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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM 



vot. 73 



The Iroquois are unique in the United States in making fire with 

 the pump drill. It is well known that several American tribes 

 used the pump drill for drilling beads and for othor light, fine work 



Fig. 36.— Fire-making set. Cat. No. 55938, U.S.N.M. Eskimo of Bristol Bat, Alaska. 

 Collected by Charles McKay 



requiring little friction and pressure. To render the pump drill 

 effective for fire making it was necessary to increase the size and add a 

 heaver balance wheel. Even then the pump drill is a clumsy fire 



