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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  rather 
  more 
  common 
  about 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  and 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  

   Oneida 
  lake 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  two 
  sites 
  just 
  named. 
  Prof. 
  D. 
  F. 
  Thomp- 
  

   son 
  of 
  Troy 
  obtained 
  one 
  from 
  the 
  Bolton 
  shore 
  of 
  Lake 
  George; 
  

   and 
  from 
  Lake 
  Champlain, 
  as 
  we 
  might 
  expect, 
  come 
  a 
  few 
  others. 
  

   A 
  single 
  specimen, 
  the 
  largest, 
  but 
  also 
  the 
  rudest 
  in 
  point 
  of 
  finish 
  

   yet 
  reported, 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  Maine 
  lakes. 
  

  

  Exactly 
  what 
  took 
  place 
  here 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  period 
  we 
  

   have 
  been 
  considering 
  we 
  do 
  not 
  know. 
  But, 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  the 
  

   alphabet 
  of 
  relics, 
  supplied 
  by 
  the 
  superficial 
  soil, 
  we 
  are 
  able 
  

   to 
  spell 
  out 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  great 
  confusion. 
  The 
  country 
  here 
  seems 
  

   to 
  have 
  been 
  overrun 
  from 
  about 
  every 
  quarter, 
  judging 
  from 
  

   the 
  pattern 
  and 
  material, 
  foreign 
  to 
  the 
  locality, 
  of 
  relics 
  scat- 
  

   tered 
  so 
  profusely 
  about 
  our 
  fields. 
  Flint 
  from 
  Ohio 
  and 
  farther 
  

   west 
  ; 
  copper 
  from 
  Michigan 
  ; 
  grooved 
  axes 
  and 
  soapstone 
  pot- 
  

   tery 
  from 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  tract; 
  opaque 
  quartz, 
  and 
  even 
  obsidian, 
  

   from 
  the 
  south 
  — 
  all 
  these 
  meet 
  and 
  dispute 
  for 
  the 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  

   archeologist 
  on 
  Queensbury 
  ground. 
  At 
  Assembly 
  point, 
  on 
  

   Lake 
  George, 
  is 
  a 
  site 
  yielding 
  beaten 
  copper 
  spear 
  and 
  arrow- 
  

   heads. 
  In 
  Mr 
  Auringer's 
  explorations, 
  he 
  found 
  a 
  large 
  grooved 
  

   and 
  polished 
  limestone 
  axe 
  from 
  the 
  often-occupied 
  site 
  in 
  Har- 
  

   risena; 
  and 
  in 
  line 
  of 
  association, 
  fragments 
  of 
  large 
  steatite, 
  or 
  

   soapstone 
  pottery, 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  site 
  southwest 
  of 
  

   Glens 
  Falls 
  by 
  a 
  local 
  collector. 
  This 
  signifies 
  the 
  presence 
  in 
  

   the 
  intermediate 
  period 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  Algonquins. 
  On 
  

   Harrisena 
  site 
  again 
  are 
  found 
  broad, 
  thin 
  and 
  symmetrical 
  pol- 
  

   ished 
  limestone 
  celts 
  of 
  quite 
  other 
  origin 
  than 
  the 
  axes. 
  How 
  

   long 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  confusion 
  lasted, 
  it 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  know. 
  

  

  The 
  territory 
  including 
  Queensbury 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  Algonquins' 
  

   hands 
  when 
  the 
  Europeans 
  appeared 
  on 
  the 
  scene. 
  Having 
  

   driven 
  out 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  they 
  ruled 
  once 
  more 
  undisturbed 
  in 
  

   their 
  ancient 
  habitat. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  had 
  gone 
  down 
  by 
  two 
  

   principal 
  routes 
  to 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  valley, 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  already, 
  

   prior 
  to 
  the 
  advent 
  of 
  the 
  whites, 
  formed 
  their 
  powerful 
  Con- 
  

   federacy. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  routes 
  was 
  by 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  and 
  

   Lake 
  Ontario. 
  The 
  other 
  was 
  by 
  the 
  Champlain 
  and 
  Lake 
  

   George 
  trail 
  to 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river, 
  and 
  thence 
  to 
  the 
  mouths 
  of 
  

   the 
  Mohawk. 
  It 
  is 
  possible 
  to 
  trace 
  their 
  line 
  of 
  migration 
  from 
  

   Dunham's 
  bay 
  southeastward 
  to 
  the 
  county 
  line 
  and 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  

   Hudson 
  at 
  Hudson 
  Falls. 
  The 
  first 
  stage 
  of 
  this 
  overland 
  exodus 
  is 
  

   well 
  marked 
  by 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  a 
  considerable 
  town 
  situated 
  on 
  

   the 
  fiats 
  bordering 
  the 
  inlet 
  at 
  Dunham's 
  bay. 
  From 
  this 
  point 
  

  

  