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  YORK 
  STATE 
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  ments. 
  In 
  flaking, 
  this 
  does 
  not 
  produce 
  as 
  sharp 
  lines, 
  nor 
  always 
  

   as 
  symmetrical 
  forms, 
  but 
  the 
  effect 
  is 
  often 
  fine. 
  This 
  is 
  broader 
  

   than 
  usual 
  with 
  this 
  material, 
  and 
  is 
  almost 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  

   long. 
  It 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  where 
  articles 
  of 
  similar 
  

   material 
  often 
  occur. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  115 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  slender 
  flint 
  spear-head 
  from 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Wilna, 
  

   Jefferson 
  county. 
  It 
  is 
  broadly 
  notched 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  is 
  four 
  

   and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches 
  long, 
  with 
  a 
  width 
  of 
  much 
  less 
  than 
  an 
  inch. 
  

   The 
  base 
  is 
  about 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  any 
  part, 
  and 
  the 
  slender 
  form 
  is 
  not 
  

   rare. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  116 
  is 
  much 
  like 
  one 
  already 
  described, 
  but 
  has 
  double 
  notches 
  

   on 
  each 
  side, 
  although 
  of 
  a 
  different 
  character 
  from 
  those 
  usually 
  

   found. 
  The 
  base 
  contracts 
  to 
  a 
  point, 
  and 
  the 
  notches 
  are 
  widely 
  

   apart. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  article 
  of 
  light 
  grey 
  flint, 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  Oswego 
  county, 
  north 
  of 
  Brewerton, 
  

   and 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  from 
  Oneida 
  lake. 
  The 
  double 
  notched 
  spears 
  seem 
  

   more 
  common 
  in 
  that 
  vicinity 
  than 
  elsewhere, 
  but 
  this 
  specimen 
  is 
  

   not 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  type. 
  

  

  Quite 
  massive 
  and 
  coarse 
  spear-heads 
  occur 
  in 
  several 
  places, 
  

   usually 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  grey 
  quartzite, 
  unsuitable 
  for 
  fine 
  work. 
  One 
  of 
  

   these, 
  from 
  Baldwinsville, 
  is 
  quite 
  thick, 
  and 
  six 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  two 
  

   and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  broad. 
  Fig. 
  117 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  example 
  from 
  the 
  

   same 
  place, 
  which 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  in 
  length. 
  Another 
  

   from 
  Owego, 
  in 
  Tioga 
  county, 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  inches 
  long, 
  

   with 
  an 
  extreme 
  width 
  of 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches. 
  In 
  this, 
  

   however, 
  the 
  blade 
  quickly 
  contracts 
  above 
  the 
  notch, 
  giving 
  the 
  

   implement 
  a 
  much 
  more 
  slender 
  appearance. 
  Articles 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  

   seem 
  quite 
  uniform 
  in 
  size. 
  Fig. 
  118 
  much 
  resembles 
  these 
  in 
  form, 
  

   especially 
  the 
  last 
  described, 
  but 
  is 
  much 
  smaller, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  variegated 
  

   hornstone, 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  long, 
  but 
  the 
  point 
  

   is 
  slightly 
  broken. 
  It 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  Oswego 
  river. 
  

  

  A 
  broad 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  resembling 
  moss 
  agate 
  has 
  been 
  

   already 
  given. 
  They 
  are 
  usually 
  longer 
  and 
  more 
  slender. 
  One 
  of 
  

   this 
  description 
  is 
  from 
  Baldwinsville, 
  and 
  is 
  five 
  inches 
  long. 
  It 
  is 
  

   a 
  very 
  fine 
  example, 
  a 
  little 
  unsymmetrical, 
  rather 
  broadly 
  notched, 
  

   and 
  might 
  be 
  called 
  a 
  knife 
  if 
  it 
  were 
  sharper. 
  Fig. 
  119 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  