﻿ABORIGINAL 
  CHIPPED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  6^ 
  

  

  one 
  sided 
  basal 
  drills, 
  and 
  those 
  oddly 
  curved, 
  but 
  these 
  seem 
  mere 
  

   freaks, 
  and 
  but 
  one 
  will 
  now 
  be 
  mentioned, 
  because 
  some 
  have 
  

   thought 
  it 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  in 
  forming 
  a 
  primitive 
  fish-hook, 
  by 
  

   binding 
  it 
  to 
  a 
  perforated 
  stick. 
  Dr 
  Rau 
  (see 
  Prehistoric 
  Ashing, 
  

   fig. 
  i8o) 
  shows 
  one 
  closely 
  resembling 
  this 
  in 
  a 
  Greenland 
  hook 
  of 
  

   wood 
  and 
  stone. 
  Capt. 
  John 
  Smith 
  speaks 
  of 
  a 
  similar 
  use 
  of 
  bone 
  

   in 
  Virginia. 
  ' 
  Their 
  hookes 
  are 
  either 
  a 
  bone 
  grated, 
  as 
  they 
  noch 
  

   their 
  arrowes 
  in 
  the 
  forme 
  of 
  a 
  crooked 
  pinne 
  or 
  fish-hooke, 
  or 
  of 
  

   the 
  splinter 
  of 
  a 
  bone 
  tyed 
  to 
  the 
  clift 
  of 
  a 
  little 
  sticke, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  line 
  they 
  tie 
  on 
  the 
  bait.' 
  That 
  this 
  article 
  is 
  well 
  adapted 
  for 
  

   such 
  use 
  will 
  be 
  readily 
  seen, 
  and 
  Dr 
  Rau's 
  figure 
  seems 
  almost 
  con- 
  

   clusive 
  proof. 
  

  

  Occasionally 
  a 
  drill 
  is 
  widened 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  between 
  the 
  base 
  

   and 
  point. 
  Very 
  simple 
  examples 
  of 
  these 
  occur, 
  but 
  sometimes 
  

   they 
  are 
  rather 
  curious. 
  Fig. 
  173 
  is 
  a 
  flat 
  form 
  of 
  drab 
  flint, 
  one 
  and 
  

   one 
  half 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  might 
  be 
  described 
  as 
  a 
  double 
  thumb- 
  

   screw. 
  While 
  the 
  center 
  has 
  been 
  well 
  preserved, 
  both 
  points 
  have 
  

   been 
  broken 
  off, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  evidently 
  quite 
  short 
  when 
  per- 
  

   fect, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  figure 
  presents 
  very 
  nearly 
  the 
  original 
  out- 
  

   line. 
  Even 
  now 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  most 
  interesting 
  article. 
  Fig. 
  174 
  is 
  

   another 
  odd 
  form, 
  very 
  wide, 
  and 
  deeply 
  notched. 
  Above 
  the 
  

   notches 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  described 
  as 
  broadly 
  winged, 
  but 
  the 
  barbs 
  form 
  

   its 
  most 
  distinctive 
  feature. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  drab 
  flint, 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  Rome, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  Many 
  drills 
  are 
  nearly 
  triangular, 
  and 
  occasionally 
  one 
  may 
  have 
  

   been 
  formed 
  from 
  an 
  arrow-head. 
  Fig. 
  175 
  may 
  have 
  had 
  such 
  a 
  

   primary 
  use, 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  moderate 
  narrowing 
  of 
  the 
  point. 
  It 
  is 
  

   notched, 
  of 
  dark 
  flint, 
  one 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  was 
  

   found 
  near 
  Three 
  River 
  Point. 
  Fig. 
  176 
  is 
  a 
  straight 
  perforator 
  of 
  

   common 
  hornstone, 
  two 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches 
  length. 
  The 
  base 
  is 
  

   better 
  finished 
  than 
  in 
  most 
  examples 
  of 
  this 
  variety, 
  which 
  are 
  often 
  

   smaller, 
  and 
  of 
  black 
  flint. 
  This 
  comes 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  lake, 
  where 
  

   many 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  have 
  been 
  found. 
  

  

  Sometimes 
  one 
  occurs, 
  straight 
  and 
  uniform, 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  rounded 
  

   point 
  at 
  each 
  end. 
  These 
  grade 
  into 
  a 
  broader 
  form, 
  which 
  seems 
  

   a 
  small 
  knife. 
  A 
  few 
  have 
  an 
  erratic 
  form, 
  marked 
  by 
  a 
  one 
  sided 
  

  

  