They wanted other stones for knives, spears, and axes. So they hunted for stones that broke with a sharp edge. They struck the sharp edges with hammer stones to see if they crumbled under a heavy blow. When they found stones that crumbled they threw them away, but they kept the stones that were tough and strong. When they had chipped off a few large flakes they carried the rough stones to the cave. There they made them into weapons. They did not chip the hammer stones, but fastened handles to them. Some handles were long bones that were large at the joint. Other handles were made of forked branches. [Illustration: “_They chipped off a few large flakes_”] [Illustration: “_Some handles were long bones that were large at the joint_”] Sharpeyes found a hammer stone with a groove around the center and fastened a handle to it. He cut a slender branch of a sapling and bent it around the groove. Then he twisted the ends and held them close, while he bound them with rawhide. The Cave-men liked this hammer so well that they made other hammers like it. They made long handles for their knife points, so that they became real spears. They put handles on the spearheads in many ways. Sometimes they bound the spearhead between the split end of a long stick, and covered the binding with pitch. [Illustration: “_They put handles on the spearheads in many ways_”] [Illustration: “_The Cave-men liked this hammer so well that they made other hammers like it_”] Sometimes they drove the spearhead into the soft part of a large horn. Sometimes they drove it into the pith of a branch. They always tried to bind the handle so that it would stay, for they sometimes got hurt when a handle came off. [Illustration: “_Other handles were made of forked branches_”] THINGS TO DO _Find stones that will make good hammers. Tell why they are good for hammers._ _Find stones that are good for knives, axes, and spears. Tell why they are good for such weapons._ _Find bones, horns, or sticks that are good for handles. See if you can put handles on hammers or spears._ _Notice how handles are put on tools nowadays._ _Show as many ways as you can of fastening handles to tools and weapons._ _See if you can find a tool whose handle is fastened in a way that the Cave-men did not use._ _Tell where you can find the best stones for tools and weapons._ _Why do people not use stones for tools nowadays?_ _Find out what small stones are used for to-day._ _How do you use stones?_ X THINGS TO THINK ABOUT What do you think the women were doing while the men were working on their weapons? What tools and weapons did the women need? Do you think that they made them themselves? _How the Women Dressed Sabre-tooth’s Skin_ While the men worked upon their trophies and weapons, the women, too, were working. [Illustration: _How the women dressed skins_]