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sist in drawing. Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate the attitude of the 

 hand in this release. Mr. Paul Mamegowena, an Ottawa 

 Indian, informs me that his tribe practice this release, and 

 he illustrated the method to me. Through the courtesy 

 of Mr. Frank Hamilton Gushing I was enabled to make 

 inquiries of a number of Zuni chiefs in regard to their 



Figs. 4 and 5. Secondary release. 



method, and the release practiced by them differed in no 

 respect from that of the Ottawas. 



Mr. Daniel S. Hastings, formerly civil engineer on the 

 Northern Pacific Railroad writes to me as follows regarding 

 the Chippewa Indians of northern Wisconsin : " I have 

 watched the Indians so as to find out their manner of draw- 

 ing back the bow-string and releasing the arrow, and I 

 find they all agree in one respect : they all grasp the arrow 



