﻿ABORIGINAL 
  CHIPPED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  7 
  1 
  

  

  three 
  quarters 
  wide, 
  with 
  a 
  longer 
  base 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  last. 
  All 
  these, 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  following 
  two, 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  198 
  is 
  much 
  like 
  these, 
  but 
  is 
  simply 
  and 
  angularly 
  notched, 
  

   and 
  has 
  a 
  broad 
  scraper 
  edge. 
  The 
  material 
  is 
  black 
  flint, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   an 
  inch 
  long, 
  with 
  a 
  httle 
  greater 
  width. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  rare 
  form. 
  Fig. 
  199 
  

   is 
  another 
  small 
  and 
  peculiar 
  form, 
  made 
  of 
  dark 
  flint, 
  and 
  seven 
  

   eighths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  long. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  scraper 
  edge 
  nearly 
  all 
  around, 
  and 
  

   the 
  notched 
  stem 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  intended 
  for 
  insertion 
  in 
  a 
  

   handle. 
  The 
  form 
  is 
  unique. 
  Fig. 
  200 
  is 
  another 
  odd 
  form 
  from 
  the 
  

   same 
  river, 
  having 
  rounded 
  projections 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  much 
  

   the 
  thickest 
  at 
  the 
  scraper 
  end, 
  though 
  having 
  a 
  somewhat 
  massive 
  

   character 
  throughout. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  quite 
  dark 
  flint, 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  

   inches 
  long 
  by 
  an 
  inch 
  broad. 
  

  

  Some 
  others 
  combine 
  a 
  short 
  drill 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  scraper 
  base, 
  but 
  

   these 
  are 
  usually 
  rather 
  small. 
  The 
  combinations 
  with 
  knives 
  are 
  

   many. 
  Few 
  implements 
  vary 
  more, 
  and 
  their 
  forms 
  had 
  probably 
  

   much 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  special 
  uses, 
  as 
  in 
  dressing 
  hides, 
  cleaning 
  fish, 
  or 
  

   smoothing 
  wooden 
  implements. 
  Their 
  complete 
  disappearance 
  in 
  

   recent 
  prehistoric 
  times 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  along 
  witih 
  that 
  of 
  other 
  imple- 
  

   ments 
  quite 
  as 
  remarkable, 
  argues 
  a 
  great 
  and 
  sudden 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  

   dwellers 
  or 
  visitors 
  here. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  seiem 
  not 
  to 
  have 
  used 
  them, 
  

   nor 
  do 
  we 
  find 
  any 
  suggestion 
  of 
  a 
  similar 
  implement, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   stitution 
  of 
  bone 
  or 
  horn 
  perforators 
  for 
  those 
  of 
  stone. 
  The 
  makers 
  

   of 
  the 
  stone 
  scrapers 
  disappeared 
  from 
  New 
  York 
  long 
  ago, 
  and 
  yet 
  

   it 
  is 
  clear 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  once 
  very 
  widely 
  used, 
  reaching 
  the 
  Pacific 
  

   coast 
  and 
  even 
  Mexico. 
  Plainly 
  the 
  modern 
  Indian 
  did 
  not 
  inherit 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  remarkable 
  arts 
  of 
  his 
  predecessors. 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  significant 
  revelations 
  of 
  archeology. 
  A 
  new 
  race 
  came 
  in 
  and 
  

   early 
  arts 
  perished. 
  Beyond 
  the 
  making 
  of 
  arrows 
  and 
  axes 
  scarcely 
  

   anything 
  survived 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  This, 
  however, 
  must 
  be 
  understood 
  of 
  peculiar 
  implements. 
  The 
  

   dressing 
  of 
  hides 
  still 
  went 
  on, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  results 
  have 
  hardly 
  

   been 
  surpassed. 
  If 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  did 
  not 
  use 
  the 
  stone 
  scraper, 
  or 
  any 
  

   thing 
  closely 
  resembling 
  it, 
  they 
  employed 
  something 
  quite 
  as 
  

   effective, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  in 
  a 
  similar 
  way. 
  Corlaer, 
  in 
  1635, 
  gave 
  cana- 
  

   ■goerat 
  as 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  word 
  for 
  scraper, 
  which 
  may 
  or 
  may 
  not 
  have 
  

  

  