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  CHIPPED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  and 
  have 
  a 
  deeply 
  indented 
  base. 
  They 
  occur 
  on 
  Indian 
  hill 
  in 
  

   Pompey, 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  town 
  which 
  Father 
  Le 
  Moyne 
  

   first 
  visited 
  in 
  1654. 
  Fig. 
  9 
  is 
  a 
  beautifully 
  mottled 
  one 
  from 
  Water- 
  

   vale, 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  town. 
  It 
  is 
  two 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  is 
  exceptional 
  in 
  

   material, 
  as 
  most 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  of 
  common 
  flint. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  early 
  Mohawk 
  towns 
  the 
  same 
  favorite 
  Iroquois 
  arrow 
  ap- 
  

   pears, 
  but 
  in 
  a 
  ruder 
  form. 
  Fig. 
  10 
  is 
  a 
  curious 
  example 
  from 
  the 
  

   earthwork 
  in 
  Minden, 
  near 
  Fort 
  Plain. 
  This 
  work 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  

   been 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  earliest 
  triad 
  of 
  Mohawk 
  forts, 
  occupied 
  respectively 
  

   by 
  the 
  three 
  clans 
  of 
  Turtle, 
  Bear 
  and 
  Wolf, 
  and 
  having 
  suggestions 
  

   at 
  least 
  of 
  European 
  contact. 
  Squier's 
  statement 
  that 
  European 
  

   articles 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  there, 
  seems 
  premature. 
  This 
  arrow 
  point 
  

   is 
  of 
  grey 
  flint, 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  unfin- 
  

   ished, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  flat 
  on 
  one 
  side, 
  and 
  much 
  ridged 
  on 
  the 
  other. 
  Fig. 
  1 
  1 
  

   represents 
  another 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  material, 
  and 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  last, 
  

   except 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  lower 
  ridge 
  and 
  deeper 
  base. 
  This 
  comes 
  from 
  

   a 
  Alohawk 
  town 
  east 
  of 
  Wagner's 
  Hollow, 
  which 
  has 
  afforded 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  most 
  remarkable 
  relics 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  historic 
  period. 
  Although 
  

   usually 
  of 
  common 
  flint, 
  fig. 
  12 
  shows 
  a 
  very 
  pretty 
  white 
  one 
  from 
  

   Baldwinsville, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  only 
  a 
  good 
  example, 
  but 
  is 
  very 
  finely 
  

   serrated. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  distinct 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  triangular 
  arrows, 
  and 
  fig. 
  13 
  

   represents 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  rarest 
  of 
  these 
  from 
  the 
  double 
  walled 
  earth- 
  

   work, 
  three 
  miles 
  southeast 
  of 
  Baldwinsville. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  beautifully 
  

   variegated 
  and 
  lustrous 
  flint, 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  groove 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  

   each 
  surface, 
  tapering 
  from 
  base 
  to 
  point. 
  The 
  base 
  is 
  much 
  in- 
  

   dented, 
  though 
  not 
  as 
  deeply 
  as 
  in 
  some, 
  and 
  the 
  length 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  

   one 
  eighth 
  inches, 
  with 
  convex 
  edges. 
  The 
  locality 
  is 
  of 
  importance, 
  

   as 
  showing 
  this 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  Iroquoian 
  form. 
  Fig. 
  14 
  shows 
  another 
  

   of 
  these 
  from 
  Cross 
  lake, 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long, 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  

   fine, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  light 
  bluish 
  grey 
  flint. 
  Other 
  fine 
  examples 
  might 
  be 
  

   given, 
  for 
  though 
  somewhat 
  rare, 
  it 
  is 
  widely 
  distributed. 
  

  

  Another 
  variety, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  edge 
  presents 
  a 
  double 
  curve, 
  is 
  

   locally 
  called 
  the 
  shark's 
  tooth 
  form. 
  Jones, 
  in 
  his 
  Antiquities 
  of 
  

   Georgia, 
  calls 
  most 
  triangular 
  arrows 
  the 
  shark's 
  tooth 
  form, 
  but 
  in 
  

   New 
  York 
  it 
  is 
  restricted 
  to 
  a 
  peculiarly 
  curved 
  outline. 
  Fig. 
  15 
  is 
  

  

  