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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  pretty 
  elliptical 
  gorget 
  of 
  dark 
  green 
  striped 
  slate 
  is 
  from 
  

   the 
  Oneida 
  River, 
  and 
  has 
  two 
  holes. 
  It 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  

   by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches. 
  A 
  very, 
  large 
  and 
  thin 
  one 
  from 
  

   the 
  same 
  river, 
  has 
  two 
  small 
  holes. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  green 
  striped 
  slate, 
  

   and 
  nearly 
  rectangular. 
  The 
  dimensions 
  are 
  seven 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  

   by 
  three 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  inches. 
  One 
  of 
  polished 
  sandstone, 
  but 
  

   with 
  a 
  sharp 
  convex 
  edge 
  is 
  from. 
  Black 
  Creek, 
  near 
  Oneida 
  Lake. 
  

   The 
  form 
  approaches 
  the 
  triangular, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  seven 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  

   three 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  wide. 
  There 
  is 
  but 
  one 
  hole. 
  This 
  seems 
  

   more 
  like 
  an 
  implement 
  than 
  most, 
  but 
  sharp 
  edges 
  are 
  not 
  un- 
  

   common. 
  

  

  Those 
  with 
  notches, 
  also, 
  are 
  not 
  rare. 
  One 
  of 
  black 
  slate, 
  from 
  

   Lake 
  Champlain, 
  has 
  notched 
  ends 
  and 
  but 
  one 
  hole. 
  It 
  is 
  seven 
  

   inches 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  wide. 
  Others 
  might 
  be 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  from 
  Chautauqua 
  County, 
  with 
  this 
  feature, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  from 
  

   other 
  places. 
  In 
  fact 
  they 
  were 
  so 
  striking 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  personal 
  

   decoration 
  in 
  early 
  days, 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  occur 
  everywhere. 
  

  

  GROOTBD 
  AXES 
  

  

  Grooved 
  axes 
  are 
  extremely 
  rare 
  in 
  most 
  parts 
  of 
  Vermont, 
  

   New 
  York 
  and 
  Canada, 
  though 
  not 
  altogether 
  unknown. 
  Out 
  of 
  

   419 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Douglass' 
  collection 
  but 
  two 
  were 
  from 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  

   Dr. 
  Rau 
  figured 
  none. 
  Mr. 
  Gerard 
  Fowke 
  said, 
  ' 
  In 
  the 
  eastern 
  and 
  

   interior 
  States 
  the 
  grooved 
  axes 
  are 
  far 
  more 
  abundant 
  than 
  the 
  

   celts 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  size, 
  because, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  only 
  the 
  larger 
  implements 
  

   of 
  this 
  class 
  are 
  grooved. 
  All 
  the 
  ordinary 
  varieties 
  of 
  axes 
  and 
  

   hatchets 
  are 
  found 
  about 
  Lake 
  Champlain, 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  most 
  abund- 
  

   ant 
  being 
  celts 
  or 
  grooveless 
  axes.' 
  Between 
  there 
  and 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  

   a 
  grooved 
  axe 
  is 
  a 
  rare 
  find 
  indeed. 
  In 
  the 
  later 
  days 
  they 
  were 
  

   not 
  in 
  use 
  among 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  appears, 
  and 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  ques- 
  

   tioned 
  whether 
  some 
  occasionally 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  may 
  not 
  in 
  

   some 
  instances 
  have 
  been 
  lost 
  by 
  collectors. 
  

  

  In 
  his 
  history 
  of 
  Onondaga, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  V. 
  H. 
  Clark 
  represented 
  that 
  

   hundreds 
  of 
  these, 
  particularly 
  described, 
  had 
  been 
  found 
  on 
  an 
  

   Elbridge 
  site, 
  but 
  farther 
  inquiry 
  proved 
  this 
  an 
  unaccountable 
  mis- 
  

   take. 
  They 
  sometimes 
  occur, 
  but 
  are 
  evidently 
  foreign 
  to 
  the 
  soil. 
  

  

  