98 MEXICO. 
material, both being grooved near the top for the purpose of fitting into a 
handle ; — yet at what a distance from each other were they found !* 
The next cut represents a couple of Indian Pipes, the larger one of 
which is finely glazed with red. 
* Axes of this shape and material have been found in many of our States. For an interesting notice .f 
them, vide Bellsnap's History of New Hampshire, vol. 3rd, p. 89. " The hatchet," says this writer, " is a hard 
stone, eight or ten inches in length and three or four in breadth, of an oval form, flatted and rubbed to an edge 
at one end ; near the other is a groove, in which tlie handle was fastened, and their process to do it was this: 
When tl'e stone was prepared, they chose a very young sapling, and splitting it near the ground, they forced the 
hatchet Mto il as far as the groove, and left nature to complete the work by the growth of the wood, so as to fill 
the groovt and adhere firmly to the stone. They then cut oif the sapling above and below, and the hatchet is 
fit for use. ' 
