﻿ABORIGINAL 
  CHIPPED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  nowhere 
  else. 
  They 
  vary 
  from 
  almost 
  triangular 
  to 
  nearly 
  circular. 
  

   This 
  one 
  is 
  of 
  common 
  flint, 
  with 
  conspicuous 
  but 
  obtuse 
  serrations 
  

   -at 
  the 
  broad 
  end, 
  and 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long. 
  Some 
  others 
  

   there 
  are 
  much 
  more 
  finely 
  and 
  sharply 
  serrate, 
  but 
  this 
  serration 
  is 
  

   along 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  longer 
  sides. 
  They 
  probably 
  had 
  some 
  local 
  use. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  remarkable 
  class 
  of 
  scrapers, 
  combining 
  the 
  knife 
  with 
  

   these, 
  occurs 
  in 
  but 
  very 
  moderate 
  numbers, 
  and 
  somewhat 
  local 
  at 
  

   that. 
  They 
  may 
  be 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  or 
  very 
  much 
  curved, 
  and 
  there 
  

   is 
  usually 
  a 
  tang 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  resembling 
  a 
  handle, 
  drawn 
  out 
  into 
  a 
  

   shoulder 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  They 
  are 
  quite 
  likely 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  in 
  

   fashioning 
  bows 
  and 
  arrows, 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  combination 
  of 
  a 
  convex 
  

   knife 
  with 
  a 
  concave 
  scraper 
  admirably 
  fitted 
  them. 
  Perhaps 
  less 
  

   than 
  a 
  dozen 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  Fig. 
  190 
  is 
  a 
  perfect 
  

   •example 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  made 
  of 
  brown 
  and 
  drab 
  flint, 
  and 
  

   three 
  inches 
  long. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  typical 
  form, 
  much 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  curved 
  

   sword 
  with 
  its 
  cross 
  hilt. 
  One 
  much 
  more 
  curved, 
  but 
  unfortunately 
  

   -a 
  Httle 
  broken, 
  is 
  from 
  Brewerton. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  common 
  hornstone, 
  two 
  

   and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  has 
  the 
  deepest 
  curve 
  of 
  any 
  yet 
  re- 
  

   ported. 
  Out 
  of 
  several 
  which 
  do 
  not 
  essentially 
  differ 
  from 
  these, 
  

   may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  one 
  of 
  a 
  gritty 
  brown 
  flint, 
  which 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  

   eighth 
  inches 
  long. 
  Fig. 
  191 
  represents 
  this, 
  which 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  

   Oswego 
  river. 
  At 
  the 
  point 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  knob-like 
  expansion. 
  A 
  very 
  

   odd 
  one 
  comes 
  from 
  Cross 
  lake, 
  and 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  light 
  grey 
  flint, 
  one 
  

   -and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long. 
  It 
  is 
  more 
  angular 
  than 
  others, 
  but 
  

   the 
  blade 
  does 
  not 
  present 
  so 
  decided 
  a 
  curve. 
  In 
  others 
  the 
  scraper 
  

   edge 
  is 
  quite 
  as 
  decidedly 
  developed, 
  and 
  they 
  grade 
  into 
  nearly 
  

   straight 
  forms 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  features. 
  In 
  all 
  the 
  concave 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  

   l)lade 
  is 
  quite 
  thick, 
  while 
  the 
  convex 
  edge 
  is 
  comparatively 
  thin 
  and 
  

   sharp. 
  In 
  the 
  supplement 
  to 
  his 
  illustrations 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  col- 
  

   lections, 
  Dr 
  Rau 
  figured 
  a 
  fine 
  example 
  from 
  Ohio, 
  about 
  two 
  inches 
  

   long, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  described 
  by 
  Abbott 
  among 
  New 
  Jersey 
  arti- 
  

   cles, 
  or 
  by 
  Fowke 
  among 
  those 
  farther 
  west 
  and 
  south. 
  None 
  have 
  

   been 
  reported 
  in 
  Canada, 
  and 
  they 
  seem 
  practically 
  a 
  New 
  York 
  im- 
  

   plement, 
  local 
  even 
  there. 
  The 
  advantage 
  of 
  the 
  combination 
  and 
  the 
  

   peculiar 
  form 
  will 
  be 
  readily 
  seen. 
  

  

  A 
  still 
  rarer 
  form, 
  in 
  fact 
  quite 
  unique, 
  is 
  one 
  which 
  did 
  not 
  return 
  

   from 
  a 
  scientific 
  mission, 
  greatly 
  to 
  the 
  owner's 
  sorrow. 
  Fig. 
  192 
  is 
  

  

  