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  one 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  Baldwinsville. 
  

   One 
  a 
  little 
  broader, 
  but 
  only 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long, 
  was 
  

   found 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  and 
  place. 
  Some 
  smaller 
  and 
  thicker 
  forms 
  

   are 
  less 
  deeply 
  notched. 
  They 
  are 
  among 
  our 
  most 
  beautiful 
  arrows. 
  

   It 
  may 
  be 
  remarked 
  that 
  some 
  eccentric 
  forms 
  were 
  probably 
  per- 
  

   sonal, 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  tribal, 
  used 
  to 
  show 
  ownership 
  or 
  nationality. 
  It 
  

   has 
  been 
  pointed 
  out 
  that 
  two 
  arrow 
  points 
  already 
  figured, 
  were 
  

   made 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  man, 
  so 
  rare 
  is 
  the 
  form, 
  and 
  so 
  close 
  the 
  corres- 
  

   pondence. 
  If 
  stolen 
  or 
  lost 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  he 
  would 
  have 
  no 
  difficulty 
  in 
  

   identifying 
  his 
  property. 
  This 
  extended 
  into 
  a 
  national 
  feeling. 
  As 
  

   we 
  have 
  seen, 
  in 
  recent 
  times 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  used 
  the 
  triangular 
  arrow 
  

   almost 
  exclusively. 
  If 
  other 
  forms 
  were 
  then 
  as 
  characteristic 
  of 
  

   other 
  nations, 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  arrow 
  used 
  would 
  indicate 
  the 
  actors 
  

   in 
  any 
  sudden 
  raid, 
  and 
  these 
  often 
  had 
  a 
  pride 
  in 
  making 
  themselves 
  

   known. 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  instances 
  in 
  early 
  history, 
  where 
  toma- 
  

   hawks 
  or 
  war 
  clubs 
  were 
  used 
  for 
  this 
  purpose. 
  Thus, 
  a 
  Canadian 
  

   Indian, 
  on 
  a 
  scout 
  on 
  Lake 
  George 
  in 
  1690, 
  saw 
  the 
  Enghsh 
  and 
  

   Iroquois 
  making 
  canoes. 
  Failing 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  prisoner 
  he 
  ' 
  suspended 
  

   three 
  tomahawks 
  within 
  sight 
  of 
  their 
  cabins, 
  indicating 
  to 
  them 
  that 
  

   they 
  were 
  discovered, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  defied 
  them 
  to 
  come 
  to 
  Montreal. 
  

   These 
  tomahawks 
  are 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  club 
  on 
  which 
  they 
  carve 
  figures, 
  

   and 
  in 
  that 
  way 
  manifest 
  their 
  wishes.' 
  In 
  speaking 
  of 
  some 
  depreda- 
  

   tions 
  committed 
  in 
  1695, 
  near 
  Montreal, 
  the 
  French 
  said, 
  ' 
  These 
  

   blows 
  were 
  struck 
  by 
  some 
  Mohawks 
  and 
  Oneidas, 
  as 
  we 
  discovered 
  

   by 
  their 
  tomahawks, 
  which 
  they 
  left 
  sticking 
  in 
  the 
  ground, 
  according 
  

   to 
  their 
  custom.' 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  readily 
  seen 
  that 
  a 
  warrior 
  who 
  wished 
  to 
  

   be 
  renowned 
  might 
  adopt 
  a 
  distinct 
  form 
  of 
  arrow 
  as 
  his 
  own, 
  and 
  be 
  

   allowed 
  a 
  certain 
  informal 
  copyright. 
  His 
  arrow 
  would 
  prove 
  his 
  

   deed, 
  whether 
  in 
  hunting 
  or 
  war. 
  This, 
  of 
  course, 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  

   carried 
  out 
  to 
  any 
  great 
  extent, 
  and 
  yet 
  will 
  account 
  for 
  some 
  excep- 
  

   tional 
  forms. 
  Personal 
  taste 
  may 
  well 
  be 
  allowed 
  a 
  place, 
  but 
  in 
  a 
  

   few 
  instances 
  a 
  higher 
  purpose 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  connected 
  with 
  it, 
  and 
  

   there 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  at 
  all 
  that 
  little 
  peculiarities 
  clearly 
  distinguished 
  

   the 
  implements 
  and 
  arms 
  of 
  various 
  nations. 
  Among 
  the 
  remaining 
  

   Iroquois 
  the 
  snow 
  snakes 
  of 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  and 
  Senecas 
  might 
  

   seem 
  precisely 
  alike 
  to 
  the 
  casual 
  observer, 
  and 
  yet 
  they 
  have 
  perma- 
  

  

  