HORN AND BONE IMPLEMENTS 257 



Fig. 24 is from the prehistoric town in Poinpey, already men- 

 tioned, and known to local collectors as the Christopher site. By 

 this name it will be designated in further descriptions. It may be 

 a flat awl, but the form and side notches would be appropriate for 

 an arrowhead. The base is neatly rounded, and it may have been 

 •an ornament. This would explain its high polish, which would 

 hardly be expected were it simply the point of an arrow. 



Fig. 25 is a handsome awl from the fort west of Cazenovia, 

 locally known and hereafter designated as the Atwell site. It is 

 thin and sharp. The under side is concave, retaining this natural 

 feature. The upper is flat and a little angular. Fig. 27 is a very 

 small cylindric awl, with a rounded base, found by Dr Hinsdale at 

 Brewerton. Many of Dr Hinsdale's articles are now in the state 

 museum. Several examples of this kind are known, but it is not 

 a frequent form. They are usually larger. 



Fig. 45 might be classed with awls, but the angular and grooved 

 projection at the base suggests its use as a pick. The pointed por- 

 tion is cylindric. This is from the Christopher site. 



Fig. 49 is another of the double-pointed, flat awls. It is quite 

 thick and a very fine specimen of this form. It was found by Dr 

 A. A. Getman in the vicinity of Chaumont bay, Jefferson co., 

 where bone and horn relics abound. Fig. 67 presents a similar 

 outline, but is slightly gougelike at one end. It is of moderate 

 thickness and quite white. It was found by Luke Fitch of Pompey, 

 on the Christopher site, and is now in the Bigelow collection at 

 Baldwinsville, with many others from that spot. Bone articles 

 there have been finely preserved in ashes. 



Fig. 69 is from Dr Getman's collection. His many fine articles 

 are from several sites in the vicinity of Chaumont bay, but several 

 miles apart. This fine and sharp awl is nearly flat on one side, but 

 rounded on the other. One edge is also broadly angular, and the 

 •other curved. 



Fig. 71 was found by Dr William G. Hinsdale of Syracuse, on 

 the Sheldon fort site, lot 69, Pompey. This may have been occu- 

 pied about 1630, and has many European articles. It is a sharp 

 implement of deer horn, cylindric toward the point and somewhat 

 flattened near the base. This is neatly rounded, and there is an 



