SKETCH OF FLINT RIDGE, LICKING COUNTY, OHIO. 869 



unfinished weapons. It is stated in many works upon our modern In- 

 dians that each tribe has a particular form of arrow-head or other 

 weapon, so that one found at a distance from a settlement shows to au 

 experienced observer just what tribe has been represented in the vicin- 

 ity. As it is highly improbable that any one tribe could have utilized 

 the great quanity of flint that has been taken even from this one locality, 

 there can be little doubt that a regular trade was carried on with 

 neighboring tribes, or even with those at a distance ; and in this view 

 it is likely that the separate blocks were brought to the smallest com- 

 pass compatible with their ultimate use, in order that as little useless 

 material as possible would have to be carried away. And the same 

 holds good with the so-called "leaf-shaped arrow-heads," even those 

 dressed as smoothly as we sometimes find them ; in support of which 

 the following is offered : 



An examination of flint weapons shows that there are two general 

 forms of the upper part or point — the straight sides, as in Fig. 1, or the 

 curved sides as in Fig. 2. The angle of divergence of the sides may vary 



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Fig. 4. 



considerably, but this does not aftect the subject. 



Now, in the many specimens which fiave been found in various facto- 

 ries, particularly the one under consideration, it may be noticed that 

 nearly all which have been dressed as smooth and thin as they can be 

 have two general forms of the base — the square, as in Fig. 3, or the 

 curved or circular, as in Fig. 4. 



Very few, comparatively, are found in which the barbs or tangs are 

 finished out. Take almost any arrow-head, restore its outline by filling 

 the chipped out places with wax (the experimenter will probably be 

 surprised to see what a small quantity will be required), and the weapon 

 will be restored to one of the forms made possible by a combination of 

 the straight or curved sides with the straight or curved base. 



A few such restorations are here given : 



Fig. 5. Fig. 6. Fig. 7. Fig. 



Similarly for those with curved sides. 



Fig. 10. 



