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part was used for the war and hunting weapons, the bone 

 and horn for the domestic implements and for orna- 

 ments. Bone, being the more easily w^orked, was the 

 great factor in this domestic economy. 



The articles of stone consist of gristmills, for grind- 

 ing corn, smaller ones for grinding herbs and roots; 

 stone axes, needles, war clubs, arrow heads, spear heads 

 and other instruments. 



The axes are made after the fashion of those with 

 which we are familiar. The war clubs are of different 

 sizes. They are usually of the common boulder. 



The arrow heads are of many sizes and kinds, rang- 

 ing in length from one-half inch to four and three-quar- 

 ters inches, with all the intermediate sizes. 



Bone needles are the most numerous of all the 

 tools and implements to be found. There seems to 

 be no special shape or size to them. All are ground 

 down to a fine, sharp point. The difference in length 

 may be accounted for in some measure, at least, by the 

 method that was used in keeping the tools sharp. When 

 they became dull, by use or otherwise, they were rubbed 

 on the surface of a soft sandstone until they were again 

 sharp. In this manner they grew shorter with each 

 operation. This continual grinding on the sandstone 

 caused grooves to be formed in the stone. 



The bones used in the manufacture of the needles 

 were from A^arious birds and small animals. As will be 

 surmised, the method of use of these needles differed 

 somewhat from that of our modern steel ones. When 

 the Indian woman of long ago wanted to sew, she 

 punched holes with her needle in the skin or leather and 

 drew a strip of string or rawhide through, repeating the 

 operation on both sides of the articles to be sewed until 

 the job was completed. 



A few feet down a pair of instruments was found 

 Avliich was used to take the fish from the rivers and 

 lakes. These fish hooks are of solid bone and are shaped 

 like the modern steel hook with the exception of the 

 barb, which is missing from them. A small knob was 

 left on the end for the purpose of fastening on a thong 

 or strip of buckskin. 



