RKLICiS OF A^ INDIAN HINTING .GHorMD. 



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oii<» tor driiliiiii" holes, yet l>()tli are so well \vroiij,^lif as t(» sii_<;fjesl tliat 

 peiliai)s tlicy may have been spear- oi- arrow-heads, The live iUiisI rated 

 are the only whole iiiipleiiiciits ol" the kind that we ha\<' loiind in this 

 region. W C oceasioinillx pick up points that are eylindrical, but eau 

 not of course decide whether they belong' to drilling stones or iu)t. 



I'Ki;F()I!ATok.s. — (Full size.) 



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(38) Quartz: Length, Ig inches; width, greatest, 1 inch; thickness. \ inch. 



(39) Felsitic i-ock, bhie: Leugtli, 2 inch<\s; width, 1 iucli; thickness. ] incli. 



(40) Felaitic rock, gray: I^i^ngtli, '1 iuclies; widtli, if inch; tiiickness, } incli. 



(41) Ftdsitic rock, blue: Length 11 inclu'-s; width, \ inch; thickness, ;; inch. 



(42) Felsitic rock, gray: Length, F; inch; widtli, ^^, inch; thickness, { iiicli. 



CelU. — Fij>s. 43 and 44 are so much alike in general outline as to justify 

 the o]>inion that both were desij^nated for the same purpose. Neither is 

 pecked or sharpened, but both are chipped. Fig. 4o is made of quartzite 

 and is rudely fashioned. The other, of slate, is much more symmetrical. 

 The luaroins of both are very blunt. Either if sharpened would serve 

 every purpose for which Figs. 4.") and 40 might be used, antl hence with- 

 out speculating as to what they were intcMided for, we have (talhMl them 

 chipped celts. Fig. 45*, of slate, is chipped and sharpened along the 

 lower margin. Fig. 4G*, made of trap, is smooth over its entire surface;, 

 and ])osesses a moderately sharp edge. There is no evidence of chip- 

 ping or pecking, but the (Mitiie surface plainly shows that it was worn 

 to its present shai)e by rubbing. Nearly all the celts trom the Susque 



* In collection of Mr. George Miller. 

 II. :Mis. 114 36 



