HORN AND BONE IMPLEMENTS 261 



The careful reader will iind that the name of tomahawk was 

 originally applied to a wooden weapon, and the arming of this with 

 a cutting point was a step in the evolution of a formidable imple- 

 ment of war. Adopting Mr Morgan's statement, we can refer to 

 this weapon some of the broader forms called awls, and particularly 

 those horn points which are rounded rather than sharpened. To 

 the latter we can assign no more probable use. The horn in his 

 figure of a club has the curve of the antler prong. In the follow- 

 ing descriptions a few of the broader forms will be classed as knives, 

 though their use, strictly as such, may be considered doubtful. 



Fig. 3 is a flat and sharp awl, generally wide, and expanding still 

 more at the base. Within half an inch of this broad end are two 

 transverse grooves, quite close together. It is finely polished, and 

 came from the Nichols pond site in Madison county, the scene of 

 Champlain's attack in 1615, It is now in the collection of A. H. 

 Waterbury at Brewerton. Fig. 4 also belongs to him, and was 

 found on the east side of the mouth of Chittenango creek, lying in 

 the water. It is moderately broad, fine and sharp. For the most 

 part the edges are parallel, but expand near the broad end into a 

 well curved base. 



Fig. 7 is a fine flat and narrow awl, perforated near the base. 

 This came from the recent site in Rice's woods, east of Stone Arabia 

 in Montgomery county. It is somewhat angular. Fig. 8 is a 

 beautiful, very slender and symmetric awl, found east of the 

 Canajoharie cemetery. It tapers from near the base, on either side, 

 to the sharp point at one end, and abruptly curves to the obtuse 

 point at the other. It is the largest of this form the writer has 

 seen and is nearly or quite cylindric. Fig. 9 is in the Richmond 

 collection, and came from Nichols pond. It is a slender and flat 

 awl, with one side nearly straight, and the other curving outward 

 so as to form a broad base. 



Fig. 15 is fine and flat, tapering regularly from near the base to 

 the point. The base is angular, the joint not having been fully 

 worked down. Found on the Atwell site by Luke Fitch of Water- 

 vale. Most of his articles are now in the Bigelow collection, mak- 

 ing further personal reference unnecessary. The next two articles 

 were found by the same person at the same place. Fig. 16 is 



