. Travels into North America [microform] : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general : with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects. Natural history; Natural history; Natural history; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles. m r-iwm 1^^^ Fii â ⢠â U' ⢠').U 1 I lilil^'. i 34^ January 1749. and partly colleding a great many of the ancient Indian tools, 1 fhali here dcfcribe them. Their hatche
. Travels into North America [microform] : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general : with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects. Natural history; Natural history; Natural history; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles. m r-iwm 1^^^ Fii â ⢠â U' ⢠').U 1 I lilil^'. i 34^ January 1749. and partly colleding a great many of the ancient Indian tools, 1 fhali here dcfcribe them. Their hatchets were made of ftone. Their fhape is fimilar to that of the wedges with which we cleave our wood, about half a foot long, and broad in proportion; they are made like a wedge, iharp at one end, but rather blunter than our wedges. As this hatchet muft be fixed on a handle, there was a notch made '^11 round the thick end. To faflen it, they fplit a flick at one fend, and put the ftone between it, fo that the two halves of the ftick come into the notches of the flone j then they tied the two fplit ends toge- ther with a i-ope, or fomething like it, almoft in the fame way as fmiths faften the inflrument with which they cut off iron, to a fplit ftick. Some of thefe ftone-hatchets were not notched or fur- rowed at the upper end, and it feems they only held thofe in their hands in order to hew or ftrike with them, and did not make handles to them. Moft of the hatchets which I have feen, confiftcd of a hard rock-ftone^ but fomc were made of a fine, hard, black, apyrous ftone. When the Indians intended to fell a thick ftrong tree, they could not make ufe of their hatchets, but, for want of proper inftruments, employed lire. They fet fire to a great quantity of wood at the roots of the tree, and made it fall by that means. But that the fire might not reach higher than they would have it, they faflened fome rags to a pole, dipped them into water, and kept con- tinually waftiing the
Size: 1605px × 1558px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., booksubjectnaturalhistory, booksubjectsciencesnaturelles, bookye
