Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-06

stone. and IN doubtful IL tha. Ia ons.
though aupld Indian Gays they were
once used pc: but DR.. kaffety has nine
whole onaor parts, about which there
Is no dou'. They mostly came from
Sauyie's Fand, and are generally Of
hard volcxc rock. They vary IN weight
from t~o yo,ds fourteen ounces to five
pounds efen ounces; in length from
six and ehalf TO thirteen and three
f1urths uies; In width from two and
tlree-foups 10 three and a half: and
in thicknr from two and one-eighth TO
two and 1ee-fourths inches. The edges
are shar opnt the stone Is thick a sh ut
distance pm the edge.
WAR CLUBS.
There f two which may be war clubs,
but il Is st certAin that either il such.
One foti at Fosters, in Ciackamas
county. fol seTpentine. twenty one and
the clu1nd, tapering towards the han
die and'unding towards the other end
half ansch thick. Il weighs two pounds
and nirSunces. It's supposed by some
TO haveeen badge Of honor. The
other ene from Vancouver, Washing
ton Tefory; is seventeen inches long,
two an 1three-fourths inches wide, one
and o1eighth thick, and weighs six
pound6ld fourteen ounces The han
die END shaped into the head of Some
animalthe ether end looks as il il
might've been used for a pestle. Il
may tss been used for both purposes.
krElR AND ARROW HEADS.
< Tho are very scarce ON the Sound.
/ hawonly seen nine in eight years.
The siians say they did not make
them. They generally used these of
bone At Oregon City. about half mile
beloV be falls, is a perfect mine of them,
whic6le high water, rs il washed away
the \ b, has unsarthed. Mr.. Stevens
has act nineteen hundred in his cabi-
net y over thirty seven hundred on
hardbr exchange, besides having sent
off " many, and other persons have
obtakd many. The lance and arrow
headrun into each other 20 that il ID
yery yficclt 10 draw the dividing line.
Sounare very small, a half inch long
r.
twep- two and half by sixteen and q
halaches, he has sixteen hundred and
thirtiive of the smaller ones, well ar
rams 50 that all can b seen. The
lon& which he has il six and . half
inc I and the widest two and q quarter
inch. They are Of obsidian, chalce-
dofrjasper and some other varieties Of
sto1 and many are very regular and
verpcautiful; far more 90 than tho
EaSn specimens which he has. Here
eviatly was manufactory. They are
of spatterns.
STONE SfNKEgs.
ESQ for fishing are very different
fropurs on the Sound. Ours are oval,
abb two by three inches; around them
Is hened bark, to which the lines are
tisebut the Oregon sinkers are gener-
aliSat, more the shape Of small grind
stol with the edge rounding as beaoh
stos All arc evidently water worn;
son being smooth M water will make
tho and some being rough. There
wefourteen of them in both eabinets.
Soa are quite circular and some OBJ
lom and each has hole through it
eth in the middle or towards one side,
frotive- sixteenths to five-eiqhtha of an
indhn diameter, through which the
strf passed that fastened them to the
fsshg apparatus. Usually this is all
thoork put upon them, but one has
fou.rooves at the edges and another
gree from the hole TO the edge, where
stris were also tied. These sinkers
vaSn length from two and q quarter to
eig inches; in width from one and
thifourths - six inches; in thickness
| frothree-f fourths to an inch and three
forhs, and III weight from six ounces
| to 70 pounds. Some of the smaller
om with very perfect holes, are said
bye old Indian to have been used for
dr&ng tho shaft Of An arrow through,
SO TO make IL uniform aizs, bat ali
cot not have been used for this pur-
poi as the holes are too large aud ire
gul.
| ARROW rAR0xTs.
| Ga somewhat similar shape 10 the
lasbut more regular are two targets.
Th are made round as a erindstone,
| vita hole in the center nearly an inch
| in iameter. They are from one and
! fiw;ehths to two and one-sighth inches
| tht, and weigh from a pound and q
hato two pounds and an ounce. They
Tf were rolled over on the ground,
an the smart Indian shot his arrow
thiigh the hole while they we're TINS
Sad, as far as ! know.
ARROW PoLmHxn.
1other new article Is stone now
bren at the base, three and quarter
intes long, two inches in diameter at
tt,base, cylindrical but not rounding
atlie top, and Weighing seven ounces.
II Eof tufa aud came from the Cascades.
Atnd II run six grooves lenGthwiss,
thiQh which tho old Indians Ay AZ
ROY we're drawn 30 - to polish them.
HIDE Dnxssx1s.
ist Of these came from the Dalles,
aryery small and much more worked
thu th osc Of the sound. A Puget
SoA.ler picks up almost any stone Of
tw,or three pounds weight, round, OBJ
lou smooth or rough. splits stick for
a b,die, puts the stone in, tiea 1t there,
aneubs his hide till u Ii tanned. But
moi Of those from the Dalles weigh
ovefour ounces, and the largest is three
antthree- -fourths inches long, two and
thrs-eiehths wide and three-fourths
THE, and the smallest ID moro than an
inclshortcr and half inch narrower.
The are smooth, and tho edge all
aroed is ground somewhat sharp.
Thee were fifteen Of them.
PIPES.
Tire were only two Of these, and both
Of paterns similar to those on the Sound.
Oneis 9 like the common American pipe,
Of civ stone, twoinches and half long,
weighing ono mnce and three-fourtha,
aud same from Sauvis's Island or Ore
con sity, The other y Of the Same
weigh, from the Oalles, d light basaltic
rock. aud ID Of ,he griraistOne shape,
with the bowl and pln0 for the pipe
stcm al right angleA TO ea1h other. 1t ID
two inches in diAmder.
rLArT.
A solitary stone plate, ofwhich have
seen none on theSound. cahs from Sau-
vie's Island. Il was used for baking
bread on. is twdve and q half inches
long, ten wide, snd varies b thickness
from one and ore-eighth TO NO inches.
II is Of light sandstone and Weighs i've
and sewn ounces. The depth
or depression between The eu1 10 three
fourths of an insh, hut thoro Il no d.
preston between the sidDs.