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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  have 
  become 
  chalky 
  white 
  in 
  color, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  so 
  soit 
  as 
  

   to 
  permit 
  whittling 
  with 
  a 
  sharp 
  knife. 
  Other 
  objects 
  have 
  suf- 
  

   fered 
  surface 
  changes 
  from 
  the 
  original 
  dull 
  black 
  of 
  the 
  stone 
  to 
  

   a 
  lustrous 
  yellow, 
  or 
  buff, 
  or 
  mottled 
  color, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  dif- 
  

   ference 
  in 
  soils 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  imbedded. 
  Such 
  changes 
  in 
  

   .the 
  appearance 
  and 
  structure 
  of 
  flint 
  can 
  come 
  only 
  through 
  ex- 
  

   ceedingly 
  long 
  and 
  slow 
  processes, 
  and 
  are 
  occasioned 
  by 
  the 
  

   percolation 
  through 
  soil 
  of 
  water 
  charged 
  with 
  certain 
  chemical 
  

   elements, 
  the 
  effect 
  upon 
  the 
  stone 
  being 
  the 
  disintegration 
  or 
  

   final 
  breaking 
  down 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  kinds 
  of 
  silica 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  

   is 
  composed. 
  

  

  The 
  older 
  artifacts 
  occur 
  mainly 
  on 
  a 
  few 
  extensive 
  sites 
  about 
  

   the 
  southern 
  end 
  of 
  Lake 
  George 
  ; 
  at 
  East 
  Lake 
  George 
  ; 
  at 
  Glen 
  

   lake, 
  and 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  site 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  town 
  line 
  about 
  half 
  way 
  

   between 
  Dunham's 
  bay 
  and 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  at 
  Sandy 
  Hill. 
  

   These 
  sites, 
  which 
  Doctor 
  Beauchamp 
  calls 
  " 
  Early 
  sites," 
  are 
  

   easily 
  recognized 
  by 
  the 
  initiated, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  remains 
  

   they 
  yield. 
  Alassive 
  spear 
  or 
  lance 
  heads, 
  thick 
  and 
  heavy, 
  yet 
  

   in 
  many 
  cases 
  almost 
  as 
  symmetrical 
  and 
  orderly 
  in 
  construction 
  

   as 
  if 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  wrought 
  by 
  machinery 
  instead 
  of 
  by 
  hand 
  

   and 
  eye; 
  knives 
  of 
  flint 
  and 
  fine 
  sandstone, 
  thin 
  and 
  carefully 
  

   wrought, 
  leaf-shaped 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  edged 
  all 
  around, 
  flaked 
  by 
  

   unground 
  axes 
  of 
  sandstone 
  and 
  quartzite 
  ; 
  acutely 
  edged, 
  finely 
  

   shaped 
  adzes 
  and 
  gouges 
  of 
  fine 
  sandstone, 
  of 
  hollow 
  and 
  round- 
  

   backed 
  types 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  waterside 
  sites 
  large 
  flaked 
  disks 
  of 
  coarse 
  

   sandstone, 
  worked 
  to 
  an 
  edge 
  all 
  around. 
  

  

  Following 
  these 
  traces 
  of 
  earlier 
  men 
  in 
  Warren 
  county, 
  are 
  

   the 
  rather 
  more 
  broadly-sown 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  succeeding 
  populations 
  

   of 
  different 
  habits 
  and 
  instincts 
  from 
  their 
  predecessors, 
  and 
  in 
  

   these 
  same 
  respects 
  also 
  differing 
  quite 
  as 
  much 
  from 
  each 
  

   other. 
  Our 
  present 
  knowledge 
  in 
  the 
  matter 
  does 
  not 
  definitely 
  

   justify 
  us 
  in 
  saying 
  which 
  was 
  the 
  earlier 
  of 
  the 
  two, 
  but 
  their 
  

   large 
  and 
  often 
  curiously 
  decorated 
  pestles 
  and 
  mortars 
  of 
  stone 
  

   show 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  a 
  knowledge 
  of 
  agriculture. 
  The 
  Eskimo 
  

   relics 
  discovered 
  point 
  this 
  people 
  as 
  once 
  inhabiting 
  our 
  lands. 
  

   For 
  the 
  sake 
  of 
  convenience 
  only, 
  we 
  will 
  turn 
  our 
  attention 
  

   first 
  to 
  the 
  traces 
  of 
  the 
  first-mentioned 
  people, 
  in 
  an 
  endeavor 
  

   to 
  outline 
  their 
  habitat 
  and 
  realize 
  something 
  of 
  their 
  character 
  

   and 
  employments. 
  They 
  were 
  agriculturists, 
  huntsmen 
  and 
  

   fishermen, 
  drawing 
  from 
  soil 
  and 
  forest 
  and 
  lake 
  and 
  river, 
  

   their 
  means 
  of 
  living. 
  This 
  signifies 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  a 
  people 
  of 
  

  

  