Beothuk and Micmac . made as are those ofthe ]\Iontagnais. They resemble more thesnowshoes of the INIicmac of the mainland.^^Crooked knives (;ayayaii); awls withwooden handles {sisisan); hide-scrapersand hair-removers {saydfigan); snowshoeneedles {tatwigan) of caribou antler orbone; netting needles {sayadik) of wood(all shown in pi. xxiv-xxvii), are all of a AND MO N O G R A VH S 40 B E O T H U K A N D M I C M A C type common to both the Montagnais andthe Micmac.^ There is no reason why manyof them should not have been the same amongthe Beothuk, since one hair-remover atleast of the comm
Beothuk and Micmac . made as are those ofthe ]\Iontagnais. They resemble more thesnowshoes of the INIicmac of the mainland.^^Crooked knives (;ayayaii); awls withwooden handles {sisisan); hide-scrapersand hair-removers {saydfigan); snowshoeneedles {tatwigan) of caribou antler orbone; netting needles {sayadik) of wood(all shown in pi. xxiv-xxvii), are all of a AND MO N O G R A VH S 40 B E O T H U K A N D M I C M A C type common to both the Montagnais andthe Micmac.^ There is no reason why manyof them should not have been the same amongthe Beothuk, since one hair-remover atleast of the common sort was found, as Ihave previously mentioned, in a Beothukwigwam pit at Badgers Brook (pi. vi).There is, however, nothing distinctive in anyway about implements of the class described,. Fig. 1.—Leaf of Sarracena purpurea (pitcher plant) usedas an improvised pipe by Newfoundland Indians. for the types are present among all thetribes of the northeastern culture group. Harpoon-heads of antler are representedin the collection by several types, one forspearing beaver (smnuskwandi) shown inpi. xxviii, e; others for seals and caribou{a, c). The antler toggle (d) is called pskao?^These lances and harpoons, and the fish-spear {niyoyal; pi. xxvni, &), are also ofthe type conmion among the Eskimo, Mon- INDIAN NOTES SPECK—BEOTHUK AND MICMAC
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