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flint is heavier, well chipped, and has a definite stem of the SCa type. 

 The end of the stem is broken off, hence it cannot be further classified. 

 The fourth point is small (123 mm long) and delicately worked. It 

 is of the NBai type and is also of " Nehawka " flint. A section of a 

 rather large point is broken at both ends, hence cann(>t be classified. 



Four small chipped stone awls or borers are of a locally new and 

 interesting type. One (the smallest) is of brown jasper, the others of 

 gray flint. They range in length from 22 mm to 37 mm. The smallest 

 specimen is the most delicately worked, having a slender, neatly 

 chipped point and a narrow handle or flange which flares out on 

 both sides. It is delicately retouched on all edges. The two inter- 

 mediate specimens are cruder with definitely chipped, slender boring 

 points and wide, crudely chipped flanges or handles. The fourth and 

 largest specimen is by far the crudest, only the broad point being 

 retouched ; the handle is only the flaring natural flake. These are not 

 illustrated here ; the general type, however, is of extremely wide 

 distril)ution. 



Six small end scrapers were recovered. They are of the usual type 

 (compare pi. 7, fig. i, p, s). Four are of gray-speckled " Nehawka " 

 flint and one of brown jasper. They range in length from 55 to ^^7 nii''i- 



Three broken knives or side scrapers, two of " Nehawka " and one 

 of a clear white flint, came from house 2. One blade 54 mm in 

 length is oval with rounded ends ; it is very thin and well chipped 

 on both sides. A knife blade from house i, Lost Creek (pi. 7, fig. 2, 

 k), is very similar. One broken fragment suggests a diamond- 

 shaped knife without beveling. The fragment is too small for certain 

 classification, however. The third is a thick, triangular piece of 

 " Nehawka " flint which has been retouched to a sharp edge along 

 one side. The upper end is heavy and rough, being composed largely 

 of the limestone matrix. The specimen is 94 mm in length, flat on 

 one face and sharply keeled on the other. The point is sharp and 

 retouched. 



A diamond-shaped artifact of " Nehawka " flint, perfectly smooth 

 on both faces and retouched along all four edges, is of unknown use. 

 It is 27 mm in greatest length and 4 mm in thickness. It suggests a 

 gun flint in type but shows no signs of such use. nor is there any other 

 evidence at this or similar sites to suggest Caucasian contacts. A 

 somewhat similar piece broken in half was also recovered. 



Work in Bone 



One complete and three fragmentary bison scapula hoes come from 

 house 2. The complete specimen (42 cm long) was very crumbly 

 when found. The ridges along the bone had been cut off and ground 



