﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  537 
  

  

  Complete 
  flint 
  articles 
  were 
  not 
  numerous 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  although 
  

   there 
  was 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  chips 
  and 
  broken 
  blades. 
  The 
  ash 
  pits 
  

   contained 
  numbers 
  but 
  the 
  graves 
  the 
  most. 
  The 
  lack 
  of 
  finished 
  

   points 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  may 
  be 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  each 
  year 
  as 
  the 
  

   ground 
  was 
  plowed 
  the 
  arrow 
  points 
  were 
  picked 
  up. 
  The 
  older 
  

   inhabitants 
  say 
  that 
  bushels 
  of 
  arrows 
  and 
  " 
  skinning 
  stones 
  " 
  have 
  

   been 
  carried 
  off. 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  durable 
  objects 
  

   left 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  when 
  the 
  site 
  was 
  deserted 
  by 
  its 
  aboriginal 
  in- 
  

   habitants 
  have 
  been 
  removed 
  by 
  the 
  white 
  tillers 
  of 
  the 
  soil 
  who 
  

   followed 
  them 
  at 
  a 
  later 
  period 
  and 
  whose 
  curiosity 
  was 
  aroused 
  by 
  

   the 
  strange 
  artifacts 
  which 
  were 
  turned 
  up 
  by 
  their 
  plows. 
  At 
  any 
  

   rate 
  very 
  little 
  was 
  found 
  except 
  below 
  plow 
  depth. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  points 
  that 
  might 
  be 
  safely 
  termed 
  arrowheads 
  there 
  were 
  

   but 
  two 
  that 
  had 
  notched 
  shoulders. 
  With 
  these 
  exceptions 
  all 
  the 
  

   arrowheads 
  were 
  triangular. 
  The 
  workmanship 
  was 
  good 
  and 
  most 
  

   of 
  the 
  points 
  were 
  thin 
  and 
  evenly 
  worked. 
  The 
  material 
  in 
  general 
  

   was 
  gray 
  flint 
  or 
  chert 
  but 
  some 
  points 
  were 
  found 
  made 
  from 
  

  

  

  Fig. 
  21 
  Spear 
  or 
  knife 
  of 
  translucent 
  

   chalcedony. 
  The 
  only 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  im- 
  

   plement 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  site 
  

  

  yellow 
  jasper. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  points 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  

   knoll 
  were 
  of 
  this 
  material. 
  The 
  various 
  forms 
  of 
  triangular 
  flints 
  

   are 
  shown 
  in 
  plate 
  24. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  flint 
  blades, 
  not 
  arrow 
  points, 
  only 
  two 
  had 
  notched 
  

   shoulders. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  was 
  a 
  beautifully 
  wrought 
  blade, 
  a 
  spear 
  

  

  