﻿ABORIGINAL 
  CHIPPED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  17 
  

  

  ledge 
  of 
  one 
  purpose 
  of 
  caches. 
  From 
  one 
  pebble 
  he 
  had 
  made 
  

  

  * 
  seven 
  finished 
  knife 
  and 
  arrow 
  blades 
  in 
  exactly 
  38 
  minutes 
  ; 
  ' 
  and, 
  

  

  * 
  from 
  obsidian 
  or 
  glass 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  and 
  delicate 
  arrow-point 
  — 
  the 
  

   most 
  easily 
  made, 
  by 
  the 
  way 
  — 
  in 
  less 
  than 
  two 
  minutes/ 
  

  

  ARROW-HEADS 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  local 
  varieties 
  in 
  arrows, 
  as 
  in 
  other 
  implements, 
  and 
  on 
  

   some 
  sites 
  one 
  type 
  may 
  prevail 
  to 
  the 
  exclusion 
  of 
  almost 
  all 
  others, 
  

   but 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  all 
  leading 
  types 
  is 
  very 
  general. 
  There 
  are 
  

   few 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  chipped 
  implements, 
  from 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  to 
  

   the 
  Rocky 
  mountains, 
  which 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  matched 
  in 
  form 
  in 
  New 
  

   York, 
  whether 
  it 
  be 
  arrow, 
  spear, 
  drill, 
  scraper, 
  or 
  knife, 
  the 
  early 
  

   visitors 
  bringing 
  them 
  from 
  every 
  part. 
  In 
  most 
  cases 
  the 
  finer 
  

   ones 
  come 
  from 
  a 
  distance, 
  while 
  for 
  the 
  smaller, 
  more 
  common 
  and 
  

   less 
  valuable, 
  the 
  hornstone 
  of 
  the 
  Helderberg 
  group 
  often 
  sufficed. 
  

  

  Some 
  small 
  forms 
  have 
  been 
  classed 
  as 
  boys' 
  arrows, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  

   little 
  reason 
  for 
  this, 
  for 
  they 
  are 
  much 
  too 
  common, 
  and 
  were 
  ser- 
  

   viceable 
  in 
  hunting. 
  Many 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  

   an 
  inch 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  they 
  occur 
  in 
  quantities 
  not 
  over 
  an 
  inch 
  long. 
  

   Primitive 
  children's 
  arrows 
  were 
  used 
  with 
  a 
  blow-gun. 
  

  

  Arrow 
  making 
  was 
  a 
  necessity 
  to 
  every 
  hunter, 
  but 
  all 
  were 
  not 
  

   equally 
  skilful, 
  and 
  some 
  would 
  acquire 
  a 
  high 
  reputation, 
  finding 
  

   their 
  work 
  in 
  demand. 
  A 
  division 
  of 
  labor 
  was 
  inevitable, 
  even 
  in 
  

   savage 
  life, 
  and 
  Roger 
  Williams 
  described 
  this 
  in 
  1643 
  • 
  * 
  They 
  have 
  

   some 
  who 
  follow 
  onely 
  making 
  of 
  bowes, 
  some 
  arrows, 
  some 
  dishes, 
  

   (and 
  the 
  women 
  make 
  all 
  the 
  earthen 
  vessels) 
  some 
  follow 
  fishing, 
  

   some 
  hunting; 
  most 
  on 
  the 
  seaside 
  make 
  money, 
  and 
  store 
  up 
  shells 
  

   in 
  summer, 
  whereof 
  they 
  make 
  their 
  money.' 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  

   stone 
  work 
  here, 
  also, 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  an 
  early 
  day, 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  having 
  

   no 
  fondness 
  for 
  working 
  in 
  stone, 
  and 
  restricting 
  themselves 
  mostly 
  

   to 
  axes, 
  small 
  arrows 
  and 
  knives. 
  The 
  finest 
  material, 
  also, 
  is 
  not 
  of 
  

   recent 
  date, 
  but 
  of 
  that 
  period 
  when 
  men 
  were 
  here 
  as 
  hunters 
  and 
  

   fishers, 
  rather 
  than 
  as 
  residents. 
  This 
  is 
  true 
  of 
  ornamental 
  stone 
  

   work 
  as 
  well, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  very 
  recent 
  introduction 
  of 
  red 
  pipestone, 
  

   and 
  the 
  fine 
  stone 
  pipes 
  of 
  the 
  later 
  Iroquois, 
  made 
  with 
  metallic 
  

   tools. 
  The 
  stone 
  masks 
  also 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  historic 
  period. 
  

  

  