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were all owned by the Onondagas, though the Oneidas made a 



claim to one or two of them at a later day. In the unpublished 



journal of that year Zeisberger tells us of his going from one to 



another on the Seneca river, Aug. 27. At the eastern one an 



Onondaga chief explained to him how the country was divided. 



He adds : " It is plain to be seen that they have much order in all 



their affairs. For instance, each one has his own place where he is 



permitted to fish, and no one is allowed to encroach upon his part. 



A chief is appointed to each fishing place, and he has his people 



who belong to him." This was necessary, for all parts of a river 



were not suitable for weirs and harpoons. 



Fig. 245 is a harpoon in the national museum in Washington, 



much reduced, and is here taken from fig. 230 of Prehistoric fishing, 



where it is thus described : 



A fine single-barbed harpoon head of elk horn, in an excellent 

 state of preservation. It measures nearly 10 inches and a half in 

 length, and has a thickness of about half an inch in the middle. 

 The broad lower part shows two shoulders, but its base, instead of 

 being worked thin, is more than \ of an inch thick. The head, 

 nevertheless, may have been detachable. This specimen was pre- 

 sented to the national museum, with other valuable relics, by the late 

 W. M. Locke, of Honeoye Falls, Monroe co., K Y. His son, F. M. 

 Locke, of Rochester, "N. Y. informed me by letter that he had found 

 it himself about two miles south of Honeoye, on the old Indian 

 reservation called the Ball farm. " It lay on the surface where 

 there had been a great many camp fires, and the clayish ground was 

 covered with ashes, preserving the spear and other relics that might 

 have decayed, had it not been for the ashes and clay." 



Fig. 247 is in the Bigelow collection, and is a rare form from the 



Atwell fort. It has one long barb, and is much expanded above 



the base. It has a high polish, and is obtusely pointed at the base 



also, which is a rare feature. Fig. 249 is in the Frey collection, and 



comes from the Garoga fort in Fulton county. It is remarkable in 



being very slender below the barb, which is long and sharp. Fig. 



250 is a long, curved and curious harpoon found in Cayuga county 



in 1889. There are two barbs on one edge very near the point. 



Fig. 254 is in the Coats collection, and is an early harpoon found 



near Clifton Springs. It is of a brownish hue, and has one long 



and sharp barb. One surface is ridged, and the whole implement 



is well wrought. 



