﻿INTRODUCTION 
  

  

  In 
  1896, 
  the 
  legislature 
  appropriated 
  $5000 
  to 
  be^ 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  

   regents 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  for 
  increasing 
  the 
  state 
  collection 
  illus- 
  

   trating 
  New 
  York 
  aboriginal 
  life, 
  and 
  for 
  preserving 
  such 
  facts 
  as 
  

   might 
  seem 
  to 
  them 
  of 
  most 
  value. 
  Most 
  of 
  this 
  appropriation 
  has 
  

   been 
  judiciously 
  used 
  by 
  A. 
  G. 
  Richmond, 
  esq., 
  honorary 
  curator 
  

   of 
  this 
  department 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  museum, 
  in 
  securing 
  several 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  great 
  value. 
  It 
  was 
  also 
  thought 
  advisable 
  to 
  issue 
  some 
  

   bulletins 
  of 
  a 
  popular 
  nature, 
  illustrating 
  the 
  antiquities 
  of 
  New 
  

   York, 
  especially 
  the 
  implements 
  and 
  ornaments 
  of 
  the 
  aborigines. 
  

   In 
  furtherance 
  of 
  this 
  plan 
  the 
  Rev. 
  W: 
  M. 
  Beauchamp, 
  S. 
  T. 
  D., 
  

   of 
  Baldwinsville, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  was 
  consulted 
  and 
  his 
  aid 
  secured. 
  He 
  had 
  

   been 
  engaged 
  for 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  century 
  in 
  this 
  study, 
  and 
  had 
  

   accumulated 
  a 
  vast 
  amount 
  of 
  available 
  material. 
  His 
  suggestion 
  

   was 
  that 
  such 
  work 
  might 
  be 
  distributed 
  under 
  suitable 
  heads, 
  each 
  

   subject 
  complete 
  in 
  itself, 
  but 
  forming 
  a 
  series 
  if 
  desired. 
  The 
  first 
  

   would 
  be 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  chipped 
  stone 
  implements 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  

   a 
  paper 
  on 
  this 
  is 
  subjoined. 
  A 
  second 
  would 
  be 
  on 
  those 
  polished 
  

   articles 
  of 
  stone, 
  in 
  which 
  New 
  York 
  is 
  so 
  rich; 
  the 
  paper 
  on 
  this 
  is 
  

   nearly 
  completed, 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  an 
  important 
  contribution 
  to 
  science. 
  

   Others 
  might 
  treat 
  on 
  the 
  articles 
  of 
  clay, 
  bone, 
  horn, 
  shell 
  and 
  

   metal, 
  so 
  abundantly 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  state. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  thought 
  that, 
  in 
  this 
  way, 
  not 
  only 
  would 
  clearer 
  informa- 
  

   tion 
  be 
  afforded, 
  but 
  that 
  the 
  state 
  museum 
  would 
  be 
  the 
  gainer, 
  by 
  

   valuable 
  contributions 
  of 
  many 
  things 
  altogether 
  uncared 
  for 
  now. 
  

   Such 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  result 
  elsewhere, 
  and 
  the 
  local 
  pride 
  of 
  our 
  

   citizens 
  may 
  confidently 
  be 
  relied 
  upon 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  state 
  collection 
  

   one 
  unsurpassed. 
  The 
  illustrations 
  are 
  selections 
  from 
  the 
  thousands 
  

   of 
  drawings 
  which 
  Dr 
  Beauchamp 
  has 
  made, 
  and 
  show 
  both 
  rare 
  

   and 
  common 
  forms. 
  

  

  For 
  this 
  valuable 
  bulletin 
  the 
  state 
  is 
  indebted 
  solely 
  to 
  Dr 
  Beau- 
  

   champ 
  to 
  whom 
  its 
  publication 
  has 
  been 
  wholly 
  entrusted. 
  For 
  the 
  

   admirable 
  work 
  done 
  in 
  increasing 
  the 
  archeological 
  collection, 
  the 
  

   state 
  is 
  indebted 
  to 
  our 
  honorary 
  curator, 
  A. 
  G. 
  Richmond, 
  presi- 
  

   dent 
  of 
  the 
  Canajoharie 
  national 
  bank, 
  who 
  has 
  for 
  years 
  given 
  his 
  

  

  