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  CHIPPED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  be 
  termed 
  a 
  knife. 
  Fig. 
  102 
  from 
  Oswego 
  county 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  example 
  

   of 
  this 
  type 
  of 
  spear. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  pure 
  white 
  fiint, 
  and 
  six 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  

   inches 
  long. 
  Articles 
  of 
  this 
  showy 
  material 
  are 
  frequent 
  there, 
  and 
  

   are 
  usually 
  thin 
  and 
  finely 
  worked. 
  An 
  early 
  trail 
  crossed 
  that 
  

   county 
  from 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  to 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  and 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence, 
  and 
  

   the 
  many 
  travelers 
  lost 
  some 
  fine 
  articles 
  on 
  the 
  way. 
  Between 
  that 
  

   trail 
  and 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  very 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  early 
  relics 
  occur, 
  

   as 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  presented 
  few 
  temptations 
  to 
  those 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  game. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  103 
  has 
  a 
  straighter 
  base 
  than 
  the 
  last, 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  as 
  neat 
  in 
  

   outline. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  thick, 
  being 
  eleven 
  sixteenths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  the 
  

   short 
  diameter, 
  and 
  five 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  long. 
  The 
  material 
  

   is 
  grey 
  flint, 
  and 
  it 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  Skaneateles 
  lake, 
  in 
  

   the 
  town 
  of 
  Spofford. 
  Another 
  good 
  example 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  is 
  from 
  

   the 
  east 
  end 
  of 
  Oneida 
  lake, 
  and 
  is 
  but 
  three 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  inches 
  

   in 
  length. 
  A 
  broad 
  and 
  fine 
  one, 
  with 
  a 
  slightly 
  concave 
  base, 
  from 
  

   St 
  Lawrence 
  county, 
  is 
  of 
  white 
  quartz, 
  quite 
  neatly 
  chipped 
  for 
  this 
  

   material.. 
  It 
  is 
  four 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  one 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  broad. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  104 
  is 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  a 
  frequent 
  and 
  variable 
  form, 
  having 
  a 
  

   three-sided 
  base. 
  The 
  edges 
  may 
  be 
  straight 
  or 
  convex, 
  and 
  the 
  

   thickness 
  varies 
  much. 
  This 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  north 
  shore 
  of 
  Oneida 
  

   lake, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  black 
  flint, 
  five 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  half 
  

   an 
  inch 
  thick. 
  These 
  could 
  only 
  have 
  been 
  spears. 
  A 
  fine 
  and 
  

   larger 
  one 
  of 
  common 
  drab 
  flint, 
  from 
  Baldwinsville, 
  is 
  six 
  and 
  one 
  

   half 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  wide. 
  This 
  has 
  convex 
  

   edges. 
  Flinty 
  limestone 
  is 
  a 
  frequent 
  material 
  for 
  these, 
  and 
  one 
  

   from 
  near 
  Oneida 
  lake, 
  similar 
  in 
  form^ 
  to 
  the 
  last, 
  but 
  little 
  over 
  four 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  birdseye 
  limestone. 
  Fig. 
  105 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   finest 
  of 
  these, 
  made 
  of 
  com^mon 
  flint, 
  and 
  is 
  seven 
  inches 
  long. 
  It 
  

   is 
  very 
  neat 
  and 
  symmetrical, 
  and 
  the 
  form 
  is 
  the 
  one 
  so 
  common 
  in 
  

   New 
  York 
  caches, 
  though 
  rarely 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  this. 
  Large 
  spears 
  of 
  

   this 
  outline 
  are 
  not 
  rare. 
  

  

  Those 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  triangular 
  form 
  are 
  often 
  knives, 
  but 
  spears 
  will 
  

   be 
  found 
  among 
  them. 
  It 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  figure 
  many 
  of 
  

   these, 
  or 
  even 
  to 
  describe 
  more 
  than 
  representative 
  forms. 
  A 
  broad 
  

   and 
  massive 
  one 
  of 
  common 
  flint, 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  lake, 
  is 
  five 
  inches 
  

   long, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  width 
  of 
  nearly 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  inches. 
  The 
  

  

  