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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  occupied 
  by 
  this 
  people, 
  since 
  the 
  frequent 
  remains 
  found 
  in 
  

   this 
  neighborhood 
  bear 
  the 
  stamp 
  of 
  their 
  workmanship. 
  A 
  

   half 
  mile 
  to 
  the 
  eastward 
  of 
  this 
  point, 
  and 
  under 
  the 
  high 
  banks 
  

   to 
  the 
  right 
  of 
  the 
  Kingsbury 
  road 
  to 
  Sanford's 
  bridge, 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  

   site 
  yielding 
  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  unworked 
  flints. 
  It 
  would 
  appear 
  

   that 
  .these 
  agriculturists 
  worked 
  the 
  sand 
  plains 
  about 
  the 
  falls 
  

   of 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  as 
  these 
  two 
  points 
  are 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  

   city 
  of 
  Glens 
  Falls, 
  which 
  was 
  inhabited 
  ; 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  

   present 
  French 
  Catholic 
  church, 
  which 
  has 
  yielded 
  large 
  pestles, 
  

   and 
  another 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  cemetery, 
  and 
  between 
  it 
  and 
  Upper 
  

   Glen 
  street, 
  producing 
  various 
  flints. 
  That 
  these 
  early 
  inhabi- 
  

   tants 
  were 
  frequent 
  visitors 
  at 
  Lake 
  George 
  in 
  quest 
  of 
  game, 
  is 
  

   evidenced 
  by 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  several 
  of 
  their 
  camps, 
  notably 
  one 
  

   at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  and 
  another 
  at 
  Dunham's 
  bay. 
  We 
  could 
  

   not 
  rationally 
  expect 
  to 
  find 
  here 
  samples 
  of 
  their 
  farming 
  activi- 
  

   ties, 
  from 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  soil, 
  nor 
  do 
  we. 
  But 
  the 
  pottery 
  is 
  

   in 
  evidence 
  here, 
  showing 
  that, 
  like' 
  their 
  white 
  successors, 
  they 
  

   appreciated 
  the 
  advantages 
  of 
  life 
  and 
  health, 
  which 
  lie 
  in 
  fre- 
  

   quent 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  protracted 
  fishing 
  and 
  hunting 
  trips. 
  These 
  

   small 
  sites 
  — 
  there 
  must 
  be 
  many 
  more 
  of 
  them 
  along 
  the 
  shores 
  

   and 
  among 
  the 
  islands 
  — 
  were 
  their 
  camps. 
  

  

  Returning 
  to 
  our 
  base 
  as 
  Glen 
  lake, 
  we 
  find 
  traces 
  along 
  the 
  

   eastern 
  shore 
  ; 
  and 
  branching 
  near 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  a 
  line 
  

   of 
  population 
  followed 
  very 
  nearly 
  by 
  the 
  present 
  line 
  as 
  far 
  

   south 
  as 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  De 
  Long's 
  brickyard. 
  Spreading 
  

   to 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  west, 
  this 
  takes 
  in 
  the 
  famous 
  Blind 
  rock 
  and 
  

   Hunter's 
  brook 
  tracts 
  with 
  the 
  immediately 
  adjoining 
  territory. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  interesting 
  local 
  problems 
  is 
  the 
  relation 
  

   of 
  the 
  Eskimos 
  to 
  the 
  region 
  east 
  of 
  Canada 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  

   former 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  half 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  — 
  

   about 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes, 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  river 
  and 
  the 
  adjacent 
  

   smaller 
  streams 
  and 
  lakes. 
  The 
  Eskimos 
  of 
  Point 
  Barrow 
  retain 
  

   in 
  present 
  use 
  a 
  certain 
  kind 
  of 
  blade 
  or 
  knife 
  of 
  slate, 
  ground 
  

   and 
  finely 
  polished, 
  in 
  length 
  of 
  three 
  to 
  eight 
  inches, 
  stemmed 
  

   and 
  usually 
  barbed, 
  sometimes 
  thin 
  and 
  flat, 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  bevel 
  

   to 
  form 
  the 
  cutting 
  edges, 
  often 
  more 
  thick, 
  beveled 
  off 
  from 
  

   a 
  central 
  longitudinal 
  ridge 
  running 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  blade. 
  

   These 
  tools 
  are 
  singular 
  in 
  that 
  no 
  other 
  existing 
  peoples 
  

   use 
  them, 
  nor 
  from 
  what 
  follows 
  does 
  it 
  seem 
  that 
  any 
  

   other 
  people 
  ever 
  did 
  use 
  them. 
  In 
  the 
  portion 
  of 
  Canada 
  bor- 
  

   dering 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes, 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  streams 
  and 
  lakes 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  