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  of 
  the 
  hand 
  to 
  the 
  wrist 
  bone. 
  This 
  measurement 
  was 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  

   wood 
  itself; 
  no 
  string 
  or 
  other 
  device 
  was 
  used. 
  The 
  shaft 
  was 
  then 
  

   cut 
  at 
  this 
  length 
  and 
  a 
  notch 
  was 
  made, 
  railed 
  moH'taxi 
  zho 
  n 
  Tca 
  

   (inn", 
  "arrow;" 
  Uaxe, 
  "tip:" 
  zho 
  n 
  Tca, 
  "branched 
  or 
  forked"); 
  after 
  

   that 
  a 
  slit, 
  mo^hideugthe 
  (mo 
  n 
  , 
  "arrow;" 
  hide, 
  "shank;" 
  ugthe, 
  "to 
  

   insert"), 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  shank 
  of 
  the 
  arrowhead. 
  Into 
  

   this 
  slit 
  the 
  arrowhead 
  was 
  inserted, 
  and 
  fastened 
  with 
  sinew 
  soaked 
  

   in 
  glue. 
  The 
  sinew 
  was 
  dried 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  burnt 
  mica, 
  which 
  was 
  

   called 
  tako 
  n 
  'ifO 
  n 
  ihe, 
  a 
  descriptive 
  term 
  meaning 
  "whitening 
  for 
  the 
  

   sinew." 
  The 
  glue 
  QiV'pa) 
  used 
  with 
  the 
  sinew 
  and 
  to 
  fasten 
  mi 
  the 
  

   feathers 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  boiling 
  horn, 
  turtle 
  shell, 
  or 
  rawhide. 
  The 
  

   ends 
  of 
  the 
  feathers 
  used 
  in 
  arrowshafts 
  were 
  wound 
  around 
  smoothly 
  

   and 
  closely 
  with 
  sinew 
  soaked 
  in 
  glue 
  water, 
  M 
  n 
  pani 
  (hi 
  n 
  pa, 
  "glue:" 
  

   ni, 
  "water")- 
  Burnt 
  mica 
  was 
  used 
  for 
  whitening 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  for 
  dry- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  sinew. 
  The 
  arrow 
  maker 
  took 
  pride 
  in 
  finishing 
  his 
  work 
  

   neatly 
  and 
  without 
  soiling 
  the 
  sinew. 
  After 
  the 
  arrowheads 
  were 
  

   attached, 
  waving 
  lines 
  or 
  grooves 
  were 
  made 
  along 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   shafts. 
  This 
  was 
  done 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  wood 
  from 
  springing 
  

   back 
  to 
  its 
  natural 
  bent 
  and 
  not, 
  as 
  has 
  sometimes 
  been 
  stated, 
  to 
  

   allow 
  the 
  blood 
  to 
  flow 
  along 
  the 
  arrowshaft, 
  or 
  for 
  a 
  symbol 
  of 
  the 
  

   lightning. 
  Arrowshafts 
  were 
  straightened 
  by 
  passing 
  them 
  through 
  

   a 
  hollow 
  bone. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  three 
  kinds 
  of 
  arrows, 
  all 
  which 
  were 
  spoken 
  of 
  by 
  the 
  

   general 
  term 
  mo", 
  "arrow". 
  Two 
  were 
  known 
  by 
  descriptive 
  names: 
  

  

  (1) 
  Arrows 
  having 
  heads 
  of 
  flint 
  or 
  stone 
  were 
  used 
  for 
  big 
  game 
  and 
  

   for 
  defensive 
  warfare. 
  These 
  were 
  always 
  spoken 
  of 
  simply 
  as 
  mo 
  n 
  . 
  

  

  (2) 
  Hide'gapai 
  (hide, 
  "foot:" 
  gapai, 
  "sharpened"). 
  These 
  arrows 
  

   had 
  no 
  heads; 
  the 
  foot 
  was 
  sharpened. 
  They 
  were 
  used 
  for 
  small 
  

   game 
  — 
  as 
  squirrels, 
  rabbits, 
  and 
  prairie 
  chickens, 
  and 
  also 
  by 
  both 
  

   men 
  and 
  boys 
  in 
  practising 
  to 
  secure 
  skill 
  in 
  aiming. 
  Shooting 
  at 
  

   a 
  mark 
  for 
  stakes 
  (mo 
  n 
  Jci'd( 
  ikif.n" 
  — 
  mo 
  n 
  , 
  "arrow;" 
  Jcide, 
  "shoot;" 
  

   il.il.ii", 
  "gamble 
  with 
  each 
  other") 
  was 
  a 
  common 
  mode 
  of 
  gambling. 
  

   The 
  stakes 
  were 
  usually 
  arrows. 
  In 
  such 
  games 
  many 
  men 
  might 
  

   engage 
  in 
  the 
  sport. 
  The 
  first 
  player 
  set 
  up 
  the 
  mark, 
  provided 
  

   there 
  was 
  no 
  boy 
  to 
  serve 
  the 
  party. 
  If 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  boy, 
  he 
  stuck 
  an 
  

   arrow 
  into 
  the 
  ground 
  at 
  the 
  distance 
  agreed 
  on, 
  generally 
  '-'(Hi 
  to 
  400 
  

   yards; 
  this 
  mark 
  was 
  called 
  washa'begtht 
  (washa'be 
  "a 
  dark 
  object;" 
  

   '////(, 
  "thrust 
  in" 
  the 
  ground). 
  The 
  aim 
  was 
  to 
  strike 
  flic 
  arrow- 
  

   where 
  it 
  entered 
  the 
  ground. 
  If 
  an 
  arrow 
  fell 
  beyond 
  the 
  mark, 
  the 
  

   marksman 
  lost. 
  A 
  stick 
  was 
  used 
  to 
  measure 
  the 
  distances. 
  When 
  

   the 
  stakes 
  in 
  a 
  shooting 
  match 
  were 
  goods 
  (robes, 
  saddles, 
  etc.) 
  or 
  

   horses, 
  then 
  only 
  two 
  men 
  could 
  contest. 
  An 
  arrow 
  set 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  

   ground 
  was 
  always 
  the 
  mark. 
  (3) 
  Hide'tash< 
  (hide, 
  "foot;" 
  tashe, 
  

   "knobbed"). 
  These 
  arrows 
  were 
  without 
  heads; 
  the 
  shafts 
  were 
  

   knobbed 
  at 
  the 
  foot. 
  They 
  were 
  used 
  by 
  hoys 
  only, 
  generally 
  to 
  

   kill 
  birds. 
  

  

  