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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![1]
The next cut represents a couple of Indian Pipes, the larger one of
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- ↑ Axes of this shape and material have been found in many of our States. For an interesting notice of them, vide Belknap'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 as edge at one end: near the other is a grove, in which the handle was fastened, and their process to do it was this: When the stone was prepared, they chose a very young sapling, and splitting it near the ground, they forced the hatchet into it as far as the grove, and left nature to complete the work by the growth of the wood, so as to fill the grove and adhere firmly to the stone. Then they cut the sapling above and below, and the hatchet is fit for use.'
