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Indian Hatchet

Beacon
July 7/1904
Indian Hatchet
A flint hatchet, belonging to the Stone Age, which was found on the St. Croix shore, has been presented to The Beacon by Mr David McRoberts, Bayside. This interesting relic of a bye gone period is about 10 inches long, two inches wide and two inches thick, one side being quite flat while the other is semi-circular. The point has been ground down until it is quite sharp. To enable a handle to be applied a slice almost an inch deep and about three inches long has been taken out of the upper end of the stone. This rude implement, in the hands of a husky Algonquin, could work great havoc.