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freely through these grooves, dropped on the snow or bare ground in a 

 less-scattered condition, thus aiding the hunter in tracking the animal 

 ere it was finally dispatched. 



Fig. 26. 



Fig. 26 gives a fair idea of a Carrier arrow ready for use. As may be 

 seen, the feathering is triple. The tips only of the feather quills are fast- 

 ened to the shaft. Sinew and pitch were restored to in order to secure 

 the part of the quills adhering to the shaft end, while sinew alone generally 

 sufficed to fasten the larger or root end of the feathers. 



A variety of arrow* which was entirely of amelanchier wood with- 

 out stone or bone point or shaft grooves did service in connection with 

 target practice or one of the games which shall be described further on. 

 (Chap. VI.) 



The Tse'kehne, who to this day live almost entirely on the spoils of 

 the chase, formerly far excelled the Carriers in the manufacture and 

 use of hunting weapons. Some of these, which were indeed in actual 

 use among the Carriers, were nevertheless of undisputed Tse'kehne 

 oriein. Such were the " cut arrow," the triple headed arrow and the 

 blunt arrow. 



riL'. 2: 



The "cut-arrow " {^kra-tcdn-kiv3], lit. " arrow-stick-cut ofT ") was so called 

 on account of its peculiar shape (fig. 27). Its point was made of a 

 cariboo horn and "was awl-like in form. Its broader extremity was 

 hollowed out to receive a wooden shaft which served to dart it off from the 

 bow as a common arrow, with this difference however that, when in 

 motion, the horn point detached itself from the shaft. This projectile 

 was deadly, and intended only for use against a human enemy or for 

 killing large game."t 



To shoot smaller game they had recourse either to the triple headed 



*'kc-squh, verb, noun, meaning as far as it can be translated: "it shoots in as far as the 

 feathering." 



+ The Western Denes, etc. Proc. Can. Inst., Vol. vii., p. 140. 



