PAP ^o" in?' AJRCHEOLOGY AT KIPP'S POST — WOOLWORTH, WOOD 267 



Pap. No. 20] 



ARTIFACTS 



DEFENSE 



Gannon {1; 11 fragments) {fig. 23). — Judging from the number 

 and the shrapnellike appearance of the fragments, the cannon had 

 exploded. The 10 portions of the cannon recovered (specimen Nos. 

 293-302) allowed the reconstruction herewith made by Dr. Carlyle 

 S. Smith of the University of Kansas. Dr. Smith's description of 

 this unusual find follows : 



The fragments of a cast-iron one-pounder cannon and one bolt from the 

 carriage are present. As reconstructed in the drawing (fig. 23) the complete 

 barrel must have measured about 29^ inches in length. The bore length is 

 241^ inches. The caliber is approximately 2% inches, appropriate for a cast- 

 iron ball weighing one pound, or a handful of musket balls. The casting shows 

 excessive porosity and repairs using wrought iron. 



Figure 23. — A reconstruction of the one-pounder cannon found v/ithin the post. Made 

 by Dr. C. S. Smith of the University of Kansas. Specimen Nos. 293-302. 



According to Jac Weller (personal communication to C. S. Smith) such cannon 

 were made in small iron founderies in Pennsylvania and New York between 

 1778 and 1781 for the use of the continental Army. Harold Peterson (per- 

 sonal communication to C. S. Smith) thinks it likely that the piece was made 

 early in the 19th Century expressly for the fur trading company. Little is 

 known about cannon of this type. 



One wrought-iron bolt, without threads, and presumably from the 

 camion carriage, is 7 inches long, and has a head 2 inches square. 

 The head is ^ inch thick; the shaft is 1\\q inches in diameter 

 (No. 123). 



HUNTING AND OTHER SUBSISTENCE ACTIVITIES 



Flintlock hammer (1) (pi. 58, a). — Dr. Smith's description: 



One hammer from a flintlock rifle of the pattern manufactured at the armory 

 at Harpers Ferry, Va., for the use of the U.S. Army between 1803 and 1807 is 

 present. Its size and conformation eliminate all other possibilities. Such 

 rifles were carried by the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 



This is the lowermost portion of a flintlock hammer. The top por- 

 tion which held the flint against the lower jaw of the vise is missing. 



