﻿ABORIGINAL 
  CHIPPED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  59 
  

  

  town 
  of 
  Marcy. 
  This 
  is 
  eight 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long. 
  Fig. 
  1 
  56 
  

   is 
  a 
  well 
  marked 
  form. 
  In 
  this 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  surface 
  is 
  flat, 
  the 
  cutting 
  

   edge 
  being 
  sharply 
  beveled 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  drab 
  flint, 
  two 
  and 
  

   one 
  quarter 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  thick. 
  It 
  comes 
  

   from 
  Seneca 
  river. 
  Another 
  finely 
  chipped 
  celt 
  is 
  from 
  near 
  Skane- 
  

   ateles 
  lake, 
  and 
  is 
  represented 
  by 
  fig. 
  159. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  brown 
  flint, 
  over 
  

   an 
  inch 
  thick, 
  and 
  sharpened 
  at 
  both 
  ends. 
  The 
  length 
  is 
  nearly 
  four 
  

   inches, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  symmetrical 
  throughout. 
  Fig. 
  160 
  is 
  of 
  common 
  

   hornstone, 
  with 
  parallel 
  sides 
  and 
  rounded 
  edge. 
  It 
  is 
  from 
  Cross 
  

   lake, 
  and 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long, 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  wide, 
  

   and 
  three 
  quarters 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  thick. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  neatly 
  chipped. 
  Fig. 
  

   161 
  is 
  of 
  unusual 
  material, 
  being 
  of 
  clouded 
  quartz, 
  well 
  worked. 
  It 
  

   is 
  two 
  inches 
  wide, 
  and 
  two 
  'and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  long. 
  This 
  is 
  from 
  

   Onondaga 
  lake. 
  Others 
  might 
  be 
  described, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  great 
  

   variation 
  in 
  form. 
  Only 
  a 
  few 
  are 
  elliptic, 
  but 
  several 
  have 
  the 
  wide 
  

   and 
  ground 
  edge. 
  Although 
  rare, 
  they 
  are 
  widely 
  distributed, 
  and 
  

   are 
  sometimes 
  of 
  choice 
  material. 
  

  

  An 
  earthwork 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Granby 
  has 
  no 
  relics 
  beyond 
  small 
  

   fragments 
  of 
  earthenware, 
  a 
  few 
  flint 
  flakes, 
  a 
  flat 
  sinker, 
  and 
  one 
  or 
  

   two 
  skeletons, 
  but 
  a 
  rude 
  celt 
  of 
  greenstone, 
  seven 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  was 
  found 
  quite 
  near. 
  The 
  indications 
  are 
  that 
  its 
  

   occupation 
  was 
  very 
  brief. 
  An 
  earthwork, 
  three 
  miles 
  southeast 
  of 
  

   Baldwinsville, 
  has 
  fine 
  celts, 
  but 
  many 
  more 
  which 
  are 
  very 
  rude, 
  

   varying 
  from 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  to 
  nine 
  inches 
  in 
  length. 
  One 
  of 
  

   the 
  latter 
  length 
  is 
  massive, 
  prominently 
  ridged 
  on 
  one 
  side, 
  and 
  but 
  

   little 
  worked. 
  Another 
  of 
  talc, 
  four 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  laterally 
  curved, 
  

   is 
  rudely 
  chipped, 
  but 
  is 
  remarkable 
  for 
  form 
  and 
  material. 
  Some 
  

   of 
  these 
  rough 
  celts 
  are 
  a 
  broad 
  ellipse. 
  The 
  only 
  earthwork 
  in 
  

   Wayne 
  county 
  furnished 
  a 
  rude 
  one 
  of 
  dark 
  crystalline 
  stone, 
  nine 
  

   and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  long. 
  Numberless 
  examples 
  might 
  be 
  given. 
  

  

  PERFORATORS 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  most 
  remarkable 
  and 
  perplexing 
  articles 
  of 
  flint 
  are 
  

   those 
  known 
  as 
  perforators 
  or 
  drills. 
  They 
  are 
  widely 
  distributed, 
  

   and 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  comparatively 
  early 
  date, 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  at 
  least, 
  not 
  

   having 
  been 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  who 
  preferred 
  awls 
  of 
  horn 
  or 
  

  

  