The Beothuk Indians Article Swipe

a settlement at La Scie, one of the more northern harbors of Newfoundland, in north- east part of the isle ; he informed him that numerous stone implements and utensils had at various times been found in his neighborhood, espe- cially at Pacquet and Fleur-de-lys harbors,* and that the officers of the French men-of-war, as well as the fishermen of that nationality, who annually frequent that part of the island, took away many of these relics.He noticed that the marine officers took special care in collecting such specimens, and hence they may have been commissioned to do so by one or some of the scientific institutions of France.At Fleur-de-lys, he stated, many stone pots were found, the material having been evidently quarried from the steatite rock occurring in the neighborhood.Many cavities are seen in the rock corresponding with the size of the pots themselves, while others are still there half-grooved out.His description of the process, by which he supposed the Indians performed this difficult task, struck Mr.Howley forcibly as being identical with the one described in Lieut.Geo.M. Wheeler's " Reports," Vol.vii,