﻿ABORIGINAL 
  CHIPPKD 
  STONE 
  IMPI.EMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  1 
  9 
  

  

  bases; 
  pentagonal 
  and 
  straight 
  sided, 
  double 
  notched, 
  and 
  what 
  is 
  

   locally 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  shark's 
  tooth 
  form. 
  These 
  might 
  be 
  placed 
  in 
  

   his 
  classes, 
  although 
  he 
  gives 
  no 
  examples 
  of 
  these 
  forms. 
  Some 
  of 
  

   them 
  are 
  somewhat 
  local, 
  and 
  beveled 
  arrows 
  may 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  

   scrapers. 
  

  

  The 
  various 
  forms 
  of 
  triangular 
  arrows 
  are 
  often 
  called 
  war 
  arrows, 
  

   and 
  Catlin 
  makes 
  a 
  distinction 
  between 
  war 
  and 
  hunting 
  arrows 
  of 
  

   a 
  little 
  different 
  nature. 
  (See 
  North 
  American 
  indians, 
  33). 
  He 
  says 
  

   that 
  the 
  quiver 
  ' 
  generally 
  contains 
  two 
  varieties. 
  The 
  one 
  to 
  be 
  

   drawn 
  upon 
  an 
  enemy, 
  generally 
  poisoned, 
  and 
  with 
  long 
  flukes 
  or 
  

   barbs, 
  which 
  are 
  designed 
  to 
  hang 
  the 
  blade 
  in 
  the 
  wound 
  after 
  the 
  

   shaft 
  is 
  withdrawn, 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  but 
  slightly 
  glued; 
  the 
  other 
  

   to 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  their 
  game, 
  with 
  the 
  blade 
  firmly 
  fastened 
  to 
  the 
  shaft, 
  

   the 
  flukes 
  inverted, 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  easily 
  drawn 
  from 
  the 
  wound, 
  and 
  

   used 
  on 
  a 
  future 
  occasion.' 
  If 
  the 
  barbs 
  are 
  the 
  essential 
  distinction, 
  

   many 
  other 
  forms 
  besides 
  the 
  triangular 
  would 
  be 
  called 
  war 
  arrows. 
  

  

  The 
  wonderful 
  rapidity 
  with 
  which 
  indians 
  send 
  their 
  arrows 
  has 
  

   been 
  remarked 
  by 
  both 
  early 
  and 
  recent 
  writers, 
  and 
  this 
  argues 
  a 
  

   corresponding 
  facility 
  in 
  making 
  them. 
  They 
  w^ere 
  not 
  confined 
  to 
  

   war 
  and 
  hunting, 
  but 
  were 
  largely 
  employed 
  in 
  shooting 
  fish. 
  Father 
  

   Rasles 
  mentioned 
  this 
  when 
  he 
  was 
  among 
  the 
  IlHnois 
  in 
  1693. 
  

   When 
  they 
  wanted 
  fish, 
  ' 
  they 
  embark 
  in 
  a 
  canoe 
  with 
  their 
  bows 
  and 
  

   arrows, 
  standing 
  upright, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  more 
  easily 
  seeing 
  the 
  

   fish; 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  they 
  perceive 
  it 
  they 
  pierce 
  it 
  with 
  an 
  arrow.' 
  This 
  

   method 
  was 
  noticed 
  farther 
  east, 
  and 
  in 
  Johnson's 
  History 
  of 
  New 
  

   England, 
  1654, 
  it 
  is 
  said, 
  ' 
  Their 
  Boyes 
  will 
  ordinarily 
  shoot 
  fish 
  with 
  

   their 
  Arrowes 
  as 
  they 
  swim 
  in 
  the 
  shallow 
  Rivers, 
  they 
  draw 
  the 
  

   Arrow 
  halfe 
  way, 
  putting 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  it 
  into 
  the 
  water, 
  they 
  let 
  fiye 
  

   and 
  strike 
  the 
  fish 
  through.' 
  Loskiel 
  mentioned 
  the 
  same 
  thing 
  in 
  

   Pennsylvania, 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  century, 
  ' 
  Little 
  boys 
  are 
  even 
  seen 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  wading 
  in 
  shallow 
  brooks, 
  shooting 
  small 
  fishes 
  with 
  bows 
  

   and 
  arrows.' 
  Lawson 
  (171 
  4) 
  observed 
  the 
  same 
  thing 
  in 
  the 
  Caro- 
  

   linas, 
  and 
  other 
  early 
  writers 
  refer 
  to 
  it 
  elsewhere. 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  reason 
  

   for 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  arrows 
  along 
  rivers 
  and 
  streams, 
  and 
  this 
  would 
  

   allow 
  of 
  much 
  larger 
  heads 
  than 
  the 
  usual 
  ' 
  regulation 
  size.' 
  

  

  Triangular 
  arrows 
  with 
  concave 
  bases 
  are 
  widely 
  distributed, 
  and 
  

   in 
  New 
  York 
  their 
  chief 
  distinction 
  is 
  in 
  material 
  and 
  breadth. 
  In 
  

  

  