﻿52 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Fig. 
  136 
  is 
  somewhat 
  like 
  the 
  last, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  river. 
  It 
  is 
  

   much 
  thicker, 
  and 
  not 
  unlike 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  curious 
  scrapers 
  yet 
  to 
  be 
  

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

   somewhat 
  twisted. 
  Several 
  have 
  this 
  feature. 
  Fig. 
  137 
  is 
  curiously 
  

   curved, 
  but 
  is 
  typical 
  of 
  quite 
  a 
  group. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  brownish 
  flint, 
  three 
  

   and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  Skane- 
  

   ateles 
  lake. 
  The 
  general 
  thickness 
  is 
  considerable, 
  but 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  

   what 
  might 
  be 
  called 
  the 
  handle 
  is 
  not 
  sharpened, 
  as 
  is 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  

   implement. 
  Another 
  curved 
  and 
  twisted 
  knife 
  of 
  common 
  flint 
  is 
  

   six 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches 
  long. 
  All 
  of 
  this 
  type 
  vary 
  much 
  in 
  thick- 
  

   ness 
  and 
  neatness 
  of 
  work. 
  Fig. 
  138 
  may 
  be 
  classed 
  with 
  these, 
  

   though 
  with 
  quite 
  a 
  different 
  outline. 
  One 
  edge 
  is 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  

   and 
  the 
  other 
  much 
  curved, 
  the 
  surface 
  is 
  also 
  much 
  curved, 
  being 
  

   concave 
  on 
  one 
  side, 
  and 
  rounded 
  on 
  the 
  other. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  brownish 
  

   flint, 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  Oswego 
  river. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  delicate 
  knives 
  have 
  straight 
  bases 
  and 
  curving 
  

   sides, 
  the 
  blade 
  being 
  broadest 
  toward 
  the 
  point. 
  Fig. 
  139 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  

   these, 
  of 
  brown 
  flint, 
  delicately 
  worked, 
  and 
  three 
  inches 
  long. 
  This 
  

   is 
  from 
  the 
  Oswego 
  river, 
  and 
  is 
  typical 
  of 
  many 
  others, 
  always 
  neatly 
  

   finished, 
  but 
  often 
  broken. 
  Another 
  from 
  Three 
  River 
  Point 
  is 
  of 
  

   yellow 
  jasper, 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  long. 
  This 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  fine 
  

   example. 
  A 
  longer 
  and 
  neatly 
  worked 
  specimen, 
  made 
  of 
  brown 
  

   flint, 
  and 
  five 
  inches 
  long, 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  east 
  end 
  of 
  Oneida 
  lake. 
  Evans 
  

   called 
  a 
  similar 
  form 
  in 
  Great 
  Britain 
  a 
  dagger, 
  and 
  it 
  readily 
  sug- 
  

   gests 
  that 
  weapon, 
  though 
  usually 
  rather 
  frail 
  for 
  any 
  rough 
  usage. 
  

  

  Another 
  frequent 
  form 
  of 
  knife 
  in 
  some 
  places 
  is 
  thin, 
  parallel 
  

   sided, 
  and 
  broken 
  squarely 
  off 
  at 
  each 
  end, 
  as 
  though 
  by 
  design. 
  

   They 
  are 
  somewhat 
  local, 
  and 
  on 
  many 
  sites 
  are 
  never 
  found. 
  Fig. 
  

   141 
  represents 
  one 
  of 
  these, 
  of 
  common 
  flint, 
  thin 
  and 
  bent, 
  and 
  two 
  

   and 
  three 
  quarters 
  inches 
  long. 
  This 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  where 
  

   almost 
  all 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  on 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  sites. 
  One 
  from 
  Queens- 
  

   bury, 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches 
  long, 
  seems 
  much 
  like 
  these. 
  

  

  Triangular 
  forms, 
  with 
  straight 
  or 
  convex 
  sides, 
  are 
  common, 
  and 
  

   hardly 
  require 
  illustration. 
  They 
  vary 
  much 
  in 
  width 
  and 
  thickness, 
  

   and 
  reach 
  five 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  but 
  are 
  usually 
  less. 
  They 
  are 
  often 
  

   curved 
  on 
  the 
  surface, 
  and 
  are 
  sometimes 
  quite 
  broad. 
  Fig. 
  142 
  is 
  

  

  