22 NATURE STUDY. 



knowledge of the ways of the Indians of the West in re- 

 cent 3'ears has rendered him expert in the discover}- of In- 

 dian implements and the understanding of their uses. 



To Mr. Harriman the Institute is indebted for such a val- 

 uable addition to its museum. The collection contains sev- 

 eral hundred perfect pieces, besides other hundreds of frag- 

 ments of all kinds. The arrow points- predominate in num- 

 ber, naturall}', as they must have been most numerous when 

 the.se implements were used. Nearly two hundred arrow 

 points are in the collection, varying in size from quartz 

 points less than three-fourths of an inch in length to those 

 of a size that renders it difficult to decide whether they were 

 used on arrows or spears. 



There are two places within the bounds of Manchester 

 where the Indians had camps, probably permanent. Amos- 

 keag Falls, which brought white men here and made Man- 

 chester, brought also the red man. He, however, came to 

 fish, for the rapids in the river at this place with numerous 

 rocks from which to fish and the eddy below into which 

 would descend the weaker ones that failed to ascend at the 

 first attempt, made it an ideal place for the fi.sherman when 

 the river was unobstructed bj- dams, and alewives, shad, 

 lamper-eels and salmon came up by the million with each 

 recurring spring and summer. 



At Amoskeag there was a large village until the white 

 man came. Here the craftsmen, that fashioned the rude 

 but effective implements from stone, lived and plied their 

 calling. Chips have been found by the bushel on both 

 sides of the river. Here tools of all kinds would be lost 

 and remain undiscovered until the white man's ploughshare 

 turned them up or excavations brought them to light. 



About four miles .south of Amoskeag Falls, Cohas brook 

 enters the Merrimack river, bringing to it the water of I^ake 

 Massabesic, situated a few miles east. Half a mile below 

 the outlet of the lake is a sandy plain on which there must 



