﻿ABORIGINAL 
  CHIPPED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  57 
  

  

  moderately 
  well 
  in 
  digging, 
  though 
  a 
  sensible 
  savage 
  might 
  have 
  

   much 
  preferred 
  a 
  sharp 
  stick, 
  horn, 
  or 
  bone. 
  As 
  hoes 
  they 
  would 
  

   have 
  been 
  more 
  useful, 
  and 
  this 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  their 
  office. 
  They 
  

   range 
  from 
  four 
  to 
  seven 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  with 
  a 
  proportionate 
  

   width 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  half, 
  and 
  have 
  a 
  wide 
  distribution. 
  Fig. 
  151 
  will 
  

   suffice 
  as 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  these. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  red 
  sandstone, 
  having 
  parallel 
  

   edges 
  and 
  rounded 
  angles. 
  It 
  is 
  chipped 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  flat 
  net 
  

   sinkers, 
  but 
  has 
  no 
  notches. 
  The 
  length 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  

   inches, 
  width 
  three 
  and 
  three 
  eighths, 
  and 
  thickness 
  five 
  eighths 
  of 
  an 
  

   inch. 
  This 
  is 
  from 
  a 
  village 
  site 
  on 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  where 
  many 
  

   were 
  found. 
  On 
  some 
  smaller 
  sites 
  they 
  also 
  occur, 
  while 
  on 
  others 
  

   they 
  are 
  altogether 
  lacking. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  added 
  that 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  these 
  

   sites 
  does 
  not 
  favor 
  the 
  theory 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  used 
  in 
  agriculture. 
  

  

  CHIPPE5D 
  STONE 
  AXES 
  

  

  Grooved 
  axes 
  are 
  rare 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  Canada, 
  and 
  probably 
  

   were 
  never 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Huron-Iroquois 
  family. 
  Chipped 
  implements 
  

   of 
  an 
  axe-like 
  form 
  are 
  no 
  more 
  plentiful 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  while 
  the 
  

   common 
  celt, 
  or 
  polished 
  stone 
  axe, 
  without 
  grooves, 
  is 
  both 
  abun- 
  

   dant 
  and 
  variable. 
  These 
  were 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  even 
  after 
  white 
  

   contact. 
  Although 
  iron 
  axes 
  quickly 
  came 
  into 
  use, 
  yet 
  Champlain 
  

   said 
  that 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  were 
  not 
  well 
  supplied 
  with 
  these 
  in 
  1609, 
  

   and 
  some 
  still 
  employed 
  the 
  primitive 
  axe 
  of 
  stone. 
  Fig. 
  152 
  shows 
  

   a 
  rudely 
  notched 
  implement 
  of 
  brown 
  sandstone, 
  from 
  Oswego 
  Falls, 
  

   much 
  like 
  a 
  modern 
  hatchet 
  in 
  outline. 
  It 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  and 
  is 
  quite 
  flat. 
  This 
  is 
  an 
  unusual 
  form, 
  although 
  other 
  

   rude 
  implements 
  have 
  some 
  resemblance 
  to 
  it. 
  A 
  much 
  neater 
  and 
  

   more 
  regularly 
  chipped 
  axe 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  material, 
  is 
  from 
  Brewerton. 
  

   It 
  is 
  five 
  inches 
  long, 
  with 
  a 
  width 
  of 
  two 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  inches 
  to- 
  

   wards 
  the 
  cutting 
  edge, 
  and 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  The 
  

   lateral 
  edges 
  are 
  straight. 
  Fig. 
  153 
  represents 
  a 
  fine 
  article 
  of 
  fer- 
  

   ruginous 
  flint, 
  somewhat 
  square, 
  and 
  five 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  long 
  

   by 
  about 
  three 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  wide. 
  It 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  Oneida 
  

   river, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  moderate 
  thickness. 
  There 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  it 
  

   was 
  used 
  as 
  an 
  axe. 
  

  

  Chipped 
  celts 
  were 
  quite 
  abundant 
  almost 
  everywhere, 
  and 
  were 
  

   sometimes 
  a 
  final, 
  sometimes 
  a 
  transitional 
  form. 
  The 
  usual 
  course 
  

  

  