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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  While 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  made 
  many 
  records 
  by 
  pictures, 
  these 
  were 
  

   usually 
  on 
  wood 
  or 
  bark, 
  but 
  sometimes 
  were 
  painted 
  on 
  stone. 
  

   Such 
  examples 
  were 
  known 
  in 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  and 
  Montgomery 
  

   counties. 
  No 
  engraved 
  pictures 
  in 
  rocks 
  have 
  been 
  reported 
  here, 
  

   but 
  a 
  few 
  occur 
  in 
  large 
  stones, 
  notably 
  on 
  the 
  Hudson. 
  There 
  is 
  

   an 
  account 
  of 
  footmarks 
  in 
  stone 
  in 
  Suffolk 
  and 
  Westchester 
  coun- 
  

   ties, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  mortars 
  are 
  common, 
  excavated 
  in 
  the 
  rocks^ 
  

  

  Stone 
  heaps 
  occur 
  sparingly 
  all 
  over 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  

   frequent 
  allusions 
  to 
  the 
  aboriginal 
  custom 
  of 
  casting 
  stones 
  on 
  such 
  

   heaps, 
  in 
  early 
  records. 
  The 
  stone 
  heap 
  near 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  was 
  

   the 
  most 
  noted 
  of 
  such 
  monuments, 
  and 
  was 
  constantly 
  added 
  to 
  

   as 
  late 
  as 
  1753, 
  if 
  not 
  later. 
  Such 
  heaps 
  sometimes 
  covered 
  graves,. 
  

   but 
  not 
  invariably. 
  The 
  Schoharie 
  tumulus 
  was 
  reported 
  as 
  four 
  

   rods 
  long, 
  between 
  one 
  and 
  two 
  wide, 
  and 
  from 
  ten 
  to 
  fifteen 
  feet 
  

   high, 
  being 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  size. 
  An 
  early 
  account 
  of 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Documentary 
  History. 
  Small 
  heaps 
  of 
  stone 
  are 
  

   sometimes 
  found 
  within 
  the 
  lines 
  of 
  forts, 
  gathered 
  as 
  defensive 
  

   missiles, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  conspicuous. 
  

  

  This 
  bulletin 
  completes 
  a 
  general 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  stOne 
  implements 
  

   and 
  ornaments 
  of 
  the 
  aborigines 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  paper 
  

   on 
  articles 
  of 
  chipped 
  stone 
  formed 
  the 
  introduction. 
  Abundant 
  

   materials 
  are 
  in 
  hand 
  for 
  others 
  on 
  the 
  interesting 
  earthenware 
  

   of 
  our 
  early 
  inhabitants, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  their 
  articles 
  of 
  bone, 
  horn, 
  shell, 
  

   wood 
  and 
  metal, 
  of 
  scarcely 
  less 
  interest 
  and 
  beauty, 
  should 
  it 
  be 
  

   determined 
  to 
  complete 
  such 
  a 
  series. 
  Any 
  information 
  on 
  either 
  

   rare 
  or 
  common 
  articles 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  will 
  be 
  gratefully 
  received. 
  

   Figures 
  are 
  desirable, 
  with 
  full 
  descriptions 
  available 
  for 
  record,, 
  

   but 
  specially 
  notes 
  of 
  locality. 
  This 
  most 
  important 
  point 
  in 
  com- 
  

   parative 
  study 
  should 
  never 
  be 
  neglected. 
  Of 
  course 
  contributions 
  

   to 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  are 
  very 
  desirable, 
  and 
  many 
  collectors 
  may 
  

   be 
  disposed 
  to 
  do 
  a 
  public 
  service 
  in 
  this 
  way, 
  but 
  clear 
  and 
  full 
  

   notes, 
  to 
  be 
  compiled 
  and 
  preserved, 
  will 
  be 
  an 
  acquisition 
  of 
  no 
  

  

  