MURDOCH.] BOWS. I no 



from tlic Kaviak p.-iiinsuhi tn the Mackon/.ir an.l Ainlnsoii nvcis; an.l 

 HI. TIm- Western tyi)i-. cimtiiit'd to St. I.awrciirc Island and llir main- 

 land (d'SilM'ria. 



I liavf shown liow tln-sr thn'c tyi)rs dilVcr IVom carli odi.a- and iVom 

 the orij;-iual type, and have cxprcssi^d tlic opinion thai tliesi> ilinricnccs 



result from tlie dittereiit resonn-e^ at the c mand of the people ofdif 



ferent rei;-ions. I ha\'e also enih-a\iired to areoiuit foi- the laet that we 

 find sporadic exaniiiles of the Aivtie type, tor instance as far soutii as 

 the Yukon, by the well known habits of the Eskimo in rc.uaid to tiad 

 inj;- exiieditions. 



Outside of the re-ion treated in my itajier above ref.ared to, there 

 is very little mafiaial for a comparative study of Eskimo bows, either 

 ill the .Museum or in the writin-s .,f travelers. Most writers have eoie 



tented themselves with a casual reference to some of the iv salient 



peculiarities of the weapon without j;ivin,u any detailed intbrmation. 

 rH-iniiin.u- at tlie extreme north of (ireeidand. «e lind that Ihcso-calh'd 

 "Arctic Ili-hhiiiders" have hardly any knowled-,. ,,f tlie bow. Dr. 

 Kane saw none dnrin.u his inleicoiirse with them. Imt Dr. Kessels' men. 

 tioiis .seein-- one bow. madi' of iiieces of antler spliced together, in the 



liossessi f a man at Ita. In Danish (livenland. the use of the bow 



has been aband mI lor many \cars. Wlien ( 'rantz- wrote it had already 



.i;-one out of us.., thon-h ill lyued.'-s^ time it w.is still employed. It ap- 

 liears to have been lon-erthan the other Eskimo b,,ws. IS'ordenski.ihH 

 re|.roduc.-s a pictured' a -r.,np of (ircailandcrs from an ,.ld paintiii- 



of the date of K;.-. I in the EtI -raiihical Mns.mm of Copeiiha-en. The 



man holds in his left hand a strai-ht bow. which apiiears to have the 



the end (-allies, and yet twiste.i into two caldes. If this representation 

 be a correct one, this arran-cmciit of tli.' backin,;;-, taken in c<miieetion 

 with what ('rant/, and IC-cde say of the -reat len-tli of the bow, would 

 be an ar.i^nment in favor of my theory that the St. Lawrence Island 

 bow was developed li-om the iirimifnc to. ni b\- hMi-rlieniii- the ends of 



the bow without Icn.ut lieiiin- the baikin,-. Tlie additi f the end 



cables would then be an after invention, peculiar to the western bow. 

 In rUilfin Land the bow is very rudely made, and aiiproaclies very elosely 

 to my supposed primitive tbrm. Owin.u to the searcity of wood in this 

 re-ion 111.' bow was fr.-.pi.aitly iiiad.'..f r.amh'.'i' anth-r. a substan.-.' still 

 nioiv unsuitable tbr tli.- purpo.se than th.' solt .■..nifer.ms wo.ids u.s.'d 

 elsewh.av. 'I'll. 're are ill the .Musenm Ihiv.' sp.'cimcns of siieli antler 

 bow.s, br.m-hl fr ( 'iimberland (iiilf by Mr. Knmlieii. 



s-'l'lii.ir liow i.sof iiu orcliinii-y M.i 

 .•»lrenKtli<-iuMl with Strms:.s iiuirlr d Si 

 fatlioiTi tmi','." Ci-i-i-iilaml, p. l"l. 



*Vo}'age of the Vegu. v.il. I. p 41. 



