[Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)] Figure 1. Flax Mill Creek juncture with the Batten Kill near the New York-Vermont Border. 20 Spring 1994 No. 107 direction and joins the Hoosic River just north of Eagle Bridge, New York. By 11,000 years B.P. (radiocarbon years) (Gramly and Funk 1990:6), most of the Northeast was icefree and could have been entered by Paleo-Indians and settled. This date fits in nicely with DeSimone's suggested date for vegetation of the Flax Mill drainage. The abovementioned lakes, stream, and swamps must have provided an abundance of fish and wildlife that greeted the very first inhabitants that trekked into these environs. Descriptions of Artifacts In July of 1977, the author discovered a fluted point (Figure 2) in a freshly plowed field 1159 m (3800 ft) from the Batten Kill and 305 m (1000 ft) from the Flax Mill creek. This field is located on a valley floor consisting of some 60 ha (150 acres). The soil on which the point was resting is classified in the Oakville Series, a water- and wind-sorted sand similar to other sandy soil types formed on glacial outwash plains (Winkley 1972: 40-41). This soil consists of a fine grayish-brown sandy loam plow zone that has a depth of 23-28 cm (9 to 11 in). Below this a 6090 cm (2-3 ft) thick yellowish sandy subsoil appears and gradually grades into a gravelly, stony substratum. Due to the extreme depth of the furrow, the plow's moldboard deposited the fluted point in a horizontal position on the present plowed surface.