EXIM. ANATION OF PT.ATP: XLV. 



Arrows of Cadhoan Tuihes, Texas and nokthwaho. 



Fk;. 1. A simple lod or twig from which tho iirrow shaft is made. It was collected 

 from <me of the Indian trihes in the buffalo-hunting regions, and might 

 have been the groundwork oi any of the arrows upon this and the pre- 

 ceding pLite. 



Fk;. 2. 'i'liE SHAFT of this arrow is a twig of osier; the shjift streaks two, straight. 

 The shaftment is banded with blue, green, red, and yellow. Feathers 

 three, laid on flat and seized with sinew at the ends. The edges are shorn, 

 so as to give the arrows a neat appearance. The nock is spreading; 

 notch, angular. Head, leaf-shaped, of hoop iron, inserted into a deep notch 

 at the end of the shaft and seized with sinew. Total length of shaft, 27A 

 inches. 



Cat. No. 8461, U. S. N. M. Tonkawa Indians, Texas. Collected by Dr. McElderry, 

 U. S Army. 



Fig. 3. Shaft, a slender rod of hard wood. Feathers, three, held in place by seiz- 

 ing with sinew and trimmed straight on the edge. Nock expanding and 

 blood streaks straight and zigzag. Length, 2 feet 1 inch. 



Cat. No. 69G5, T". S. K. M. Wichita Indians, Caddoan sto(>k. Cc.lle.'ted by E. 

 Palmer. 



Fit;. 4. Shaft, of hartl wood; head let into the end of the shaft and seized with sinew. 

 Feathers, three, long, antl glued down and seized smoothly at the ends 

 with sinew. Nock, fish-tail. Shaft streaks, three in number, tleep and 

 sinuous. Length of shaft, 2 feet 1 inch. 



Cat. No. 130795, IT. S. N. M. Pa\vne(> Indians, Caddoan stock. Nebraska. Collected 

 by E. F. Bernard. 



Fig. 5. Shaft, a delicate twig, with l)l()od streaks consisting of wavy furrows. 

 Feathers, three, seized down with sinew and glued to the shaftment. 

 Edges trimmed so as to form parallel lines. The front of the shaftment is 

 ornamented with broad green bands. The shaftment is trimmed away at 

 its extremity so as to leave tho nock a cylindrical bulb. The notch is U- 

 shaped. The head is a blade of iron inserted into a "saw cut" at the end 

 of the shaft. The tang is serrated along tho barb, securing the more effec- 

 tual fastening of the head. Total length of shaft, 25 inches. 



Cat. No. 129873, 1'. S. N. M. Pawnee Indians. Collected by H. M. Creel. 



