A THOUSAND-YEAR PINE 



jumped. The object struck was harder 

 than the saw. I wondered what it 

 could be, and, cutting the wood care- 

 fully away, laid bare a flint arrowhead. 

 Close to this one I found another, and 

 then with care I counted the rings of 

 growth to find out the year that these 

 had wounded Old Pine. The outer 

 ring which these arrowheads had 

 pierced was the six hundred and thir- 

 tieth, so that the year of this occur- 

 rence was 1486. 



Had an Indian bent his bow and 

 shot at a bear that had stood at bay 

 backed up against this tree? Or was 

 there around this tree a battle among 

 Indian tribes? Is it possible that at 

 this place some Cliff-Dweller scouts 

 encountered their advancing foe from 

 the north and opened hostilities? It 



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