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  one 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  narrow 
  knives 
  of 
  this 
  form, 
  all 
  found 
  on 
  one 
  

   small 
  site 
  on 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river. 
  They 
  varied 
  from 
  three 
  to 
  four 
  and 
  

   one 
  half 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  were 
  very 
  thin 
  and 
  sharp. 
  From 
  their 
  

   numbers 
  and 
  uniform 
  character, 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  they 
  were 
  scattered 
  

   from 
  a 
  cache. 
  The 
  one 
  figured 
  is 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  

   one 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  broad. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  is 
  of 
  

   striped 
  jasper, 
  five 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  comes 
  from 
  Oneida 
  lake. 
  This, 
  

   however, 
  has 
  curving 
  edges, 
  and 
  is 
  broadest 
  near 
  the 
  center. 
  A 
  

   broader 
  form 
  than 
  that 
  last 
  figured, 
  appeared 
  in 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  125 
  like 
  

   specimens 
  in 
  a 
  grave 
  in 
  Bellona, 
  near 
  Seneca 
  lake. 
  A 
  few 
  are 
  nearly 
  

   long, 
  straight 
  sided 
  triangles. 
  Some 
  knives 
  have 
  the 
  simple 
  pen- 
  

   tagonal 
  form, 
  so 
  common 
  in 
  caches, 
  and 
  these 
  are 
  sometimes 
  bent. 
  

   This 
  peculiarity 
  is 
  frequent 
  in 
  notched 
  forms, 
  usually 
  classed 
  as 
  

   knives 
  because 
  of 
  this. 
  Fig. 
  146 
  shows 
  an 
  arrow 
  form 
  thus 
  bent. 
  In 
  

   one 
  instance 
  a 
  broad 
  notched 
  form 
  from 
  Oswego 
  Falls, 
  three 
  inches 
  

   long, 
  has 
  a 
  distinct 
  double 
  curve 
  of 
  the 
  surface. 
  Other 
  notched 
  

   forms, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  simpler, 
  may 
  not 
  have 
  an 
  equilateral 
  blade. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  143 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  knife 
  of 
  grey 
  limestone 
  from 
  Cross 
  lake, 
  much 
  like 
  

   the 
  Queensbury 
  knife 
  just 
  mentioned. 
  It 
  is 
  truncate 
  at 
  each 
  end, 
  

   three 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long, 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches 
  broad 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  widest, 
  and 
  is 
  somewhat 
  thick. 
  Fig. 
  140 
  is 
  

   a 
  small, 
  slender 
  knife, 
  approaching 
  the 
  drill 
  form, 
  if 
  not 
  an 
  implement 
  

   of 
  that 
  kind. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  variegated 
  flint, 
  two 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  comes 
  

   from 
  Seneca 
  river. 
  Fig. 
  144 
  is 
  a 
  coarse 
  and 
  heavy 
  curved 
  knife 
  of 
  

   hornstone, 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  lake. 
  It 
  is 
  five 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  two 
  and 
  

   one 
  quarter 
  broad, 
  with 
  nearly 
  parallel 
  edges. 
  This 
  is 
  quite 
  a 
  fre- 
  

   quent 
  form. 
  Fig. 
  145 
  is 
  the 
  ordinary 
  leaf-shaped 
  knife 
  found 
  almost 
  

   everywhere. 
  This 
  is 
  of 
  common 
  flint, 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long. 
  

   In 
  other 
  examples 
  it 
  would 
  vary 
  in 
  size, 
  length 
  or 
  breadth, 
  ranging 
  

   from 
  broad 
  to 
  narrow, 
  and 
  similar 
  differences 
  will 
  be 
  observed 
  in 
  

   every 
  form 
  here 
  represented. 
  

  

  SPADES 
  OR 
  HOES 
  

  

  Spades 
  are 
  of 
  very 
  uncertain 
  character, 
  and 
  some 
  articles 
  possibly 
  

   used 
  as 
  such 
  might 
  be 
  considered 
  spears, 
  knives, 
  or 
  even 
  rude 
  celts. 
  

   Few 
  are 
  found 
  that 
  we 
  can 
  call 
  spades 
  and 
  nothing 
  more. 
  The 
  early 
  

  

  