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  Europe 
  they 
  seem 
  rare. 
  Sometimes 
  they 
  are 
  almost 
  equilateral; 
  at 
  

   others 
  nearly 
  as 
  slender 
  as 
  many 
  perforators. 
  They 
  are 
  usually 
  neatly 
  

   chipped 
  and 
  thin. 
  Fig. 
  2 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  example, 
  about 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long, 
  

   being 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  extent. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  concave 
  base, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  common 
  

   flint, 
  sHghtly 
  mottled. 
  This 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  where 
  it 
  

   is 
  a 
  frequent 
  form. 
  It 
  is 
  sometimes 
  much 
  smaller. 
  Fig. 
  3 
  is 
  of 
  

   brown 
  flint 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  stream. 
  In 
  this, 
  however, 
  while 
  the 
  base 
  

   is 
  more 
  deeply 
  concave, 
  the 
  lateral 
  lines 
  are 
  slightly 
  convex 
  instead 
  

   of 
  straight, 
  and 
  the 
  width 
  exceeds 
  the 
  length, 
  being 
  one 
  and 
  three- 
  

   eighths 
  inches. 
  Fig. 
  4 
  a, 
  a 
  still 
  broader 
  form, 
  seems 
  a 
  true 
  arrow, 
  

   and 
  yet 
  there 
  are 
  reasons 
  for 
  thinking 
  it 
  a 
  knife. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  common 
  

   dark 
  flint, 
  and 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches 
  wide. 
  Fig. 
  4^ 
  is 
  an 
  

   extreme 
  form 
  of 
  this, 
  from 
  Cross 
  lake. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  an 
  obscurely 
  banded 
  

   drab 
  flint, 
  and 
  the 
  width 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  eleven 
  sixteenths 
  inches, 
  more 
  

   than 
  double 
  the 
  length, 
  if 
  we 
  call 
  it 
  an 
  arrow, 
  but 
  its 
  proper 
  place 
  

   seems 
  with 
  the 
  knives. 
  Fig. 
  4c 
  shows 
  the 
  other 
  extreme 
  of 
  this 
  

   somewhat 
  rare 
  form. 
  In 
  this 
  all 
  the 
  angles 
  are 
  a 
  little 
  rounded. 
  

  

  Three 
  early 
  forts, 
  near 
  Baldwinsville, 
  have 
  afforded 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   finest 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  straight 
  sided, 
  slender 
  triangular 
  arrows, 
  vary- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  to 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long. 
  From 
  

   one 
  of 
  these, 
  a 
  stockade 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  come 
  both 
  

   broad 
  and 
  extremely 
  slender 
  forms, 
  with 
  all 
  intermediate 
  grades. 
  

   Fig. 
  5 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  these, 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  of 
  dark 
  ~ 
  

   flint, 
  proportionally 
  quite 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  those 
  so 
  frequent 
  elsewhere. 
  

   Fig. 
  6 
  is 
  of 
  light 
  drab 
  flint, 
  and 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long, 
  the 
  

   utmost 
  limit 
  technically 
  allowed 
  for 
  arrow-heads. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  

   an 
  inch 
  more 
  would 
  add 
  little 
  to 
  its 
  weight, 
  or 
  resistance 
  to 
  the 
  air. 
  

   Fig. 
  7 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  material, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  place. 
  It 
  is 
  two 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  and 
  another 
  almost 
  as 
  long 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  narrower. 
  

  

  An 
  Onondaga 
  stockade, 
  occupied 
  about 
  A. 
  D. 
  1600, 
  has 
  this 
  

   smaller 
  and 
  broader 
  form, 
  but 
  with 
  few 
  examples. 
  It 
  occurs 
  a 
  little 
  

   later 
  in 
  time, 
  in 
  common 
  flint, 
  in 
  a 
  stockade 
  a 
  mile 
  south 
  of 
  Delphi, 
  

   but 
  is 
  not 
  as 
  neatly 
  chipped. 
  An 
  Onondaga 
  stockade 
  south 
  of 
  Pom- 
  

   pey 
  Center, 
  apparently 
  occupied 
  about 
  1640, 
  has 
  the 
  same 
  form 
  

   and 
  material. 
  Fig. 
  8 
  is 
  an 
  example, 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  long. 
  

   Some 
  are 
  smaller 
  than 
  this. 
  Most 
  of 
  these 
  later 
  specimens 
  are 
  small, 
  

  

  