﻿ABORIGINAL 
  CHIPPED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  49 
  

  

  bury. 
  Judging- 
  from 
  collectors' 
  reports, 
  fine 
  spears 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  fre- 
  

   quent 
  in 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  In 
  the 
  former 
  Wagman 
  collection, 
  

   made 
  at 
  Saratoga 
  and 
  near 
  Lake 
  George, 
  but 
  36 
  spear-heads 
  were 
  

   catalogued. 
  The 
  largest 
  was 
  six 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  by 
  two 
  inches, 
  and 
  

   another, 
  six 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches, 
  had 
  serrate 
  edges. 
  This 
  

   collection 
  was 
  sold 
  and 
  dispersed 
  in 
  1886. 
  In 
  Holden's 
  History 
  of 
  

   the 
  tozvii 
  of 
  Queenshury, 
  however, 
  we 
  are 
  told 
  that 
  arrows, 
  spears, 
  and 
  

   other 
  Indian 
  relics 
  are 
  found 
  at 
  every 
  carrying 
  place 
  between 
  Albany 
  

   and 
  Montreal, 
  and 
  this 
  we 
  might 
  have 
  expected. 
  Mr 
  Holden 
  adds 
  

   that 
  while 
  gun 
  flints, 
  bullets, 
  stone 
  arrows 
  and 
  spears 
  were 
  spread 
  

   broadcast 
  in 
  Queensbury, 
  there 
  were 
  particular 
  places 
  where 
  they 
  

   were 
  found 
  abundantly. 
  

  

  Out 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  examples 
  of 
  spear-heads 
  but 
  one 
  more 
  will 
  be 
  

   noted 
  now. 
  Fig. 
  124 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  and 
  thin 
  chalcedony 
  implement 
  from 
  

   Baldwinsville. 
  It 
  is 
  triangular, 
  with 
  an 
  indented 
  base 
  and 
  convex 
  

   edges. 
  The 
  length 
  is 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  

   over 
  two 
  inches 
  wide. 
  One 
  peculiarity 
  of 
  this 
  fine 
  article 
  is 
  the 
  neat 
  

   and 
  small 
  notches, 
  which 
  are 
  almost 
  circular. 
  

  

  KNIVES 
  

  

  The 
  ruder 
  forms 
  of 
  knives 
  require 
  but 
  slight 
  attention, 
  as 
  almost 
  

   any 
  flake 
  or 
  piece 
  of 
  hornstone 
  might 
  serve 
  a 
  temporary 
  purpose, 
  

   whether 
  large 
  or 
  small. 
  Early 
  accounts 
  show 
  us 
  an 
  extensive 
  use 
  of 
  

   bivalve 
  shells, 
  with 
  or 
  without 
  alteration. 
  Few 
  of 
  these 
  can 
  be 
  found 
  

   now, 
  but 
  the 
  rude 
  stone 
  knives 
  are 
  abundant 
  in 
  many 
  places, 
  and 
  are 
  

   interesting 
  as 
  showing, 
  not 
  so 
  much 
  progress 
  in 
  economic 
  arts, 
  as 
  

   the 
  frequent 
  utilizing 
  of 
  otherwise 
  waste 
  material. 
  A 
  flint 
  chip 
  was 
  

   neatly 
  edged 
  on 
  one 
  side, 
  or 
  more, 
  and 
  did 
  all 
  that 
  was 
  required 
  

   without 
  farther 
  elaboration. 
  Fig. 
  126 
  is 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  many 
  rather 
  large 
  

   and 
  straight 
  pieces, 
  triangular 
  in 
  section, 
  which 
  were 
  often 
  used 
  as 
  

   knives, 
  and 
  might 
  have 
  served 
  for 
  scrapers. 
  One 
  angle 
  or 
  edge 
  is 
  

   left 
  without 
  farther 
  work, 
  but 
  one 
  or 
  both 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  may 
  be 
  

   delicately 
  chipped 
  for 
  more 
  effective 
  use. 
  Of 
  course 
  these 
  could 
  have 
  

   been 
  employed 
  only 
  in 
  very 
  simple 
  ways. 
  This 
  one 
  is 
  of 
  grey 
  flint, 
  

   and 
  comes 
  from 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  where 
  the 
  form 
  is 
  frequent 
  on 
  many 
  

   camp 
  sites. 
  The 
  length 
  of 
  this 
  specimen 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  

   inches, 
  and 
  one 
  angle 
  is 
  quite 
  obtuse. 
  

  

  