A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . ring flesh from the skins of the beasts he killed ; he inventedbodkins and needles of bone, to pass through them the sinews thatserved for thread when he made clothing of these skins; and he fash-ioned harpoons for fishing. To his offensive weapons he added dag-gers ; his axe he improved in size and shape; and he cut jagged teethin long flakes o
A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . ring flesh from the skins of the beasts he killed ; he inventedbodkins and needles of bone, to pass through them the sinews thatserved for thread when he made clothing of these skins; and he fash-ioned harpoons for fishing. To his offensive weapons he added dag-gers ; his axe he improved in size and shape; and he cut jagged teethin long flakes of flint for saws. Such of these implements as were for use once or twice only in war or in thechase, or for rough and infrequent purposes,he left still rudely chipped. But with the exercise of the inventivepower came the sense of beauty, the con-sciousness of increased effectiveness in theperfection of a tool, and perhaps the de-velopment of a new satisfaction in the per-manent possession of personal property ofhis own creation. Then he was no longerEarliest Pottery. contcut wlth thc rough pcbblc that he picked up on the beach, but sought for better material; he studied thegrain and the cleavage of different flints and obsidians ; bestowed time.
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