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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  those 
  of 
  the 
  west. 
  A 
  few 
  New 
  York 
  arrows 
  rival 
  those 
  of 
  Oregon 
  

   in 
  size, 
  though 
  not 
  in 
  delicacy. 
  When 
  the 
  stone 
  used 
  is 
  considered 
  

   the 
  difference 
  is 
  more 
  obvious. 
  Form 
  and 
  material 
  may 
  both 
  aid 
  in 
  

   determining 
  what 
  people 
  visited 
  New 
  York 
  in 
  early 
  days. 
  In 
  a 
  

   representative 
  and 
  ample 
  collection 
  from 
  this 
  state, 
  where 
  the 
  locality 
  

   of 
  the 
  specimen 
  is 
  clearly 
  and 
  correctly 
  recorded, 
  as 
  it 
  always 
  should 
  

   be, 
  later 
  critical 
  study 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  may 
  establish 
  facts 
  now 
  unknown, 
  

   regarding 
  early 
  migration 
  and 
  trade. 
  ' 
  

  

  Celts, 
  gouges 
  and 
  pestles 
  were 
  often 
  made 
  of 
  local 
  pebbles, 
  but 
  

   those 
  of 
  basalt 
  and 
  striped 
  slate 
  may 
  show 
  a 
  different 
  origin. 
  Gor- 
  

   gets, 
  tubes, 
  ceremonial 
  stones 
  and 
  amulets 
  often 
  do 
  the 
  same. 
  Native 
  

   copper 
  implements 
  of 
  course 
  come 
  from 
  afar, 
  and 
  sheets 
  of 
  mica 
  do 
  

   not 
  naturally 
  occur 
  here. 
  Steatite, 
  as 
  fragments 
  of 
  vessels, 
  is 
  also 
  

   found 
  abundantly, 
  hundreds 
  of 
  miles 
  from 
  any 
  quarry, 
  and 
  other 
  

   like 
  things 
  will 
  appear 
  in 
  due 
  time. 
  

  

  All 
  flint 
  implements 
  are 
  not 
  arrows 
  or 
  spears, 
  however 
  much 
  they 
  

   may 
  resemble 
  them 
  at 
  first 
  sight, 
  and 
  thus 
  a 
  lack 
  of 
  observation 
  and 
  

   distinction 
  has 
  led 
  to 
  errors. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  long 
  since 
  Sir 
  John 
  Lubbock 
  

   said 
  that 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  scrapers 
  here, 
  whereas 
  many 
  forms 
  are 
  abun- 
  

   dant 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  alone, 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  precisely 
  like 
  those 
  used 
  by 
  

   the 
  Eskimo 
  now. 
  They 
  simply 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  observed 
  or 
  reported. 
  

   A 
  very 
  large 
  proportion 
  of 
  implements 
  termed 
  arrows 
  or 
  spears 
  are 
  

   really 
  knives. 
  They 
  never 
  could 
  have 
  been 
  shot 
  or 
  thrown 
  with 
  

   precision, 
  they 
  are 
  so 
  bent 
  or 
  one-sided. 
  Many 
  drills 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  

   called 
  arrows; 
  and 
  in 
  fact 
  articles 
  often 
  grade 
  into 
  each 
  other, 
  or 
  

   unite 
  characteristic 
  features. 
  Drill, 
  knife 
  and 
  scraper 
  may 
  appear 
  

   in 
  one 
  implement, 
  and 
  a 
  writer 
  in 
  early 
  days 
  said 
  of 
  western 
  arrow 
  

   points, 
  ' 
  if 
  no 
  knife 
  is 
  at 
  hand, 
  they 
  use 
  them 
  also 
  to 
  skin 
  the 
  animals 
  

   they 
  have 
  killed.' 
  They 
  would 
  answer 
  well. 
  

  

  While 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  gradations, 
  or 
  variations 
  of 
  form, 
  in 
  the 
  

   flint 
  implements 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  few 
  typical 
  examples 
  have 
  

   been 
  found 
  or 
  described 
  which 
  are 
  without 
  representatives 
  here, 
  

   unless 
  it 
  be 
  in 
  some 
  massive 
  forms. 
  Farther 
  observation 
  may 
  supply 
  

   these, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  even 
  others. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  some 
  notable 
  

   types 
  appear 
  here 
  as 
  yet 
  undescribed. 
  These 
  should 
  have 
  due 
  

   prominence. 
  

  

  