. Notes of sites of Huron villages in the township of Tiny (Simcoe County) and adjacent parts. Prepared with a view to the identification of those villages visited and described by Champlain and the early missionaries . Fig. always to be seen on these French hatchets is a sign ofthe country whence they had origin, not less certain than theubiquitous Made in Germany of our own day. Some of thesehatchets have been picked upon the farm of Arch. McLean,!lot 20, concession 21, andjothers by Wm. Pulling, on hisfarm (s. w. (juarter lot 20,concession 20), where there isalso a tract of l
. Notes of sites of Huron villages in the township of Tiny (Simcoe County) and adjacent parts. Prepared with a view to the identification of those villages visited and described by Champlain and the early missionaries . Fig. always to be seen on these French hatchets is a sign ofthe country whence they had origin, not less certain than theubiquitous Made in Germany of our own day. Some of thesehatchets have been picked upon the farm of Arch. McLean,!lot 20, concession 21, andjothers by Wm. Pulling, on hisfarm (s. w. (juarter lot 20,concession 20), where there isalso a tract of land adaptable to the growing of Indian corn. Fig. 3. Nearly all of them are worn out or damaged in one way or other;the Hurons, like ourselves, would cast away any that had becomeunfit for use, just such as we find now-a-days, and would save thegood ones. In August, just before our visit, Mr. Laidlaw had received twosteel knives and a clay pipe, found at this site. Many other relicshave been found, but, as usual, nearly all except those of the smallestsize, are in a fragmentary condition. The writer obtained six wampumbeads of aboriginal workmanship and four European beads. From the compactness of this site and
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