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

the ancient FIRE places. AZ this
camping plaee Ne unezrfhed ons
FIR, place a. perfect a. yheI
abandoned By the Indians three hundre,
(. Of more year. ago. Ii vas built as the,
nearly all are Of wster-worn stones laid vi
; in circle leaving an opening in the eeutr'
~ inches in diameter In this open space
A. we'll az between the stones. the asliei
we're packed 10 a depth of several inches
NAM fragments Of pottery were found Il
the ashes ~ yell zs bones Of different ana
nials. flint ch.ips and one perfect arrow
Read. Beside tiIis fire place buried in III
sand we found txo or thre'
burned, this the Indians had gathered TO
fuel
The remains Of these ancient villages o.
camp sites occur al intervals along the en-.
tire length Of our river from its mouth Il
Mooschead lake. The psacticed eye Of az
areheoioyist can detect at almost any poih
along oar fertile intervals, the remains .
the former people who once Inhabited IT.
shores II may be chip Of flint faxed OF
ia forming an arros head. burnt st'n'
from fireplace or 8 little fragment OF bro
ken pottery. each with story 10 tell I
story interesting and instructive 10 uloSt
who seek il.
The cb;pped implements Of the kennel,ee
valley resemble closely the forms found il
nil parts Of our country. Many tine speci-
n.t. have been unearthed, the greats
number being formed from the porphyriiie
stone that forms the body rock OF NOM
kineo. Hoosehead lake.
Az hinee THE Abnakes word meanint
isiatl was the grsa, quarry where tli
Indians obtained the stone for the manufac
ture Of their own implements and for II,
purpose Of trade with neighboring tribe,
We have found fragments of this roe.
on the shores of the Penobscot river, in Il.
she'll heaps at Damariscottas Sheepsc'
river and al Fort Popham, and the chip
that we're thrown of By the ancient arrow
maker are quite common along our rive
and on the Islands Of the sea. Anoths
stone extensively used by the indians
this section is a quartz porphyry somewh
resembling the kineo rock. This is foun
along our river banks In the shape of wat,
worn stones, commonly of the size of ct
c0annt; these were broken up and the piece
Clipped To the required form. There Is
black or very dark blue silicious stone con
monty called black flint, although we haF
no true flint in America fragments of whic
are quite common in this vicinity, We hay
not yet been able TO locate the quarry frOi
which this was obtained We have new
seen large pieces Of this stone and il ma
have been brought from some distant poin
In an account of Arnold's expedition
Quebec in i775 We find the following pa,
sage just below the falls Skow hcga
falls there vas a rock of blui-h flint in
conieol form, five feet in height and ten u
twelve feet ia diameter at the base While
was scaIloped out dows TO the waters cdg,
Getchell hal been informed that the Indian
Of former times had obtained from il thei
spear and arrow heads or points tn
rock near Skowhegan falls may he ID
souice from which this dark flint original
came. fragments of which we find along on
river We know of no clippings that woul
better answer the description Of that ston.
although the color is blue black
Besides the more common material use
for manufacturing Clipped implimeni
mentioned above we find mary fragment
Of different varieties of chalcedory red am
yellow jasper and white and smoky quartz
Although there are large deposits of chalce
dory in some parts Of our State, Prof
Bailey of Waterville and also Prof. Robin
son of Bowd0in College inform me that tn,
varieties found so abundantly at the work
shop at Fort Popham are not to their know
'''''' INV WV
VI ~ 't.s.. -;.a .A.. L....a ,;.;..
Il. u, '-.'.'" he ' ~ "a. .h
'ne Noo' ~ ''''' Ia ~, ''' -. '"' p'o
.eSs VI .o''''''s aio" "ea a ilo,a -
i''"' '"' 'i'''e - "f', ro'" ','''''' - "
P'oS'"' nay h''i''l "''''ou' as p'.o'
40 W '''e "a, i',"''e -, ''9'''o'i''
'''' V, 80, ~ ''o ''i'T 49,,
a. go
""Ne - P'''eu :" "'. ~ "a". nv
~ ~ -: - -
Wv ''EnF "an' = 'ep' p.r,e " oo'l' ''o' !"
" o'' '' s,'u - % ~
~ Ip'o..
SuaP'i ".Vie i - ., =" "Y' A.'s ,''
Jug VI '"e u""e tooi - P'.N.u a. sam -
Ply D'"e ppi''' -, ri a..
Up ', .t
.ui"'" "a .i,' "''.' 'nio" "
,""' w ~ Nv
'"e Nr' w. vi" 49, " '''' "'''' "'''
PV ~, - "''N'' ~
'""ey !" Fo'',' VI " ~
l.. 81.
o''', Va N,p' n,s, -
az, u',. '',''''s anu .1anh,o,n,, - m.
1D III, % ,, ~ =, ~ - 49,,
,h. matches ia two great IN fasten an arrow
shaft securely 4 short thick handle wa
nrohably mined tn the blade bv cement an,
bv winding with thongs
Another class of leaf shsped implemrnt
rommonIy called smear heads were hattie,
with similar handles. the blade bein,
eemented to A notch cut at the end of the
wood have examined number of thes,
haft.l knives some taken from eyistin.
reuot. tribes others from ancient graves
and This mode of hating was probably an
plied 10 all the Larger leaf shaped implp
nenta found along our river. Another typ,
nf knife was wrapnad NJ one end with Skin
Ibis forming a prnte,tioo for the hand.
The finely finished semi lima knives OF
.Iate that occur occasionally in tine northern
Atlantic st,te. arc v,4rv rare in the E,nnp
h... rs,,ion Sn far as | know lint one sne,.
mon h,. boon fnnnd in this valley 'rhi,
"a from Rrnvn-s Garner Riverside. and i,
now in the cabinet of our society. bein,
ina,a,i nv ,ur ex-nrpsiI.p, DR. W. : I'M
m r..l;cs .i.srr,hal vith ia. ,xcen,in,
of IN. late knif. mr.. all formed by tn,
,ro,ess of ebinpiu., W. nov come I,
,las. If ,m,l.msnt. formed usuall,
From, a, entirely dirarent class q
-. -.
VI S,"'> al'I ''''' r., It,ti,
'aHe' At'E ~ ms :.
'''t"'''' ',' '''', u -" ,.i
was ieoessa's III ,aSu'''''"s 'nippeu Up
mems W, 80 - ~,
'q", 't'''' s''ei,'o,'' |'"' we.
- -, that,
's'r, II ". eAa'n,''e a"' , az s',', ,..o,
VI u.s. ',n '"en's sna'' ",n n,.
. T.. -. - :I-..,. 49,.