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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  knife, 
  though 
  both 
  these 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  quite 
  as 
  long, 
  and 
  it 
  may- 
  

   be 
  best 
  to 
  consider 
  it 
  a 
  digging 
  implement 
  for 
  the 
  present. 
  Smaller 
  

   specimens 
  are 
  common, 
  with 
  a 
  similar 
  outline. 
  An 
  elliptical 
  one 
  of 
  

   drab 
  flint, 
  five 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  inches 
  long, 
  also 
  came 
  from 
  Oneida 
  

   lake. 
  Another, 
  with 
  straighter 
  sides, 
  is 
  from 
  Brewerton, 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  

   of 
  the 
  same 
  sheet 
  of 
  water. 
  This 
  is 
  of 
  grey 
  flint, 
  and 
  is 
  seven 
  and 
  

   three 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  wide. 
  This 
  

   would 
  be 
  called 
  a 
  knife 
  but 
  for 
  its 
  size. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  equilateral, 
  but 
  while 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  edges 
  is 
  straight, 
  the 
  other 
  is 
  longer, 
  and 
  curves 
  

   gradually 
  to 
  meet 
  it 
  at 
  the 
  point. 
  Quite 
  a 
  number 
  are 
  between 
  five 
  

   and 
  six 
  inches 
  long, 
  coming 
  from 
  several 
  places. 
  

  

  Two 
  fine 
  leaf-shaped 
  implements 
  from 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  river 
  

   should 
  be 
  mentioned. 
  One 
  is 
  from 
  Nichols, 
  and 
  measures 
  loj 
  by 
  

   six 
  inches. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  25 
  years 
  ago. 
  The 
  other 
  is 
  from 
  Owego, 
  

   and 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  smaller, 
  being 
  10 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  four 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  

   wide. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  light 
  translucent 
  flint, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  50 
  years 
  ago, 
  

   just 
  below 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  river 
  bridge. 
  

  

  A 
  different 
  form 
  of 
  flint 
  implement 
  was 
  certainly 
  used 
  for 
  digging, 
  

   although 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  moderate 
  way. 
  The 
  form 
  was 
  often 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  

   shouldered 
  spear, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  point 
  rounded 
  and 
  polished 
  by 
  contact 
  

   with 
  the 
  earth. 
  Fig. 
  149 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  example 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  

   made 
  of 
  grey 
  flint, 
  and 
  four 
  inches 
  long. 
  Fig. 
  148 
  is 
  another 
  of 
  

   common 
  flint, 
  found 
  near 
  Rome, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  This 
  has 
  no 
  shoulder, 
  and 
  

   may 
  also 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  knife, 
  but 
  the 
  narrow 
  point 
  is 
  highly 
  

   polished 
  by 
  use. 
  It 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches 
  long. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  

   probable 
  that 
  this 
  was 
  a 
  secondary 
  use; 
  a 
  broken 
  point 
  being 
  re- 
  

   chipped, 
  and 
  then 
  used 
  in 
  this 
  way. 
  It 
  is 
  even 
  more 
  likely 
  that 
  spears 
  

   and 
  knives 
  were 
  sometimes 
  used 
  in 
  digging. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  150 
  is 
  a 
  pointed 
  leaf-shaped 
  implement, 
  which 
  one 
  hesitates 
  

   to 
  call 
  either 
  spade 
  or 
  hoe, 
  so 
  handsome 
  is 
  the 
  material 
  and 
  so 
  fine 
  

   the 
  work. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  orange 
  jasper, 
  five 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  nearly 
  

   three 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  wide. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  Onondaga 
  lake, 
  

   where 
  others 
  of 
  less 
  beauty 
  occur. 
  This 
  figure 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  two 
  

   are 
  reduced 
  to 
  three 
  fourths 
  of 
  the 
  actual 
  size. 
  Others, 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   general 
  shape 
  as 
  the 
  last, 
  are 
  less 
  pointed. 
  

  

  Some 
  broad, 
  thin, 
  and 
  celt-like 
  chipped 
  sandstones 
  are 
  often 
  now 
  

   classed 
  as 
  spades, 
  and 
  occur 
  on 
  some 
  village 
  sites. 
  They 
  would 
  do 
  

  

  