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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  some 
  reference 
  to 
  flint, 
  or 
  kahnhia. 
  A 
  little 
  later 
  Father 
  Bruyas-^ 
  

   defined 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  gannohouagethon, 
  to 
  scrape 
  a 
  hide, 
  and 
  another 
  

   word 
  expressed 
  the 
  stretching 
  process. 
  In 
  a 
  rude 
  way 
  they 
  are 
  still, 
  

   or 
  were 
  recently, 
  in 
  use 
  among 
  some 
  of 
  our 
  western 
  indians, 
  but 
  not 
  

   in 
  forms 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  old. 
  The 
  Eskimo 
  still 
  use 
  them, 
  inserted 
  in 
  

   handles, 
  and 
  one 
  specimen 
  here 
  figured 
  is 
  almost 
  exactly 
  like 
  those 
  

   which 
  they 
  make. 
  

  

  Dr 
  Abbott 
  says 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey 
  scrapers, 
  ' 
  One 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  Euro- 
  

   pean 
  scrapers 
  is 
  having 
  one 
  side 
  flat 
  or 
  uniform, 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  

   breaking 
  away 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  flake, 
  thus 
  giving 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  the 
  smooth 
  

   surface 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  plane 
  of 
  cleavage. 
  We 
  have 
  all 
  our 
  specimens 
  

   chipped 
  upon 
  both 
  sides, 
  unless 
  it 
  be 
  those 
  of 
  about 
  the 
  minimum 
  

   size, 
  which 
  appear 
  absolutely 
  identical 
  with 
  the 
  European 
  specimens.' 
  

   In 
  New 
  York, 
  however, 
  a 
  large 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  examples 
  

   have 
  this 
  single 
  cleavage, 
  while 
  full 
  chipping 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  is 
  confined 
  

   to 
  a 
  few. 
  From 
  Sir 
  John 
  Lubbock's 
  illustrations, 
  Dr 
  Abbott 
  also 
  

   thought 
  European 
  specimens 
  rudely 
  chipped 
  in 
  comparison 
  with 
  

   American, 
  and 
  a 
  similar 
  comparison 
  would 
  show 
  the 
  high 
  character 
  

   of 
  those 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  As 
  regards 
  their 
  distribution 
  no 
  exact 
  statement 
  can 
  be 
  made. 
  In. 
  

   some 
  form 
  they 
  seem 
  distributed 
  throughout 
  the 
  world, 
  but 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   portion 
  in 
  any 
  collection 
  will 
  vary 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  field 
  in 
  which 
  

   it 
  has 
  been 
  principally 
  made. 
  Mr 
  Douglass 
  has 
  220 
  New 
  York 
  

   scrapers, 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  1061. 
  Of 
  these 
  636 
  came 
  from 
  Missouri, 
  

   and 
  71 
  from 
  Arkansas. 
  From 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  states 
  he 
  has 
  none 
  

   at 
  all. 
  Dr 
  Rau 
  figured 
  them 
  only 
  from 
  Ohio 
  and 
  Texas. 
  In 
  the 
  

   Wagman 
  Saratoga 
  collection 
  none 
  are 
  mentioned, 
  but 
  such 
  omissions 
  

   may 
  be 
  due 
  to 
  their 
  frequent 
  lack 
  of 
  beauty. 
  In 
  a 
  show 
  collection 
  

   they 
  might 
  make 
  a 
  poor 
  figure. 
  

  

  SERRATE 
  ARROWS 
  

  

  The 
  serrate 
  arrow 
  forms, 
  which 
  Evans 
  called 
  saws 
  in 
  Great 
  Britain, 
  

   are 
  quite 
  rare 
  in 
  New' 
  York, 
  but 
  are 
  common 
  farther 
  west 
  and 
  south. 
  

   The 
  materials 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  few 
  found 
  here 
  are 
  made, 
  point 
  to 
  a 
  distant 
  

   origin. 
  Fig. 
  201 
  is 
  of 
  translucent 
  horn 
  colored 
  flint, 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  

   quarters 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  it 
  comes 
  from 
  Nine 
  Mile 
  creek, 
  some 
  miles 
  

  

  