﻿ABORIGINAL 
  CHIPPED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  9 
  

  

  scriptive 
  notes 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  state, 
  much 
  of 
  it 
  from 
  

   personal 
  field 
  work. 
  This 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  enriched, 
  and 
  now 
  contains 
  

   all 
  the 
  reported 
  indian 
  sites 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  large 
  and 
  small. 
  It 
  is 
  

   very 
  suggestive 
  in 
  many 
  ways. 
  The 
  Bureau 
  of 
  ethnology 
  has 
  done 
  

   much 
  here, 
  although 
  its 
  larger 
  fields 
  in 
  the 
  west 
  compel 
  it 
  to 
  leave 
  

   many 
  things 
  to 
  local 
  efforts. 
  

  

  Philology 
  has 
  had 
  its 
  students. 
  The 
  issuing 
  of 
  Father 
  Bruyas' 
  

   valuable 
  Mohawk 
  lexicon 
  marked 
  an 
  era 
  in 
  this 
  respect, 
  and 
  Mr 
  J. 
  G. 
  

   Shea 
  has 
  made 
  valuable 
  contributions 
  from 
  early 
  French 
  publications 
  

   since 
  that 
  time. 
  Messrs 
  L. 
  H. 
  Morgan 
  and 
  O. 
  II. 
  Marshall 
  did 
  

   excellent 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  indian 
  names 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  and 
  some 
  other 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  state. 
  Mr 
  W. 
  W. 
  Tooker 
  in 
  the 
  eastern, 
  and 
  the 
  Rev. 
  

   Dr 
  Beauchamp 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  have 
  done 
  much 
  in 
  

   the 
  same 
  line. 
  Prof. 
  Horsford 
  published 
  Zeisberger's 
  Onondaga 
  

   and 
  Delaware 
  dictionary 
  in 
  1887, 
  but 
  his 
  journal 
  of 
  his 
  residence 
  at 
  

   Onondaga 
  still 
  sleeps 
  in 
  the 
  old 
  manuscript 
  at 
  Bethlehem. 
  The 
  late 
  

   Horatio 
  Hale's 
  Iroquois 
  book 
  of 
  rites 
  is 
  an 
  invaluable 
  contribution 
  

   to 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  Iroquois 
  songs 
  and 
  ceremonies. 
  Prof. 
  Lyman, 
  

   of 
  Syracuse, 
  has 
  recently 
  taken 
  down 
  a 
  large 
  collection 
  of 
  indian 
  

   songs, 
  with 
  the 
  accompanying 
  music, 
  and 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  ethnology 
  

   is 
  steadily 
  at 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  dialects. 
  Others 
  might 
  be 
  

   mentioned. 
  

  

  Golden 
  preserved 
  much 
  in 
  his 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations, 
  and 
  

   the 
  quaint 
  and 
  marvelous 
  history 
  written 
  by 
  David 
  Gusick, 
  the 
  Tus- 
  

   carora, 
  has 
  passed 
  through 
  many 
  editions. 
  It 
  has 
  recently 
  been 
  

   republished, 
  with 
  ample 
  notes. 
  Morgan's 
  League 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  is 
  

   a 
  standard 
  work, 
  but 
  has 
  little 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  prehistoric, 
  or 
  even 
  early 
  

   historic 
  times. 
  

  

  ABORIGINAL, 
  OCCUPATION 
  

  

  The 
  aboriginal 
  occupation 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  was 
  of 
  a 
  varied 
  character 
  

   and 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  after 
  it 
  was 
  first 
  visited 
  by 
  man, 
  almost 
  its 
  whole 
  

   extent 
  was 
  but 
  a 
  temporary 
  resort 
  for 
  hunters 
  and 
  fishermen. 
  Rivers 
  

   were 
  the 
  first 
  places 
  to 
  attract 
  men, 
  and 
  rifts 
  on 
  these 
  were 
  the 
  

   favorite 
  spots 
  for 
  camps. 
  Good 
  fishing 
  and 
  fording 
  were 
  important 
  

   considerations 
  and 
  determined 
  the 
  routes 
  of 
  travelers 
  and 
  the 
  location 
  

   of 
  many 
  hamlets. 
  The 
  mere 
  abundance 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  game 
  drew 
  roving 
  

  

  