THE OREGON NATURALIST. 



THE OREEON NATURALIST. 



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Official Organ North-Western Ornithological 

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JOHN MARTIN, 



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January, 1897. 



So little has been written about the 

 Towhees, that it is a decided treat to be 

 able to print in this number the article 

 on "The California Towhee," by Donald 

 A. Cohen who so ably conducts the Cal- 

 ifornia Department of the Osprev. 



It gives us pleasure to announce that, the 

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An old Klickitat Indian says, the Indian 

 straightened his arrow shaft with his 

 teeth, and gave a practical illustration or 

 the method by picking up an arrow, sight 

 ing along it and any s ight deviations 

 from a straight line were corrected by 

 placing the shaft between as line and 

 regular a set of teeth as ever grew, and 

 closing them on the wood. This being 

 repeated until the arrow was considered 

 to be as nearlv true as it was possible to 

 make it. 



Upon examination of a lot of arrows 

 from several Oregon tribes, ail plainly 

 showed the imprint of teeth. 



Query Coiumn. 



On lower Memaloo«e island is n iixinunieiit- 

 al shaft, witli this inscription. 



VIC I'REVITT 



died Jan. 23, 1S83. 

 Age 56. 

 Erected on a foumlniicjn of dressed sicmc imisi'ii ■ 

 ry, about eight feet squ;iie an'l iiiijli. Tiu I" .'v 

 of Tievitt is rerioi'ted to bt* intorir-d w.ihi 1 this 

 foundaiion. C:in any re;i(li-r of ilu' Oni^DU 

 Naturalist supply any fads nhout ili.- li!,- . j- 

 history of Vic 'i'reviti? 



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