Haynes.] 442 [November 7, 



That he may shine with ruddy hues 

 Amidst the spirit-land." 



All the objects found in the grave at Dennysville were colored in 

 the same manner as these before you. 



In his excellent work upon the Southern Indians Mr. Charles 

 C. Jones has given a description, with a figure, of another 

 pattern of stone hoe, resembling in appearance half of a 

 grooved axe split in two longitudinally. 1 It is five inches, or 

 more, in length by two and a half in breadth, slightly concave, 

 and has a groove at the top by which it could be lashed se- 

 curely to a handle. " For a distance of more than two inches 

 and a half from the edge it exhibits on both sides that delicate 

 polish which is engendered only by constant attrition and long- 

 continued use." I have here for your examination a specimen, from 

 a mound in Tennessee, that Mr. Putnam has kindly loaned me 

 from the Peabody Museum, at Cambridge, resembling the one fig- 

 ured by Mr. Jones, but considerably longer. 



Implements of a similar type, but smaller, are found in New 

 England and throughout the middle and southern states. Two such 

 are described and engraved by Dr. C. C. Abbott, in the chapter 

 upon " Agricultural Implements " of his exhaustive treatise upon 

 the varous articles of the handiwork of the native races of our sea- 

 coast. 2 Such hoes are not uncommon in New Jersey, and they are 

 made by having been first " pecked " into shape and subsequently 

 ground down nearly smooth. Finally Dr. Abbott has given a figure 

 of " a stone spade, sucli as is found in considerable numbers in Mer- 

 cer Co., N. J., but which is not known in other localities. . . . All 

 of those collected show distinctly the striae and polish, amounting 

 in some to a glaze which characterize the western spades. . . . The 

 material of which they are made varies. Slate, argillite, etc., have 

 been used. . . . The narrowed handle and broad blade are well- 

 marked features in all the specimens, and they merge into each 

 other. ... It is possible that they may be a local form, but the 

 pattern is so simple in design and so well adapted for digging in 

 loose, sandy soils that similar objects may be confidently looked 

 for in other localities." 3 



Dr. Abbott's anticipation has been realized, and i. have here 



1 Antiquities of the Southern Indians, p. 301. 2 Primitive Industry, pp. 222, 223. 

 3 Id. ib., p. 225. 



