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The Book of Woodcraft 



ARCHERY . 

 a. The bow strung, b. The cord fast at the lower end. c. The cord 

 with loop at upper end. d. Feather ready to tie on. e. Feathers lashed 

 on. f. Holding. 



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SIX SAMPLE ARROWS, SHOWING DIFFERENT FEATHERS. 



^ is a far-flying steel-pointed bobtail, very good in wind. B is another very good ar- 

 row, with a horn point. This went even better than A if there were no wind. C is an 

 Omaha war and deer arrow. Both heads and feathers are lashed on with sinew. The long 

 tufts of down left on the feathers are to help in finding it again, as they are snow-white and 

 wave in the breeze. Thj grooves on the shaft are to make the victim bleed more freely and 

 be more easily tracked. D is another Omaha arrow with a pecul'ar owner's mark of rings 

 carved in the middle. £ is a bone-headed bird shaft made by the Indians of the Macken- 

 zie River. F is a war arrow made by Geronimo, the famous Apache chief. Its shaft is 

 three joints of a straight cane. The tip is of hard wood, and on that is a fine quartz point: 

 all being lashed together with sinew. 



