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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  drab 
  flint, 
  one 
  inch 
  long, 
  and 
  quite 
  thick. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  Seneca 
  

   river. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  6y 
  is 
  a 
  beveled 
  arrow 
  of 
  drab 
  flint, 
  two 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  from 
  

   the 
  same 
  locality. 
  Besides 
  the 
  bevel 
  on 
  each 
  lateral 
  edge, 
  the 
  basal 
  

   edge 
  has 
  also 
  its 
  bevel, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  common 
  feature, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   more 
  slender 
  than 
  is 
  usual 
  with 
  implements 
  of 
  this 
  type 
  and 
  size. 
  

   These 
  are 
  rarer 
  here 
  than 
  farther 
  west, 
  and 
  suggest 
  scrapers. 
  Those 
  

   which 
  are 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  be 
  classed 
  as 
  spears 
  are 
  sometimes 
  quite 
  

   slender. 
  While 
  the 
  elaborate 
  work 
  distinguishes 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  

   broad 
  flaking 
  of 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  scraper, 
  it 
  is 
  difflcult 
  

   to 
  assign 
  any 
  other 
  use 
  to 
  the 
  characteristic 
  edge. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  

   this 
  edge 
  is 
  sharp 
  enough 
  for 
  many 
  cutting 
  purposes, 
  the 
  bevel 
  

   resembhng 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  chisel. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  (:>% 
  is 
  a 
  rare 
  form 
  from 
  Wood 
  creek, 
  east 
  of 
  Oneida 
  lake. 
  It 
  

   is 
  of 
  common 
  flint, 
  one 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long, 
  indented 
  but 
  

   not 
  notched, 
  and 
  presenting 
  curved 
  lines 
  in 
  every 
  part. 
  Except 
  in 
  

   the 
  expanded 
  base, 
  it 
  is 
  much 
  like 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  forms 
  of 
  knives, 
  

   and 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  either 
  for 
  knife 
  or 
  arrow. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  69 
  is 
  a 
  fair 
  example 
  of 
  those 
  arrows 
  which 
  end 
  in 
  a 
  needle 
  

   point, 
  though 
  this 
  point 
  is 
  scarcely 
  as 
  slender 
  as 
  in 
  some 
  others. 
  

   This 
  is 
  of 
  drab 
  flint, 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  was 
  

   found 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Chittenango 
  creek, 
  where 
  it 
  enters 
  Oneida 
  lake. 
  

   Such 
  specimens 
  are 
  rarely 
  perfect, 
  but 
  they 
  often 
  preserve 
  the 
  slender 
  

   point, 
  even 
  when 
  broken 
  elsewhere. 
  This 
  curious 
  feature 
  suggests 
  

   a 
  union 
  of 
  the 
  knife 
  and 
  drill. 
  It 
  has 
  scarcely 
  attracted 
  attention 
  

   elsewhere, 
  nor 
  are 
  good 
  examples 
  frequent 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  The 
  points 
  

   are 
  too 
  neatly 
  worked 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  accidental, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  too 
  

   delicate 
  for 
  any 
  rough 
  usage, 
  thus 
  leaving 
  their 
  purpose 
  to 
  be 
  con- 
  

   jectured. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  70 
  is 
  quite 
  another 
  type, 
  having 
  convex 
  edges 
  and 
  a 
  slender 
  

   base. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  drab 
  flint, 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  may 
  

   have 
  been 
  either 
  arrow 
  or 
  knife. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  not 
  far 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  

   Seneca 
  river. 
  The 
  point 
  is 
  rounded, 
  which 
  is 
  its 
  main 
  distinction 
  

   from 
  the 
  next. 
  Fig. 
  71 
  is 
  not 
  quite 
  two 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  black 
  

   flint, 
  with 
  sharp 
  and 
  thin 
  edges 
  all 
  around. 
  It 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   vicinity, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  remarks 
  apply 
  to 
  its 
  use. 
  This 
  is 
  straight 
  and 
  

  

  