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near the base. It is from Jefferson countv. Fig. 125 is similar and 

 from the same county, but differs in having a sharp point, a higher 

 and circular perforation, and no basal notches. Fig. 127 is another 

 perforated awl or needle, sharp at both ends, and having a central 

 perforation. It is generally flat, but somewhat undulating in form, 

 and may have been used in fishing, though rather large for this. It 

 came from the fort south of Pompey Center, occupied about 1610. 

 Fig. 122 is much like this, but shorter and broader. This fine 

 article is nearly flat, and a little rounded on the upper side. The 

 reverse is slightly concave, and both sides are polished. This is 

 from the earlier and prehistoric Christopher site, and is now in 

 O. M. Bigelow's collection at Baldwinsville. Fig. 261 is in the same 

 collection, and is a very fine bone awl from the Seneca river north 

 of Weedsport. It is somewhat angular, and the points at each end 

 are rounded. The color is dark brown, and it was probably colored 

 and preserved by iron in the soil. Fig. 271 is a half round and 

 slender bone awl from the Atwell fort. It is worked all over and 

 pointed at both ends. It is a fine and not very rare form, having 

 one slender and one obtuse point. Fig. 275 is from the same place, 

 and is a little wider, and with a more obtuse basal point. 



Fig. 302 is a unique form, curved, and having four notches on 

 each side near the rounded base. It may have been used as a hair- 

 pin or for ornament, and is quite slender. This was found by Di- 

 ll. W. Amidon of New York city, at Point Peninsula in Jefferson 

 county. While summering on Chaumont bay, he has done much 

 valuable work and collected many fine articles. Fig. 315 is from 

 the same collection, and was found in the vicinity of Chaumont bay. 

 It is a small and flat implement, one end being pointed, and the other 

 rounded and nearly like a chisel. Fig. 317 is also from the same 

 collection, but is a frequent form on many sites, usually but slightly 

 worked. It appears among European articles and is a bird bone. 



These figures sufficiently represent the smaller forms of what are 

 commonly called awls, but a few others may be mentioned. In 

 later days the iron point replaced that of bone, and Aunt Dinah, 

 the aged Onondaga squaw, had an iron awl with a cylindric handle 

 of curved bone, 3^ inches long. This had transverse grooves, and 

 much resembled some early bone beads. A fine and slender bone 



