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intac kettle, the top sides of the kettle are flattened into a rim three- 
quarters of an inch wide, and beneath this the kettle is encircled by 
a broad iron band, to which are welded two circular iron ears for 
handles. All the Tabusintac kettles have the inner side of rim decora- 
ted with diagonal markings, and the handles are distinguished by a 
peculiar prolongation of the ends beyond the “ ears,” of from 3 to 3| 
inches, and at right angles to the sides, as shown in plate xi., fig 4. 
In two of the Tabusintac kettles, the shape of the bottoms is that of 
a compressed cone. 
Sword. 
The double-edged, sharp pointed sword, shown on plate 10, fig 1, 
was found by Dr. A. C. Smith, in 1899, along with other articles in 
one of the circular graves at Tracadie. It is very badly rusted. The 
length of the blade is 2 feet 1J inches, the handle, 3J inches, and the 
widest part of the blade measures 2f inches. This sword may have 
been a present to a chief from the French, or it may have been the 
sword used by a medicine man in his incantations.* 
Knives. 
Among the articles found by Dr. Smith, at Wilson’s Point, were a 
number of knives, plate xii., figs. 4-5. They are all badly rusted and 
about six inches long. They have originally been mounted with 
wooden handles. Fig. 3 represents a knife in much better condition 
than the preceding found at Tabusintac in 1879. Knives seem 
very highly valued by the Indians, and Cartierf records that on his 
first voyage (1534) he gave some knives to the savages in the very 
region where our specimens were found. 
Harpoon. 
The badly rusted iron harpoon, shown in fig. 5, plate x., was 
found in 1899, by Dr. A. C. Smith at Wilson’s Point, Shippegan, 
along with the articles described on a preceding page. It is ten inches 
long, and though badly rusted, shows evidence of having been a strong 
• Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, III., p. 119. 
t “ We sent two men ashore with hatchets and knives, beads and other merchandise, at 
which they showed great joy.” Quoted by Prof. Ganong in Canadian History Readings, 
p. 14, 1900. 
