﻿ABORIGINAL 
  CHIPPED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  37 
  

  

  article, 
  of 
  blue 
  flinty 
  limestone, 
  and 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long. 
  

   It 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  vicinity. 
  From 
  its 
  general 
  width 
  Fig. 
  98 
  

   would 
  be 
  called 
  an 
  arrow-head 
  by 
  many, 
  and 
  yet 
  its 
  general 
  character 
  

   is 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  perforator. 
  The 
  worn 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  point 
  tends 
  to 
  

   confirm 
  this 
  view, 
  though 
  this 
  may 
  haye 
  come 
  in 
  other 
  ways, 
  as 
  in 
  

   digging, 
  for 
  which 
  it 
  seems 
  partially 
  fitted. 
  There 
  are 
  so 
  many 
  forms 
  

   intermediate 
  between 
  the 
  arrow 
  and 
  the 
  drill, 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  now 
  described 
  

   with 
  the 
  former, 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  a 
  strong 
  conviction 
  that 
  it 
  belongs 
  to 
  

   the 
  latter. 
  It 
  is 
  coarsely 
  flaked, 
  and 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  

   long. 
  This 
  also 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  99 
  is 
  of 
  purphsh 
  flint, 
  thick 
  and 
  smooth, 
  and 
  is 
  two 
  inches 
  

   long. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  form 
  not 
  so 
  common 
  in 
  arrows 
  as 
  in 
  spears, 
  and 
  this 
  

   is 
  round 
  pointed. 
  The 
  rounded 
  base 
  is 
  found 
  almost 
  everywhere, 
  

   but 
  perhaps 
  is 
  nowhere 
  very 
  common. 
  This 
  fine 
  specimen 
  is 
  from 
  

   the 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  where 
  the 
  larger 
  forms 
  sometimes 
  occur. 
  Fig. 
  100 
  

   is 
  a 
  triangular 
  arrow-head 
  of 
  common 
  hornstone, 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  

   lake. 
  Its 
  special 
  feature 
  is 
  the 
  straight 
  and 
  expanded 
  base, 
  which 
  

   is 
  also 
  quite 
  sharp. 
  The 
  length 
  is 
  one 
  inch. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  loi 
  is 
  a 
  broken 
  article, 
  but 
  given 
  to 
  show 
  a 
  good 
  example 
  of 
  

   what 
  has 
  been 
  called 
  here 
  the 
  needle 
  point. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  attenuated, 
  

   and 
  the 
  section 
  added 
  will 
  show 
  how 
  thin 
  and 
  delicate 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  every 
  

   way. 
  This 
  fragment 
  is 
  of 
  very 
  thin, 
  dark 
  blue 
  flint, 
  now 
  about 
  two 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  and 
  nearly 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  wide. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  

   on 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  where 
  similar 
  specimens 
  sometimes 
  occur, 
  

   though 
  not 
  very 
  often. 
  If 
  found 
  elsewhere 
  they 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  

   reported, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  so 
  often 
  broken 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  have 
  escaped 
  

   attention. 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  arrow-heads 
  figured 
  are 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  

   county 
  and 
  vicinity, 
  partly 
  because 
  these 
  were 
  easily 
  accessible, 
  but 
  

   partly, 
  also, 
  because 
  there 
  they 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  greater 
  variety 
  than 
  in 
  

   most 
  other 
  places, 
  this 
  arising 
  from 
  natural 
  causes 
  very 
  important 
  to 
  

   primitive 
  man. 
  Notable 
  forms 
  from 
  other 
  parts 
  have 
  been 
  figured 
  

   when 
  possible. 
  

  

  While 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  importance 
  to 
  know 
  how 
  widely 
  some 
  leading 
  forms 
  

   are 
  distributed, 
  and 
  what 
  is 
  their 
  comparative 
  abundance, 
  the 
  study 
  

   of 
  man's 
  early 
  history 
  here 
  requires 
  that 
  some 
  unusual 
  forms 
  should 
  

  

  