A hunter’s tally.
Afterward, when he begged to be taken back, the people let him come. But first they gave him a hard flogging in the presence of the clan.
As years passed, the custom grew of making rules for the hunt. And those who broke any of the rules were punished by the clan.
Every day the Cave-men recited the brave deeds of the clan. They watched every one carefully, so as to know who the brave men were. Those who were found most useful to the clan were given special honors. And when a man did a very brave deed he was given a hole in his baton.
Brave hunters, besides keeping trophies, engraved a record of their brave deeds. Sometimes they kept a hunter’s tally, and sometimes they engraved the animal they killed.
Fragment of Cave-man’s baton engraved with reindeer.
Many of the Cave-men engraved these records upon the weapons they used in the chase. They believed that the weapons which had such engravings were of great value for their magical powers. The wise men, who led the people, engraved their records upon their batons. Others engraved them upon their trophies or upon bone hairpins which they used in their hair.
