A1)ZI> 



\»i a \: 



(listinctivf tli;ni tin- nan tohar.-,,,-! 



knife.' 



A.hrs ,»,//„„«», — Kven at tl,- juvs..,,! daythr Kski r |.,„„l I'.ar- 



row use no toiil fur sliaiiinj; hw^c picci's of w IworU, cxcciii a slioit- 



liandlcd adz, liaftcd in tlic same manner as the old stone tools wlii.l, 

 were eniidoyed liefore the introduction of iron. Tiiouj;ii axes and liatcli 

 ets are trei|Uently ol.tained l.y tradin-. tliey aie ni'ver iis.'d as sii.-li, 

 hut tlie iuMd is r.-inoved and reliafted so as to make an a<l/, of il. Tins 



lml.it is not i.eculiar to thr ] pie of I'oint iiarrow. Then' is a liatchel 



head, mounted in the same way. fr..m the Anders ;iver, in ihr 



Museum eolleetion. and the same thin- was note,! in Hudson's Sirait 

 hv <'a].t. lA<in-' and at I'ilnlik l.v ('ajit. I'arr\ ■ Mv. L. M. Turner in 

 lomis UM' tiiat tlie Esknno ot rnj;,i\a. on the south side of Hudson's 

 Stiait. who iia\e l>een loni; m eontaet with the whit. v. have learned to 

 use axes. The ( ollei tion (oiit.iins two sm h ad/es made ti-om small 

 iiat.h.'ts. X.,.V.Is7.![<(7l'[. Flu 1_'\ is the moi. t\ pi. al ol the t w,,. The 

 blade Is the head ot a small hatehet o. tonnh lu k l,,sl„ d to Ih,. haft 

 ol oak \Mtii a stout thonu ol seal hide The laslmm is pjc-e. and 



is i.nf on wet and shrunk ti-htly on. This tool is a little lon-er in the 

 haft than those .ommonly used, and the shai..' ^nid material .,f th.' haft 

 is a little miiisiial, it l.einu i;<'H<'rally elliiitical in se.-tioii and ma<le of 

 soft wood. 



Fig. 12!t, No. "ifJd.JS |.i(l<»), from I'tkiavwin, is a similar adz, but the 

 head ha.s beeu narrowed by cutting off pieces from the sides (done by 

 tiling part way througli and breaking the piece olf ), and a deep trans- 

 verse groove has been i^ut on tlie front face near the butt. I'art of the 

 htshing is liehl in this groov(^ as well as by the e\ e. th<' lower half uf 

 which is filled u]> with a wooden idng. The halt is ].e<nliar in l>eing a 



