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  broad 
  triangle, 
  united 
  by 
  their 
  bases. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  flint, 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  

   quarter 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  on 
  Grand 
  island, 
  

   in 
  the 
  Niagara 
  river. 
  Fig. 
  30 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  and 
  pretty 
  arrow 
  of 
  

   yellow 
  jasper, 
  three 
  quarters 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  long, 
  and 
  comes 
  from 
  Amboy, 
  

   west 
  of 
  Syracuse. 
  Yellow 
  jasper 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  material 
  for 
  small 
  

   arrow 
  heads. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  31 
  represents 
  a 
  very 
  common 
  form. 
  This 
  is 
  of 
  white 
  flint, 
  

   two 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  comes 
  from 
  Brewerton. 
  It 
  is 
  

   neatly 
  chipped, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  sHghtly 
  expanding 
  base. 
  There 
  are 
  many 
  

   small 
  and 
  often 
  good 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  form, 
  usually 
  quite 
  slender, 
  

   and 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  nearest 
  hornstone, 
  but 
  fine 
  examples 
  occur 
  on 
  most 
  

   indian 
  sites, 
  except 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  Beveled 
  arrows 
  are 
  com- 
  

   monly 
  of 
  this 
  form. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  notched 
  or 
  shouldered 
  arrows, 
  of 
  every 
  variety, 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  occur 
  which 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  spiral 
  or 
  twisted 
  form, 
  but 
  whether 
  this 
  

   came 
  from 
  design 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  question. 
  The 
  indians 
  were 
  aware 
  of 
  

   the 
  advantages 
  of 
  a 
  rotary 
  motion, 
  and 
  learned 
  to 
  rifle 
  smooth 
  bore 
  

   guns 
  very 
  neatly 
  for 
  themselves. 
  Loskiel 
  said, 
  ' 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  Dela- 
  

   wares 
  and 
  Iroquois 
  have 
  learned 
  to 
  make 
  very 
  good 
  rifle 
  barrels 
  of 
  

   common 
  fowling 
  pieces, 
  and 
  keep 
  them 
  likewise 
  in 
  good 
  repair.' 
  On 
  

   the 
  other 
  hand, 
  the 
  triangular 
  Iroquois 
  arrow-heads, 
  whether 
  of 
  

   metal 
  or 
  stone, 
  were 
  made 
  as 
  flat 
  as 
  possible. 
  Obviously, 
  a 
  rotary 
  

   motion 
  was 
  not 
  always 
  desirable 
  in 
  the 
  woods, 
  and 
  to 
  this 
  day 
  the 
  

   Onondagas 
  do 
  not 
  feather 
  their 
  own 
  arrows, 
  though 
  they 
  will 
  do 
  it 
  

   for 
  others. 
  Accordingly, 
  as 
  the 
  spiral 
  twist 
  is 
  the 
  exception 
  rathei 
  

   than 
  the 
  rule 
  with 
  stone 
  arrow-heads, 
  and 
  is 
  quite 
  as 
  frequent 
  in 
  

   knives 
  and 
  spears, 
  this 
  feature 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  ascribed 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  flaking 
  

   of 
  the 
  material, 
  rather 
  than 
  to 
  design. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  observed 
  that 
  in 
  

   the 
  picture 
  of 
  the 
  battle 
  on 
  Lake 
  Champlain 
  in 
  1609, 
  the 
  indians 
  on 
  

   both 
  sides 
  have 
  feathered 
  arrows, 
  as 
  is 
  the 
  case 
  in 
  the 
  picture 
  of 
  a 
  

   Susquehanna 
  warrior 
  made 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  and 
  this 
  might 
  be 
  

   thought 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  artist, 
  rather 
  than 
  the 
  fact, 
  were 
  

   we 
  not 
  told 
  elsewhere 
  how 
  the 
  southern 
  indians 
  affixed 
  the 
  feather. 
  

   When 
  required, 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  feather 
  their 
  shafts 
  very 
  simply 
  and 
  

   neatly. 
  The 
  shaft 
  of 
  the 
  feather 
  is 
  split, 
  one 
  side 
  only 
  being 
  used. 
  

   The 
  anterior 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  stripped 
  and 
  bound 
  on 
  the 
  arrow 
  shaft. 
  

  

  