Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-10-06
An lkIfREsTISe PAPER


,,as fs,-tsr ut,rp frequently These vary
+, ,rai,.s,, fran, a f.x ounces TO nearly si1
r.,nus,s. The groove By which the handle
~a. attached in most specimens eeni-
n,steix eucirrlisiZ the axe. In other
s,,..,.i,,..r. shr head IS eneireiesi
AZ ii Isp- above anil trlow tbs sistte- phe
Axe OF this pattern was dug up on attr
.tre,.t in from, Of the Fat;er drug store a
few wears ago by worknlen when lag ins Tue
seser-
When feIiips a large tree, tie indians
you'll first g.r,ils il With one OF these STONE
arcs AMI asIo,r il 10 stzHi until deal y
Hire va. sjlesl kin.listl aFoani It's base th,.
-t.,ue axe being used 10 remove the eiiArfssi
sortipus. TINS exposing fresh surface 70
the action Of the flames. When feisiiz sii'sti
trees. the axe was probahl. used whhoat
tn. assistance of IRE. As PFoof OF tilts
us. wunM state that Sc ha.c saccsedeo IN
cutting .iosn q small hard s09d tree = Il
iocl,es in diameter with one OF those axes
br simply using il without hol'r Stone
u,ortars are very rare in the heprebec val
ley P,.stl..s ofcuF quite frequently ana
ar, either used With OGDEN mortars or eur
nlavs.,i 10 crush corn and aeorns BY rolling
an a fat stone. Raslc says The Indians
.yu.he,l theft corn between Hat stones. y
sne st.erimen of cora crusller Was unearihe'i
a, Riverside beneath large stump. This
va Of a size To he completely grasped IN
the hand. Similar specimens have been
found IN the uor,bern New Engiand states
but thes are not coDWon-
,lccaring in ali pari. OF the United States
although more abundantly in some .ocalisiss
than in others are certain plum,net shaped
= -. E....s ha.a a
puzzle to. arrliaologists. These are OF Yari-
du. sizes, more commonly about thFee
inches in length but sometimes much larger.
These are usually called plumncts from their
resemblance in form TO the implements of
that name used by our builders. These
pear shaped ol.iect3 are sometimes very old
hasip. been taken from depth of thirty
feet and one taken from beneath Table
Mountain in California Ms accompanied
by teeth of extinct Nounnaiia. These are
not rare in our valley. \ very ine speei-
men of 4 large piumnet va found many
years ago near Fort Western, just across
thu river from our halt. Ii is now in the
cabinet of our society AMI belongs TO Mr..
l;oardman.
+ Il is onl, within few wears that the pro-
babic use of thcse little wrought stones has
been asccrtained with any degree of Ger
Int, Th.v bay,. been called
plumb bobs, ornaments. .lung sho'
sinkers and net weights by vari,
ous writer's. Information has been obtained
from existing tribes of California to th.
effect that they were used as charm stones
"'rhey were sometimes suspended by Il cord
from ia. and of , male. on,. end of whicI
w,. stuck ipta the bank in such manner
10 h,v. fine STONE susupnded over where
tho t,d;,r intended IN bsh At other Mace,
th,,, ,.rc susr.nd.d at nn;,ts favorable TO,
h,t,t;ur Tho Indians b.,lieyiup thai
.nu.ipf, IN thor naculiar form and some oe
,,,l, ,,,,,,..r which thcv u,ssp..ed they tray
I'LL =, ,,;cb, tbrnuci tho s,ter Il, drive tn,
!; ii nm tho crock to f,yorite fishing places
ar tLr.r,h tho mir In drive the land came II,
,.,,.r1s ,..-t,;, ,.,k. ar f,yorite buutint
,r,rnl. Tho were also worn SUSPENDED
fran, ,h, ,erk for defens. The weare,
b.;nc considered innrryious TO arrows. an,
IN ,;,,n IF war ann onc biting hi. impll
,nor, ,as rorIar,J invisible tn hi, enemies
w, hal,nyo ,h,, tb..s. smaller plnmmet
-hanol ;,,,,I;n.'nts fnrnJ in our STATE wer,
,snl ,s ,.l,,rp, stones and thar som,
,,,,,s,ar;,,,,s na,.,.r y,s attributed +,
( al. H., ttttl N "a,
W. NAV M, l,x.' hnen nsed in the sam,
n.un..r a. tho ,.nl,umct," of the Wcsterr
tr;h,,s In nnr investigations this suumc
-, pn,ohscn, vo unnar,bnd about 40 nj
u...l. in,,,,a,n,nt. ,,nI ,hni, nosition wa,
.,,,,h ., i.l -. Il, bcl;.,e That somn M,
,.,,l, ,|l,,,,,r ,r.,s ,t,,;butnI to tbem nv III,
'.u;,,;,<. Ia, ,,l,,,, ,,,,.,, ,,or, IanositeI
Sa',1,,,,roi ,,,,rnscntatty.s of man am,
n'. lnmrr animal. !, stone occur very rare
w. :, tt,a %nr,l,orr ,,I,,t;r' states Eov
t,a'.;n,ors Laxo becn found in New Enc
r., -, ,.e ,,,.,.I ,nr,. ,,rol,.Il,. ,nn-,
''''',.,o,, ,hat, ,,n.a If Stone int tl,nsr !,
80, I,.,r, i.,,,,, .;,co ,.run,iIra IN dust
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