﻿ABORIGINAL 
  CHIPPED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  5 
  1 
  

  

  river, 
  is 
  almost 
  a 
  true 
  ellipse, 
  five 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  

   inches 
  broad. 
  It 
  is 
  scarcely 
  pointed, 
  and 
  many 
  have 
  this 
  feature 
  in 
  

   other 
  forms. 
  A 
  small 
  one 
  of 
  common 
  flint, 
  which 
  is 
  but 
  two 
  inches 
  

   long, 
  differs 
  little 
  from 
  fig. 
  128 
  except 
  in 
  size. 
  Fig. 
  129 
  is 
  a 
  beautiful 
  

   knife 
  of 
  light 
  blue 
  flint, 
  five 
  inches 
  long. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  rare 
  form, 
  but 
  

   with 
  this 
  outline 
  is 
  quite 
  as 
  often 
  a 
  scraper 
  as 
  a 
  knife. 
  Nothing 
  can 
  be 
  

   prettier 
  than 
  fig. 
  130 
  which 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  beautiful 
  banded 
  white 
  flint, 
  three 
  

   inches 
  long. 
  It 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Van 
  Buren, 
  some 
  miles 
  

   south 
  of 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river. 
  Among 
  the 
  finest 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  

   long 
  and 
  slender 
  one 
  from 
  Chautauqua 
  county. 
  It 
  is 
  1 
  1 
  J 
  inches 
  long, 
  

   two 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  inches 
  wide, 
  and 
  about 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  

   thick 
  near 
  the 
  two 
  sharp 
  points. 
  The 
  edges 
  present 
  so 
  symmetrical 
  

   a 
  curve 
  that 
  the 
  outline 
  may 
  be 
  reproduced 
  from 
  these 
  measurements. 
  

   It 
  was 
  a 
  surface 
  find. 
  

  

  Three 
  small 
  elliptical 
  flint 
  knives 
  are 
  represented 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  

   numbers, 
  all 
  from 
  Seneca 
  river. 
  These 
  are 
  commonly 
  less 
  than 
  two 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  but 
  may 
  reach 
  seven 
  inches. 
  Fig. 
  131 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  

   specimens, 
  made 
  of 
  common 
  flint. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches 
  

   long. 
  Fig. 
  132 
  is 
  of 
  similar 
  outline, 
  but 
  made 
  of 
  dark 
  blue 
  flint, 
  and 
  

   of 
  the 
  same 
  length. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  neater 
  article. 
  Fig. 
  133, 
  of 
  grey 
  limestone, 
  

   is 
  more 
  slender, 
  and 
  is 
  pointed. 
  The 
  point 
  and 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  edges 
  are 
  

   slightly 
  ground. 
  It 
  is 
  two 
  inches 
  long. 
  Specimens 
  Hke 
  these 
  were 
  

   once 
  quite 
  frequent. 
  

  

  Many 
  stone 
  knives 
  approach 
  what 
  we 
  call 
  a 
  knife 
  form, 
  and 
  vary 
  

   much 
  in 
  size. 
  One 
  of 
  brown 
  flint, 
  four 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long, 
  

   is 
  but 
  moderately 
  curved 
  in 
  its 
  outline, 
  while 
  others 
  are 
  conspicuously 
  

   so. 
  A 
  black 
  flint 
  knife, 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long, 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  

   Oswego 
  river, 
  is 
  very 
  distinctly 
  curved 
  in 
  this 
  way. 
  Fig. 
  135 
  is 
  of 
  

   this 
  curved 
  form, 
  and 
  is 
  quite 
  thin 
  and 
  sharp. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  had 
  

   a 
  straighter 
  part 
  of 
  some 
  length, 
  for 
  insertion 
  in 
  a 
  handle. 
  This 
  has 
  

   been 
  partly 
  broken 
  oflf, 
  but 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  implement 
  is 
  still 
  

   three 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches 
  long. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  brown 
  flint, 
  and 
  comes 
  

   from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river. 
  Evans 
  described 
  some 
  curved 
  knives 
  in 
  Great 
  

   Britain, 
  much 
  like 
  these, 
  and 
  thought 
  them 
  peculiar 
  to 
  that 
  land, 
  but 
  

   could 
  assign 
  no 
  use 
  for 
  them. 
  They 
  seem 
  well 
  adapted 
  for 
  several 
  

   purposes, 
  but 
  their 
  very 
  form 
  suggests 
  the 
  knife, 
  alike 
  available 
  in 
  

   war 
  or 
  hunting. 
  

  

  