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  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  as 
  symmetrical 
  as 
  the 
  parallel 
  

   sided 
  ones 
  mentioned, 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  notch 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  base, 
  

   besides 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  sides. 
  There 
  are 
  other 
  examples 
  which 
  are 
  

   much 
  less 
  striking 
  than 
  these. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  39 
  is 
  of 
  yellow 
  jasper, 
  with 
  curving 
  edges, 
  and 
  somewhat 
  thin. 
  

   It 
  is 
  an 
  inch 
  long, 
  and 
  has 
  long 
  barbs, 
  a 
  feature 
  not 
  common 
  here. 
  

   It 
  has 
  the 
  needle-like 
  point, 
  found 
  in 
  many 
  arrow-heads, 
  but 
  usually 
  

   more 
  distinct 
  than 
  in 
  this. 
  This 
  feature 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  a 
  broad 
  way, 
  

   though 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  typical, 
  in 
  fig. 
  40, 
  which 
  is 
  of 
  black 
  flint, 
  one 
  

   and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  Oswego 
  river. 
  This 
  has 
  

   long 
  barbs, 
  though 
  shorter 
  than 
  in 
  some 
  imperfect 
  specimens, 
  such 
  

   slender 
  projections 
  being 
  pecuharly 
  liable 
  to 
  fracture. 
  Its 
  general 
  

   character 
  is 
  more 
  like 
  articles 
  from 
  Ohio 
  than 
  New 
  York. 
  Fig. 
  41 
  

   is 
  the 
  most 
  remarkable 
  for 
  material, 
  being 
  a 
  shark's 
  tooth, 
  perhaps 
  

   a 
  fossil, 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  deeply 
  and 
  nar- 
  

   rowly 
  notched, 
  but 
  is 
  otherwise 
  unchanged. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  memorial 
  

   of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  wars 
  with 
  the 
  Catawbas 
  and 
  other 
  southern 
  indians, 
  

   or 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  an 
  older 
  day, 
  for, 
  although 
  found 
  near 
  an 
  historic 
  

   Cayuga 
  site, 
  its 
  age 
  is 
  uncertain. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  grave 
  near 
  

   Union 
  Springs, 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  Cayuga 
  lake, 
  by 
  Mr 
  S. 
  L. 
  Frey 
  

   of 
  Palatine 
  Bridge, 
  whose 
  account 
  may 
  be 
  quoted. 
  ' 
  The 
  burials 
  at 
  

   this 
  place 
  were 
  very 
  numerous, 
  and 
  judging 
  from 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  the 
  

   bones, 
  older 
  than 
  the 
  coming 
  of 
  the 
  whites, 
  unless 
  a 
  single 
  glass 
  

   bead 
  which 
  I 
  found 
  there, 
  would 
  seem 
  to 
  indicate 
  white 
  trade. 
  At 
  

   this 
  place, 
  associated 
  with 
  many 
  small 
  shell 
  beads, 
  or 
  rather 
  shells 
  

   used 
  for 
  beads, 
  was 
  the 
  arrow 
  referred 
  to. 
  It 
  is 
  perfect, 
  and 
  just 
  as 
  

   it 
  was 
  in 
  its 
  original 
  state, 
  except 
  the 
  two 
  slits 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  cut 
  

   for 
  fastening 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  shaft. 
  The 
  enamel 
  is 
  as 
  hard, 
  glassy 
  and 
  perfect 
  

   as 
  ever, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  really 
  a 
  unique 
  specimen, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  my 
  explorations 
  

   go. 
  I 
  think 
  similar 
  ones 
  were 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  southern 
  indians.' 
  The 
  

   locality 
  is 
  one 
  where 
  there 
  were 
  early 
  and 
  recent 
  cemeteries 
  and 
  

   villages, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  whole 
  the 
  grave 
  was 
  probably 
  comparatively 
  

   recent. 
  Perforated 
  fossil 
  shark's 
  teeth 
  were 
  used 
  as 
  ornaments 
  in 
  

   Georgia. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  double 
  notched 
  arrows 
  appear, 
  but 
  this 
  feature 
  is 
  more 
  

   frequent 
  in 
  the 
  spears, 
  where 
  the 
  advantage 
  would 
  be 
  greater. 
  In 
  

  

  