STONE 
  ARTICLES 
  USED 
  BY 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  ABORIGINES 
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  varies 
  but 
  little 
  from 
  half 
  an 
  inch. 
  Another, 
  of 
  a 
  double 
  hatchet 
  

   form, 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  east 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  lake, 
  and 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  porous 
  

   bluish 
  white 
  stone, 
  slightly 
  banded. 
  There 
  are 
  notches 
  on 
  one 
  edge, 
  

   and 
  the 
  orifice 
  is 
  finely 
  drilled, 
  being 
  smallest 
  midway. 
  

  

  A 
  handsome 
  fragment 
  is 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  Lake, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  

   found 
  in 
  1877. 
  The 
  material 
  is 
  bluish 
  striped 
  slate, 
  very 
  smooth 
  and 
  

   thin. 
  The 
  broken 
  edge, 
  which 
  was 
  along 
  the 
  perforation 
  or 
  nearly 
  

   so, 
  has 
  been 
  smoothed, 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  hole 
  drilled 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  corner, 
  

   placed 
  there 
  for 
  its 
  later 
  suspension. 
  It 
  might 
  be 
  called 
  the 
  butter- 
  

   fly 
  pattern, 
  and 
  the 
  original 
  size 
  was 
  six 
  inches 
  in 
  width 
  and 
  three 
  

   and 
  one 
  half 
  in 
  depth. 
  The 
  thin 
  wings 
  continue 
  very 
  uniform 
  in 
  

   diameter 
  till 
  the 
  central 
  ridge 
  is 
  reached. 
  Another, 
  of 
  similar 
  form, 
  

   but 
  thicker, 
  and 
  made 
  of 
  purple 
  and 
  green 
  slate, 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  

   lake, 
  and 
  is 
  finely 
  drilled. 
  It 
  was 
  originally 
  five 
  inches 
  wide 
  and 
  

   two 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  deep. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  these, 
  made 
  of 
  polished 
  greenstone, 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  

   River, 
  and 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  

   inches 
  wide. 
  The 
  orifice, 
  however, 
  is 
  so 
  small 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  doubtful 
  

   whether 
  it 
  may 
  not 
  originally 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  stem 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  plat- 
  

   form 
  pipe, 
  recut 
  for 
  an 
  ornament 
  after 
  being 
  broken. 
  It 
  seems 
  

   best 
  adapted 
  for 
  such 
  a 
  purpose. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  heart 
  shaped 
  forms 
  

   might 
  be 
  described. 
  

  

  An 
  unfinished 
  one, 
  much 
  like 
  Fig. 
  192, 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River, 
  

   and 
  a 
  little 
  broken; 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  greenstone 
  and 
  angular 
  and 
  thick, 
  being 
  

   about 
  six 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  deep. 
  

   A 
  similar 
  one, 
  unfinished 
  and 
  picked 
  all 
  over, 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  

   river, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  next 
  two. 
  It 
  is 
  large 
  and 
  thick. 
  One 
  of 
  

   the 
  others 
  is 
  nicely 
  picked 
  and 
  ready 
  for 
  grinding, 
  except 
  in 
  being 
  

   unperforated. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  greenish 
  grey 
  sandstone, 
  and 
  the 
  oblique 
  

   wings 
  are 
  brougjit 
  nearly 
  to 
  an 
  edge. 
  It 
  is 
  conspicuously 
  

   thickened 
  in 
  the 
  center, 
  and 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  at 
  an 
  angle 
  

   suggesting 
  those 
  of 
  a 
  windmill. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  1883, 
  and 
  is 
  

   six 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches. 
  The 
  other 
  is 
  of 
  

   the 
  same 
  general 
  form, 
  but 
  deeply 
  indented 
  above 
  and 
  below, 
  and 
  is 
  

   of 
  light 
  brown 
  sandstone, 
  picked 
  and 
  partly 
  ground. 
  It 
  is 
  eight 
  and 
  

   one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  wide. 
  All 
  these 
  unfinished 
  banner 
  stones 
  have 
  a 
  

  

  