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and which they always get from the Euro- 

 peans : Of this I fhall be more particular, 

 in its proper place. But having had an op- 

 portunity of feeing, and partly collecting a 

 great many of the ancient Indian tools, I 

 mall here defcribe them. 



Their hatchets were made of (lone. 

 Their fhape is fimilar to that of the wedges 

 V/ith which we cleave our w r ood, about half 

 a foot long, and broad in proportion ; they 

 are made like a wedge, iharp at one end, 

 but rather blunter than our wedges. As 

 this hatchet mull be fixed on a handle, there 

 was a notch made all round the thick- end. 

 To fatten it, they fplit a flick at one end, and 

 put the Hone between it, fo that the two 

 halves of the (lick come into the notches of 

 the ftone ; then they tied the two fplit ends 

 together with a rope or fortieth ing like it, 

 almoil in the fame way as fmiths fallen the 

 inflrument with which they cut off iron, 

 to a fplit Hick. Some of thefe ttone- hatchets 

 were not notched or furrowed at the upper 

 end, and it feems they only held thole in 

 their hands in order to hew or flrike with 

 them, and did not make handles to them. 

 Moil of the hatchets which I have fcen, 

 confided of a hard rock-ttone : but fome 

 were made of a fine, hard, black, apyrous 

 ftone. When the Indians intended to fell 



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