FlRE-MAKlNG APt>ARATUS, 



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Klamaths of Oregon. The main part of the drill is either a reed, or a 



straight sprout, usually the former. 



At one end a short piece of very 



hard wood — greasewood, sarcoba- 



tus vertniculatus — is set in and 



lashed with sinew. It resembles 



the Shoshouian arrows, which are 



foreshafted in this way. They also 



use sand in common with other 



neighboring tribes. 



The Pai-Utes, of Southern Utah, 

 make their hearths of a short, 

 rounded piece usually of the sap- 

 wood of juniper. It is tied to the 

 drill with a thong of buckskin when 

 not in use (fig. 7). The drill is like 

 the usual one, just described. This 

 is the common form of the Pai-Ute 

 apparatus. The small, two-holed 

 hearth of rounded form, and the 

 shortened, spliced drill are for con- 

 venience of carrying, this kind be- 

 ing used by hunters while away 

 from the lodges. Mr. S. J. Hare 

 says that the men do not usually 

 make the fire, except when out on 

 a hunting excursion. At the lodge 

 it is the squaw's duty to make the 

 fire when it is needed. 



The Pai-Ute is rarely at a loss to 

 get fire; he is master of various ^|| |ii ||l| M('|j,() 



devices. Mr. Hare, who was among 

 the Utes for some time, states that 

 when the Indian is in need of a 

 light he uses either the flint and 

 steel, the drill, or, if these are not 

 at hand, he takes two branches, 

 and rubs one up and down on the 

 other, soon getting fire. The Aus- 

 tralians are said to have practiced 

 fire-making by rubbing in the way 

 mentioned. This is the only obser- 

 vation collected of its occurrence in 

 America. It is, in all probability, ^.^ ^ 



a difficult, unusual way ; only prac- fibe makixo set. 

 ticed under pressure of necessity ^^m! ^i'a,' me L?;,!!; 



, -i TT- mi . 1 . Southern Utah. Col- 



among the U tes. They take great uaed hy Maj. j. w. poweii.) 



Fig. 9. 



FiRK-MAKING SET. 



(Cat. No. 22022, U. S. N. M. Sho- 

 shone InJi;in3, Wind River, Wy- 

 Collected by Maj. J. W 



