178 STONE ART. [eth.ann.13 



the same statement has often been made by others. It may be objected, 

 however, that very few of tliese beveled specimens are small enough for 

 arrowheads ; and modern archers have shown that the shape does not 

 affect the flight of the arrow. 



Schoolcraft, ' Powers, - Morgan, ' and Cheever * say that the mod- 

 ern Indians sometimes have a sjjiral arrangement of the feathers 

 on their arrow to produce a rotary motion or "rifling." This rotary 

 motion is supposed to keep the arrow in a straight course, as without 

 it a deviation from the direct line would tend constantly to increase. 

 But as showing that the rotary motion is not always desired, Dodge 

 says that SDmetimes the blade, in regard to the string notch, is set so 

 as to be perpendicular, to go in between the ribs of game; again, so as 

 to be horizontal, to go in between the ribs of an enemy. * 



The beveled flints were probably used for skinning game, as they are 

 better fitted for this than for anything else, and would serve such pur- 

 pose better than almost any other form of the smaller chipped flints. 

 The bevel is such as would be necessary if the implement were held in 

 the right hand and pulled toward the user. 



There are a great many specimens in the collection, both in the 

 ground or pecked and in the chipped implements, which can not be 

 classified with any of the objects herein described; but they are to be 

 considered as due rather to individual whims than as representative of 

 a type. 



' Indian Tribes, Tol. I, p. 213. * Amer. Nat., voi. iv, p. 140. 



2 Cont. to N. A. Etii., vol. in, p. 52. « Our Wild Indians, p. 418. 



5 League of the Iroquois, pp. 306, 308. 



