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A few stone beads have been found on the village sites; none 

 have been reported from the camp sites. One of steatite, was 

 found on Site No. 35, West Seneca. Several made of fine red 

 sandstone, perhaps catlinite, were found on Site No. 22, East 

 Hamburg. One of these was a disc. The others were long slen- 

 der cylinders and square prisms. Three long slender beads made 

 of catlinite were found in the Neuter cemetery on Grand Island. 



Gorgets were rare. Most of those found have come from 

 camp sites, only one having been reported as found on a village 

 site, namely Site No. 7, Buffalo, Plate II, Fig. 72. The material 

 used is slate, sometimes the striped Huron slate. One from a 

 camp site is shown on Plate II, Fig. 73. 



Five "bird-stones" have been found, all on village sites, 

 One, the only perfect one, is figured on Plate II, Fig. 71. 



' 'Banner-stones' ' , and ' 'tubes' ' , common in other parts of the 

 United States have never been reported as having been found on 

 any site on the Niagara Frontier. 



Stone Slightly Modified for Use. 



Many stones could be used for certain purposes with little or 

 no modification. Smooth pebbles picked up in a stream bed, 

 nodules of chert from a gravel hill, rough blocks of sandstone, all 

 were made to serve some purpose. 



Near the lakes and the Niagara River net-sinkers are abund- 

 ant. These are usually flat sandstone pebbles, notched on 

 opposite sides, Plate II, Fig. 57. Small, naturally perforated 

 pebbles, ("lucky stones") are often found in refuse heaps, Plate 

 II, Fig. 52. These may have been used as sinkers for fishing 

 lines. A small piece of shale on the opposite sides of which 

 notches had been sawed, probably also served as a sinker, Plate 

 II, Fig. 56, as did a pebble of the size and shape of a man's 

 finger, around which a notch had been sawed, Plate II, Fig. 53. 



Pitted stone hammers are numerous on all sites in the region. 

 Rough stones pitted in a variety of ways are sometimes found. 

 An irregular flat piece of sandstone, 9 inches long and 6 inches 

 wide, found on camp site No. 74, West Seneca, has on each side 

 a deep pit, the size of a walnut. These two pits almost meet. 

 Auother from camp Site No. 69, Hamburg, has three pits. Ham- 

 mers were not all of the pitted type. In a refuse heap on Site 



