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  CHIPPED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  pointing 
  toward 
  the 
  notch. 
  Then 
  the 
  feathered 
  part 
  is 
  reversed, 
  

   given 
  a 
  sHght 
  twist, 
  and 
  bound 
  firmly 
  at 
  the 
  end. 
  As 
  this 
  spiral 
  

   twist 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  purely 
  American, 
  some 
  have 
  claimed 
  that 
  thence 
  

   came 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  rifling 
  gun 
  barrels. 
  This 
  feature, 
  however, 
  appeared 
  

   in 
  Europe 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  1520; 
  even 
  earlier 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  mere 
  groove. 
  

  

  Another 
  arrow 
  form 
  is 
  not 
  distinctly 
  notched 
  in 
  the 
  usual 
  way, 
  but 
  

   has 
  an 
  angular 
  indentation 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  Fig. 
  32 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  illustra- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  this. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  common 
  flint, 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  

   was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river. 
  Such 
  arrows 
  are 
  quite 
  flat, 
  and 
  

   might 
  easily 
  have 
  served 
  for 
  knives. 
  Fig. 
  33 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  form, 
  

   but 
  a 
  little 
  larger, 
  being 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  inches 
  long. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  

   brown 
  flint, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  Oneida 
  lake. 
  These 
  are 
  typical 
  of 
  

   many 
  others, 
  but 
  some 
  are 
  proportionally 
  very 
  long. 
  Fig. 
  34 
  is 
  an 
  

   intermediate 
  form, 
  with 
  curving 
  instead 
  of 
  straight 
  outlines, 
  and 
  this 
  

   also 
  is 
  typical 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  class, 
  m.any 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  

   half 
  this 
  length. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  and 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  

   five 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long. 
  The 
  material 
  is 
  that 
  whitish 
  flint, 
  so 
  com- 
  

   monly 
  used 
  in 
  some 
  parts 
  of 
  Illinois, 
  and 
  which 
  is 
  frequently 
  seen 
  in 
  

   arrow 
  forms 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  Some 
  parallel 
  sided 
  angular 
  arrow-heads 
  are 
  both 
  remarkable 
  and 
  

   rare. 
  Two 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  specimens 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  Seneca 
  

   river, 
  more 
  than 
  ten 
  miles 
  apart, 
  and 
  no 
  one 
  can 
  doubt 
  they 
  were 
  

   made 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  hand. 
  Both 
  were 
  picked 
  up 
  by 
  the 
  writer, 
  one 
  

   being 
  at 
  first 
  thought 
  a 
  broken 
  arrow, 
  as 
  it 
  lay 
  on 
  the 
  ground. 
  For- 
  

   tunately 
  something 
  about 
  it 
  arrested 
  attention, 
  and 
  a 
  sHght 
  examina- 
  

   tion 
  revealed 
  its 
  great 
  value. 
  For 
  comparison, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  on 
  account 
  

   of 
  their 
  unique 
  character, 
  both 
  are 
  represented 
  in 
  figs. 
  35 
  and 
  36. 
  

   They 
  are 
  quite 
  thin, 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  long, 
  angular 
  and 
  

   straight 
  sided, 
  and 
  are 
  of 
  drab 
  flint. 
  The 
  notch 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  dis- 
  

   tinguishes 
  them 
  from 
  some 
  other 
  forms. 
  One 
  much 
  like 
  these 
  was 
  

   found 
  at 
  Newark 
  Valley, 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  material, 
  but 
  slightly 
  larger. 
  

   It 
  differed 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  distinctly 
  concave 
  base. 
  Fig. 
  37 
  has 
  a 
  resem- 
  

   blance 
  to 
  these 
  also, 
  but 
  is 
  much 
  larger 
  and 
  ruder, 
  although 
  thin. 
  It 
  

   is 
  of 
  a 
  grey 
  flinty 
  limestone, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  Skan- 
  

   eateles 
  lake. 
  The 
  length 
  is 
  two 
  inches, 
  and 
  the 
  width 
  but 
  very 
  Httle 
  

   less. 
  Fig. 
  38 
  shows 
  one 
  from 
  Herkimer 
  county, 
  of 
  common 
  flint, 
  and 
  

  

  