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  CHIPPED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
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  They 
  vary 
  greatly 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  finish, 
  and 
  some 
  very 
  closely 
  resemble 
  

   those 
  yet 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Eskimo. 
  They 
  form 
  a 
  very 
  widely 
  spread 
  class 
  

   of 
  implements, 
  often 
  adapted 
  to 
  local 
  needs. 
  

  

  The 
  ruder 
  scrapers 
  need 
  not 
  be 
  illustrated 
  now, 
  as 
  they 
  took 
  almost 
  

   any 
  form, 
  like 
  the 
  ruder 
  knives, 
  presenting 
  nothing 
  characteristic 
  

   except 
  the 
  beveled 
  edge 
  and 
  flat 
  under 
  surface. 
  A 
  chance 
  flake, 
  or 
  a 
  

   flat 
  pebble 
  might 
  be 
  otherwise 
  unaltered. 
  Some 
  are 
  extremely 
  small, 
  

   being 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  an 
  inch 
  long, 
  while 
  others 
  are 
  quite 
  massive. 
  Fig. 
  

   178 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  example 
  of 
  a 
  simple 
  and 
  large 
  form 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  

   river. 
  The 
  material 
  is 
  brown 
  flint, 
  two 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long. 
  

   This 
  is 
  boldly 
  but 
  neatly 
  flaked, 
  and 
  is 
  more 
  massive 
  and 
  uniform 
  in 
  

   thickness 
  than 
  usual, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  flatter 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side. 
  Another 
  

   from 
  Onondaga 
  lake, 
  of 
  mottled 
  flint 
  and 
  one 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  inches 
  

   long, 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  like 
  this, 
  but 
  the 
  under 
  surface 
  is 
  somewhat 
  curved 
  

   and 
  twisted, 
  and 
  the 
  implement 
  is 
  proportionally 
  broader. 
  One 
  of 
  

   yellow 
  jasper, 
  from 
  Oswego 
  Falls, 
  closely 
  resembles 
  this 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  

   character. 
  A 
  fragment 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  one 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  is 
  still 
  

   two 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  by 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches, 
  but 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  

   ruder 
  type. 
  A 
  very 
  neat 
  and 
  depressed 
  scraper, 
  almost 
  of 
  a 
  horse- 
  

   shoe 
  form, 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Marcy, 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  

   river. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  drab 
  flint, 
  and 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches 
  in 
  length. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  183 
  is 
  given 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  small 
  size, 
  although 
  typical 
  of 
  

   quite 
  a 
  class. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  site 
  on 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  inlet 
  of 
  Onon- 
  

   daga 
  lake, 
  which 
  w^as 
  a 
  frequent 
  camping 
  place 
  in 
  early 
  days, 
  some- 
  

   times 
  apparently 
  occupied 
  for 
  months 
  at 
  a 
  time. 
  Bone 
  harpoons, 
  

   pottery, 
  flint 
  and 
  bone 
  articles, 
  the 
  so-called 
  spades, 
  and 
  other 
  things 
  

   occur 
  there. 
  In 
  excavating 
  an 
  ash-bed 
  there 
  this 
  little 
  scraper 
  was 
  

   found. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  common 
  flint, 
  ridged 
  in 
  the 
  center, 
  and 
  but 
  seven 
  

   sixteenths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  long. 
  Another, 
  but 
  five 
  eighths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  

   length, 
  comes 
  from 
  Seneca 
  county. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  177 
  is 
  a 
  very, 
  curious 
  article, 
  not 
  a 
  typical 
  scraper, 
  and 
  yet 
  

   probably 
  used 
  for 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  purposes, 
  that 
  of 
  fashioning 
  the 
  shafts 
  of 
  

   arrows. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  from 
  a 
  broken 
  arrow-head, 
  and 
  

   was 
  found 
  in 
  1889 
  i^ 
  ^ 
  cache 
  in 
  Cayuga 
  county. 
  The 
  cache 
  contained 
  

   also 
  twenty 
  arrows 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  number 
  of 
  flint 
  knives, 
  a 
  quantity 
  

   of 
  mica, 
  some 
  antler 
  prongs, 
  paint, 
  and 
  other 
  things. 
  Also 
  a 
  turtle 
  

  

  