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LZAF-FLDCTS AXD TOMAHAAVKS. 



Fig. 19. Hoe,?; made of flint. 

 Reduced to about Vi of the natural size. 



Fig. 20. Hoe(J) made from flint. 

 Considerably reduced. 



mches wi(:le, ami tlii-HH-iuui-tli.- oi an iucli tliir-k. Srimf of 

 them mus^t have been about a toot in length , perhaps 

 six inches wide, and about an incli in thickness. Thej^ 

 are oval in <hape and are chippeil to an irregular edge 

 all ai-ound. They resemble the leaf-flints r-onimon in 

 the mounds in the j^ilississippi valley. One lai'ge flint is 

 evidently a tomahawk (Fig. 21 1. It is nearly five inches 

 long, and has a wide constiietion. produced by flaking 

 around the middle, dividing it into two lobe-like ends. 

 This constriction is worn smooth and polished by the 

 handle to which it had been, fastened. 



