1892-93.] 



NOTES ON THE WESTERN D]Sn6s. 



143 



Among the steel implements distinctly Dene in manufacture and 

 actually in use among the Carriers, are the hole-borer or drill, 

 the moose skin scraper and the crooked knife or spoke- 

 shave. 



The first is made with a nail or any available piece of iron 

 securely lashed on the side of a stick or fastened in a slit 

 at its extremity. Occasional holes are obtained by rubbing 

 the drill between the hands while strenuously pressing down 

 the implement. But when a set of fine holes, such as those 

 ^k- 130 of the snow-shoes, is desired, the Carriers have recourse, in 



I Fig. 131. 



addition to the borer, to a small bow and a hard piece of wood which 

 they manage as shown in fig. 131. 



Fig. 132. )4 size. 



The name of the tool shown in fig. 132, inrzc^/* or moose skin scraper, 

 explains its raison d'etre. It has been patiently ground down to its 

 present shape from an old file. 



* Second category of nouns. 



