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  YORK 
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  Many 
  rude 
  knives, 
  large 
  and 
  small, 
  were 
  nearly 
  circular, 
  and 
  these 
  

   also 
  will 
  require 
  but 
  slight 
  notice. 
  They 
  are 
  chipped 
  to 
  a 
  sharp 
  edge 
  

   all 
  around, 
  and 
  may 
  sometimes 
  have 
  served 
  as 
  scrapers, 
  although 
  they 
  

   do 
  not 
  have 
  their 
  peculiar 
  features. 
  The 
  leaf 
  shape 
  is 
  also 
  very 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  and 
  of 
  wide 
  distribution, 
  varying 
  from 
  very 
  small 
  to 
  very 
  large. 
  

   A 
  very 
  long 
  one 
  of 
  brown 
  flinty 
  limestone, 
  seven 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  

   has 
  a 
  surface 
  greatly 
  curved, 
  being 
  convex 
  on 
  one 
  side, 
  and 
  concave 
  

   on 
  the 
  other. 
  The 
  concave 
  surface 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  single 
  flake, 
  except 
  for 
  

   the 
  chipping 
  along 
  the 
  edge. 
  This 
  special. 
  form 
  is 
  not 
  rare, 
  and 
  is 
  

   almost 
  as 
  m.uch 
  scraper 
  as 
  knife. 
  The 
  one 
  described 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  

   half 
  inches 
  wide. 
  Another 
  of 
  dark 
  hornstone, 
  from 
  Oswego 
  Falls, 
  is 
  

   a 
  typical 
  leaf-shaped 
  knife, 
  five 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  two 
  inches 
  

   broad. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  127 
  is 
  interesting, 
  as 
  being 
  one 
  of 
  23 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   mound 
  at 
  Greene, 
  Chenango 
  county. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  yellow 
  jasper, 
  three 
  

   and 
  three 
  quarters 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  two 
  inches 
  wide, 
  and 
  may 
  have 
  

   been 
  buried 
  there 
  long 
  after 
  the 
  mound 
  was 
  made. 
  In 
  the 
  Annals 
  of 
  

   Binghamton, 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  'At 
  one 
  point 
  in 
  the 
  mound 
  a 
  large 
  

   num_ber, 
  perhaps 
  two 
  hundred 
  arrow-heads, 
  were 
  discovered, 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  in 
  a 
  heap. 
  They 
  were 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  form, 
  and 
  of 
  yellow 
  or 
  black 
  

   flint. 
  Another 
  pile 
  of 
  60 
  or 
  more, 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  another 
  place 
  in 
  

   the 
  same 
  mound. 
  A 
  smaller 
  leaf-shaped 
  knife 
  of 
  yellow 
  jasper, 
  two 
  

   and 
  three 
  quarters 
  inches 
  long, 
  also 
  came 
  from 
  a 
  grave 
  in 
  Greene, 
  

   as 
  reported, 
  but 
  may 
  also 
  have 
  been 
  from 
  this 
  mound, 
  so 
  many 
  

   articles 
  of 
  yellow 
  jasper 
  having 
  been 
  taken 
  from 
  it. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  large 
  and 
  rude 
  knife, 
  seven 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches 
  long, 
  

   also 
  came 
  from 
  a 
  cache 
  of 
  19 
  pieces 
  at 
  Baldwinsville. 
  It 
  was 
  

   an 
  unusually 
  rough 
  and 
  mixed 
  lot, 
  nearly 
  all 
  of 
  yellowish 
  jasper, 
  

   tinged 
  with 
  brown. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  pieces 
  had 
  the 
  form 
  usual 
  in 
  caches, 
  

   but 
  some 
  were 
  of 
  ruder 
  outlines, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  could 
  only 
  have 
  been 
  

   utilized 
  as 
  scrapers. 
  

  

  Knives 
  which 
  are 
  elliptical, 
  or 
  of 
  a 
  long 
  diamond 
  form, 
  pointed 
  at 
  

   both 
  ends, 
  are 
  often 
  very 
  fine, 
  and 
  are 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  rare. 
  Fig. 
  128 
  is 
  

   of 
  drab 
  flint, 
  four 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  more 
  slender 
  and 
  pointed 
  than 
  

   many 
  of 
  this 
  form, 
  besides 
  being 
  more 
  angular 
  in 
  the 
  center. 
  It 
  is 
  

   quite 
  neatly 
  worked. 
  A 
  fine 
  one 
  of 
  yellow 
  jasper, 
  from 
  the 
  Oneida 
  

  

  