﻿ABORIGINAL 
  CHIPPED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  bility 
  to 
  it, 
  and 
  it 
  may 
  well 
  be 
  allowed 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  brought 
  from 
  

   a 
  distance 
  for 
  purposes 
  of 
  trade, 
  or 
  further 
  development. 
  Quantities 
  

   of 
  material 
  came 
  here 
  in 
  a 
  still 
  ruder 
  form, 
  which 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  found 
  

   in 
  caches, 
  and 
  among 
  these 
  were 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  choicer 
  kinds. 
  There 
  

   are 
  abundant 
  flint 
  flakes 
  in 
  places 
  where 
  they 
  could 
  only 
  have 
  come 
  

   through 
  the 
  agency 
  of 
  man, 
  and 
  these 
  indicate 
  the 
  arrow 
  maker's 
  

   temporary 
  home. 
  

  

  The 
  aborigines 
  made 
  but 
  moderate 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  hornstone, 
  so 
  

   plentiful 
  in 
  the 
  corniferous 
  limestone 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  though 
  it 
  is 
  often 
  

   recognizable 
  in 
  the 
  ruder 
  articles 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  adapted. 
  At 
  Black 
  

   Rock 
  in 
  Buffalo, 
  and 
  across 
  the 
  river 
  in 
  Canada, 
  one 
  can 
  easily 
  see 
  

   where 
  blocks 
  of 
  hornstone 
  were 
  detached 
  and 
  used. 
  Occasionally 
  

   something 
  of 
  the 
  kind 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  elsewhere, 
  but 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  

   for 
  the 
  finer 
  arrows, 
  knives 
  and 
  spears 
  came 
  from 
  without 
  the 
  state. 
  

   Among 
  these 
  implements 
  occur 
  jaspers 
  of 
  every 
  hue, 
  white 
  quartz, 
  

   chalcedony, 
  argillite, 
  schist 
  and 
  sandstone, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  finer 
  flints 
  

   of 
  bluish 
  or 
  brownish 
  grey; 
  yellow 
  jasper 
  was 
  a 
  favorite 
  material, 
  

   specially 
  for 
  large 
  implements, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  comparatively 
  frequent 
  in 
  

   caches. 
  It 
  was 
  probably 
  derived 
  from 
  a 
  neighboring 
  state. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  very 
  broad 
  way 
  it 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  that 
  the 
  prevaiHng 
  materials 
  

   used 
  in 
  any 
  region 
  have 
  a 
  somewhat 
  local 
  character. 
  Through 
  Ohio 
  

   and 
  much 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  the 
  grey 
  or 
  drab 
  cherts 
  from 
  the 
  limestone 
  

   are 
  prevalent, 
  with 
  a 
  projection 
  of 
  this 
  material 
  far 
  southward. 
  In 
  

   the 
  southern 
  Atlantic 
  states 
  a 
  brownish 
  quartzite 
  or 
  coarse 
  sandstone 
  

   appears, 
  with 
  finer 
  materials 
  in 
  the 
  mountains. 
  Along 
  the 
  Hudson 
  

   and 
  in 
  New 
  England 
  white 
  quartz 
  was 
  largely 
  used; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   northern 
  states 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  valley 
  an 
  opaque 
  white 
  or 
  pinkish 
  

   flint 
  was 
  the 
  rule. 
  A 
  characteristic 
  dark 
  hornstone 
  also 
  appears 
  there 
  

   in 
  immense 
  caches 
  in 
  some 
  places. 
  The 
  beautiful 
  arrows 
  and 
  other 
  

   small 
  implements 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  mountains 
  and 
  the 
  Pacific 
  slope 
  are 
  

   also 
  well 
  known, 
  and 
  in 
  other 
  quarters 
  yellow 
  jasper 
  is 
  common. 
  

   An 
  experienced 
  archeologist 
  may 
  thus 
  often 
  feel 
  sure 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  

   origin 
  of 
  an 
  article, 
  without 
  knowing 
  precisely 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  found. 
  

   That 
  is 
  a 
  question 
  of 
  trade 
  or 
  migration. 
  

  

  Material 
  is 
  often 
  a 
  better 
  guide 
  in 
  determining 
  ultimate 
  origin 
  

   than 
  form. 
  The 
  drills 
  and 
  scrapers 
  of 
  the 
  east 
  are 
  often 
  matched 
  by 
  

  

  