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  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  IO,I2 
  51 
  

  

  upper 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  Empire 
  State, 
  many 
  tools 
  of 
  identical 
  character 
  

   are 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  soil, 
  associated 
  with 
  other 
  objects 
  such 
  as 
  flint 
  

   arrow 
  points, 
  chipped 
  quartzite 
  blades, 
  and 
  the 
  peculiar 
  form 
  of 
  

   chipped 
  flint 
  scraper 
  in 
  archeology 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Eskimo 
  scraper, 
  

   from 
  its 
  identity 
  with 
  like 
  tools 
  in 
  use 
  by 
  the 
  Eskimo 
  of 
  the 
  

   north 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time. 
  Dr 
  William 
  M. 
  Beauchamp, 
  whom 
  

   we 
  esteem 
  the 
  best 
  authority 
  in 
  archeological 
  matters 
  relating 
  

   to 
  our 
  State, 
  has 
  furnished 
  an 
  excellent 
  study 
  of 
  these 
  remains; 
  

   aiid 
  he 
  seems 
  unhesitating 
  in 
  his 
  belief 
  that 
  at 
  some 
  period 
  quite 
  

   remote, 
  the 
  regions 
  about 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  northward 
  of 
  us 
  were 
  the 
  

   established 
  homes 
  of 
  the 
  tribes 
  now 
  inhabiting 
  the 
  far 
  north, 
  

   known 
  as 
  the 
  Eskimos. 
  The 
  truth 
  would 
  appear 
  to 
  be, 
  that 
  this 
  

   was 
  their 
  home 
  at 
  a 
  remote 
  period, 
  when 
  the 
  climate 
  retained 
  

   considerably 
  more 
  of 
  arctic 
  severity 
  than 
  is 
  known 
  at 
  present; 
  

   and 
  that, 
  following 
  the 
  receding 
  cold 
  upon 
  the 
  gradual 
  encroach- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  warmer 
  conditions, 
  and 
  the 
  migration 
  of 
  the 
  cold-loving 
  

   animals 
  upon 
  which 
  they 
  subsisted, 
  they 
  tended 
  gradually 
  north- 
  

   ward 
  till 
  they 
  at 
  length 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  utmost 
  north 
  the 
  favorite 
  

   conditions 
  of 
  their 
  well-being. 
  Their 
  chief 
  habitat 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  

   of 
  Queensbury 
  was 
  about 
  Glen 
  lake. 
  There, 
  at 
  the 
  northern 
  end, 
  

   or 
  outlet, 
  was 
  a 
  large, 
  permanently 
  established 
  town 
  covering 
  

   many 
  acres, 
  from 
  which 
  ran 
  lines 
  of 
  habitation 
  in 
  various 
  direc- 
  

   tions 
  : 
  first 
  northward 
  under 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  French 
  mountain 
  for 
  a 
  

   distance, 
  then 
  striking 
  off 
  to 
  East 
  Lake 
  George, 
  where, 
  as 
  we 
  

   might 
  expect, 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  large 
  village;, 
  second, 
  a 
  shorter 
  line, 
  

   comprising 
  three 
  small 
  sites, 
  with 
  its 
  terminus 
  at 
  Lake 
  Sunny- 
  

   side. 
  Here, 
  on 
  the 
  abrupt 
  hill 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  was 
  

   one 
  of 
  their 
  lake 
  dwellings. 
  In 
  the 
  collection 
  from 
  Queensbury 
  

   just 
  donated 
  by 
  Dr 
  Albert 
  Vander 
  Veer, 
  is 
  a 
  card 
  of 
  several 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  polished 
  slate 
  knife," 
  among 
  which 
  is 
  one 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Washburn 
  farm 
  at 
  French 
  mountain, 
  about 
  a 
  

   mile 
  from 
  Glen 
  lake. 
  It 
  is 
  made 
  from 
  Kingsbury 
  banded 
  red 
  

   and 
  gray 
  slate, 
  the 
  red 
  predominating, 
  is 
  of 
  lance-head 
  form, 
  

   seven 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  by 
  about 
  one 
  inch 
  in 
  mean 
  breadth, 
  has 
  

   a 
  central 
  longitudinal 
  ridge 
  on 
  each 
  surface, 
  is 
  acutely 
  pointed, 
  

   with 
  sharp 
  edges. 
  The 
  stem 
  is 
  notched 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  well-de- 
  

   fined 
  barbs. 
  With 
  one 
  exception 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  finest 
  object 
  of 
  its 
  

   kind 
  among 
  the 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  odd 
  specimens 
  so 
  far 
  reported. 
  

   Saratoga 
  lake 
  has 
  furnished 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  these 
  knives, 
  and 
  two 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  have 
  been 
  discovered 
  at 
  Marcy, 
  in 
  Oneida 
  county. 
  They 
  are 
  

  

  