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PRIMITIVE AMERICAN ARMOR. 



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coat of thick skin whifeli has appeared at all times and places 

 ,y have arisen independently, following the prime idea of the con- 

 ftiitance of weapon and an ti weapon, but 



3) Plate armor in America is a clear case of the migration of inven- 



L)U, its congeners having been traced from Japan northeastward 



irough the Ainos, Giliaks, and Clmkchis, across Bering Strait by the 



intervening islands to the western Eskimo. Here the armor spread 



southward from the narrowest part of the strait, passing into the slat 



armor of the &quot;North west Coast, which is possibly a development of the 



plate idea. The plate armor also may have spread to the eastern coast 



of North America. Hence it appears to be conclusive that plate armor 



Jin America had Asiatic origin. The date of this introduction is not 



(considered. 



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