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

sresE AGE OF OREGON.
-IsrELIIoEscER; i
stons Age of Oregon, ike tnat OF
= sond e recent. Itwas evidently
= hundred years ago, and Il
,,,,,ir,p little, though perhaps
. huried than that OF this
s visit last summer TO that |
me to examine two good |
have been mainly col |
Nsr,heastern part OF the |
4 :. ID. Rafferty, of East |
.. Stevens of Oregon |
r. different and sup
c. >. i'll: the latter con
piel VA land spear heads.
sisti "a ound builders
os,ad' - . 'ther articles;
relics, 4undred ard |
d.. Ban NJ, Y &time of my |
tftJ afTos 80 eorarily TO |
visit tney p IN GR. John |
81, then Of 3 a Fgsscs City' |
and F Prof. Of oausid !; sge.ssE, bat
these ! ! Was shs.s no, which ) hasp esn with
sbose @ of Puget Soune sntaI toasiu ~.
srable difference, par GnS;.ns i;vsd va
lacause the Puget SoaiM a.ar mh;is
largely on or near the s.i' ..S ma.ee, na;n;n0
ne natives Of Oregon, eitnongn galn.he
considerable M OF their livine IIoiu VIZ
ccInmbia and Willamette rivers ses
s;ssd moreon land. This, however, ooes
nd Account for all the diiIerehce.
ist. The location. have nos tIavs
.,ound in Oregon 70 the places WneIe
thsse articles were found. ana canho.
conseuuentiy speak deaniteiy OF tneh,
int from what I have learned, ihref tnas
shslI beds are not "a extensive as on the
Soun6 and above Astoria are very rare.
11Id orayeyards have furnished gooa
mare OF the articles obtained, especially
rms Al Sauvie's Island, while the oank
~ the Willamette short distance below
Oregon City has been prolific IN arrow
ana lance heads, and others have been
found at Cello.
ID, The articles.
STONE HAMMERS.
These are very different from those ON
ths sound; the latter being generally the
common form Of pestie, while the
former have a groove, and occasionally
two or three grooves, or oven four.
around them, where wooden handle OF
some length was fastened. They look
sonewhat like Puget Sound sinker for
Hshing, but are very much larger; while
the Testimony OF the old Indians aud the
battered ends testify that most OF them
we're hammers. They vary IN weight
from nine ounces to eight and three
fourths pounds, in length from four TO
six inches, in width frem two and a
uuarter 70 i've and quarter inches. and
in thickness from an inch and three
cuarters 10 four inches. Occasionally
they are found without battered ends,
either having been unused or used as
sinkers in fishing. They are rough like
beach stones, and were probably origin
slIysuch stones. Somo areof sandstone,
othsrsof volcanic origin, with some other
kinds, such as would naturally be picked
up anywhere. Only one of this kind
hsys | ever seen on Puget Sound, and
that was longer in proportion TO its size
than those 0! Oregon. The Oregon ones
are quite abundant. there being over fifty
In both cabinets, and are found mainly
about Sauvie's Island and in Washing.
ton, Multnomah and Ciackamas coan.
ties.
xoarARs AND PEsTLgs.
These ara not found on the Sound, for
hero are no acorns 20 pound up; In Ore
gon they are abundant. Our hammers
are much like some Of their pestles, but
some of tho latter are quite different.
A very smooth one, well polished, is of
jasper, eight and three-fourths inches
long and four inches thick ut the base,
with good handle and quite symme.ri-
cal. The end of tho handle OF one has
plnce ior Two fingers. The handle OF
another is in the shape of seal head
with an eye raised, while that of third
looks like bear, which Is large in the
middle and said by the Indians to be
with young. Two very small ones were
probably used to work their paint, the
smallest Of which is seven-e ei2hths of an
inch Thick and three and half long
not much larger than finger. The rest
vary in length from hvo and half TO
eleven aud n quarter inches, in thickness
from two TO four inches, aud in weight
from a pound and six ounces TO six and
quarter pounds. They are generally
cylindrical, though n few are little
fattened. Some are almost straight
from one end TO the other. with no spe-
oial plAcs for . handle. tapering little
toward the upper end. Isaw some forty
0ve or fifty in all, some Of which are Of
granite and some of basalt aud other
volcanic rocks. The smooth and the
rough ones are about evenly divided, a
few being polished. Most OF them are
from the three counties above named.
0ne from California looks almost ex-
actly IKE those Of Oregon. -Four look
- II they were almost common stones
from the beach, Of about tho right shape,
bat generally they are worked into good
ahApc, some with great labor.
Inc m0rtars were evidently used both
Iof grinding food and paint, the smaller
ones for the latter. but they grow in size
. gradually a. 10 make II impossible TO
cstsrmtne accurately the dividing line
oeeween thetwo. Itis possible that some
eefe used for both purposes. There were
Meniy-seven of them, of tufa. basalt
and trachyte. The upper surface Of the
oowl is generally round and regular, bat
sometimes oblong. Among the round
oocs the distance across the bowl varies
nom one and a half 10 seven inches, and
NE depth from a quarter of an inch TO
seven inches. The upper surface of the
bowl Of an obloug one is seven hy thir-
~ inohes. The whole distance across
soe upper surface the stone among the
so1na ones varies from one and FIVE
sxotns 70 ton and a half inches, though
y irregular one is nine by seventeen |
- auo half inches; the whole hight Of |
sus ssone varies from seven-eighths to |
- nsn inches. though once saw one in |
*suons valley. Washington county. |
Ha,sn vas twelve and half inches deep. |
~ ~ oowi had only depth of six inches. |
~. tIssf weight varies from three and a |
n. ~ oncss To sixty pounds. Generally |
ssoe ous,oe 10 plain, but q few have some |
sneaning lines on them, and one OBJ |
49, one has the head Of a turtle at one |
- sith an arm and ten ribs on its |
ss' Sometimes the bottoms are quite /
-. and sometimes rounding. If any
Stoue mortars arc found on the Sornd. |
Assaeas are very scarce. There is also one
vA;A IIs dish Of light red porous tufa,
hIn h..sn aas not been much used. The
s.a ale y three inches long and an inch
insa iS : quarter thick, and the dish is four
hioh long aud two and half inches
kSrvEs.
r Iness are very different from ours
~ - On the Sound are of slate, with
irssuRe ssuRe and small, only two or three
n long; but some have been found
a,;,, oscne az Oregon City OF black and |
- oosidiau. the largest OF which
!. ~ ana half inches long. two aud