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  CHIPPED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  along 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  and 
  varying 
  examples 
  will 
  be 
  given 
  later. 
  

   Although 
  small, 
  they 
  are 
  quite 
  large 
  enough 
  for 
  effective 
  use. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  62 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  rare 
  and 
  beautiful 
  arrow-head, 
  made 
  of 
  light 
  

   bluish 
  flint. 
  The 
  point 
  has 
  been 
  slightly 
  broken, 
  and 
  was 
  acute, 
  

   making 
  the 
  original 
  length 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches. 
  It 
  is 
  straight 
  

   but 
  not 
  parallel 
  sided, 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  deep, 
  and 
  the 
  notches 
  so 
  much 
  

   enlarged 
  within 
  as 
  to 
  give 
  both 
  base 
  and 
  sides 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  

   approaching 
  barbs. 
  Its 
  most 
  striking 
  feature 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  expanding 
  

   above 
  the 
  notches, 
  until 
  half 
  way 
  between 
  these 
  and 
  the 
  point. 
  The 
  

   surface 
  is 
  flattened. 
  This 
  unique 
  specimen 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  

   river, 
  which 
  was 
  a 
  favorite 
  early 
  resort, 
  both 
  for 
  its 
  own 
  advantages, 
  

   and 
  as 
  being 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  so 
  many 
  lakes. 
  At 
  every 
  rift 
  are 
  found 
  

   camps 
  and 
  hamlets 
  of 
  varying 
  age 
  and 
  character, 
  and 
  these 
  rifts 
  are 
  

   quite 
  frequent 
  in 
  its 
  long 
  course, 
  which 
  was 
  easily 
  navigable 
  by 
  the 
  

   Indian's 
  light 
  canoe, 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  traversed 
  by 
  the 
  larger 
  

   vessels 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  man. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  63 
  is 
  a 
  small, 
  but 
  prominently 
  shouldered 
  arrow-head 
  of 
  

   opaque 
  white 
  flint, 
  found 
  opposite 
  Three 
  River 
  Point, 
  where 
  the 
  

   Oneida 
  and 
  Seneca 
  rivers 
  unite 
  to 
  form 
  the 
  Oswego. 
  The 
  junction 
  

   of 
  two 
  such 
  important 
  streams 
  made 
  this 
  a 
  natural 
  stopping 
  place, 
  

   and 
  many 
  arrows 
  and 
  spear-heads 
  of 
  similar 
  material 
  have 
  bsen 
  

   found 
  there. 
  This 
  is 
  but 
  one 
  and 
  one- 
  eighth 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  several 
  

   have 
  been 
  collected 
  of 
  similar 
  form, 
  but 
  usually 
  smaller. 
  In 
  this 
  all 
  

   the 
  outlines 
  are 
  concave, 
  except 
  the 
  lowest 
  of 
  all. 
  Fig. 
  64 
  is 
  another 
  

   of 
  these, 
  from 
  the 
  Osw^ego 
  river, 
  and 
  but 
  one 
  inch 
  long. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  dark 
  

   blue 
  flint, 
  and 
  every 
  way 
  more 
  slender 
  than 
  the 
  last. 
  The 
  base 
  is 
  

   wider, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  distinctly 
  barbed, 
  but 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  barbs 
  has 
  been 
  

   broken. 
  Fig. 
  65 
  is 
  of 
  drab 
  flint, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  Baldwinsville. 
  It 
  

   is 
  but 
  seven 
  eighths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  long, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  deep 
  and 
  expanded 
  

   base, 
  but 
  has 
  a 
  strong 
  general 
  resemblance 
  to 
  the 
  preceding. 
  On 
  

   comparing 
  these 
  with 
  articles 
  from 
  other 
  places, 
  this 
  may 
  be 
  regarded 
  

   as 
  a 
  rare 
  form. 
  Neither 
  Rau, 
  Abbott, 
  nor 
  Fowke 
  give 
  any 
  figures 
  

   closely 
  resembling 
  it. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  66 
  has 
  been 
  referred 
  to 
  before, 
  among 
  those 
  arrow-heads 
  

   which 
  have 
  concave 
  bases. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  example, 
  with 
  a 
  deeper 
  and 
  

   more 
  angular 
  base 
  than 
  usual, 
  while 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  quite 
  small. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  

  

  