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  Of 
  the 
  making 
  of 
  the 
  bow 
  and 
  arrow 
  something 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  later, 
  

   in 
  connection 
  with 
  somxC 
  pecuHar 
  curved 
  scrapers, 
  admirably 
  adapted 
  

   for 
  this 
  work, 
  but 
  yet 
  too 
  rare 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  commonly 
  used. 
  Capt. 
  

   Smith, 
  again, 
  says 
  that 
  the 
  Virginia 
  indians 
  made 
  their 
  bows 
  by 
  

   scraping 
  them 
  with 
  shells, 
  and 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  may 
  often 
  have 
  done 
  

   the 
  same, 
  as 
  they 
  used 
  shells 
  for 
  knives. 
  The 
  arrow 
  shaft 
  was 
  

   straightened 
  in 
  several 
  ways, 
  and 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  have 
  not 
  lost 
  the 
  

   art 
  yet. 
  It 
  was 
  headed 
  with 
  almost 
  any 
  hard 
  and 
  sharp 
  material, 
  or 
  

   might 
  be 
  made 
  entirely 
  of 
  wood. 
  The 
  arrow 
  point 
  might 
  be 
  fastened 
  

   merely 
  w^ith 
  gum, 
  in 
  the 
  cleft 
  shaft, 
  or 
  be 
  bound 
  on 
  with 
  sinew 
  or 
  

   thread. 
  An 
  Onondaga 
  recently 
  had 
  a 
  triangular 
  stone 
  arrow 
  given 
  

   him 
  to 
  affix 
  to 
  a 
  shaft. 
  He 
  at 
  once 
  cleft 
  the 
  shaft, 
  inserted 
  the 
  stone, 
  

   took 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  thin 
  sinew, 
  dexterously 
  and 
  neatly 
  wound 
  it 
  about 
  

   the 
  wood 
  and 
  stone, 
  and 
  the 
  arrow 
  was 
  ready 
  for 
  deadly 
  use. 
  Differ- 
  

   ent 
  nations 
  used 
  different 
  arrows. 
  Thus 
  the 
  Sasquehanocks 
  had 
  

   stone 
  points, 
  shaped 
  like 
  a 
  heart, 
  an 
  inch 
  broad, 
  and 
  an 
  inch 
  and 
  a 
  

   half 
  or 
  more 
  long. 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  Capt. 
  Smith 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  the 
  indented 
  triangular 
  arrow-head, 
  as 
  the 
  Sasquehanocks 
  

   were 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  family 
  as 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  The 
  latter 
  used 
  triangular 
  

   arrows 
  almost 
  exclusively. 
  The 
  force 
  exerted 
  by 
  these 
  simple 
  

   weapons 
  was 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  surprise 
  to 
  the 
  colonists. 
  

  

  Shields 
  were 
  everywhere 
  in 
  use 
  among 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  but 
  soon 
  

   disappeared 
  before 
  firearms. 
  Smith 
  speaks 
  highly 
  of 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

   Massawomeks, 
  who 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  either 
  the 
  Eries, 
  or 
  a 
  nation 
  

   allied 
  to 
  them, 
  and 
  not 
  the 
  historic 
  Iroquois, 
  as 
  many 
  have 
  supposed, 
  

   although 
  of 
  that 
  great 
  family. 
  Their 
  light 
  targets 
  were 
  ' 
  made 
  of 
  

   little 
  small 
  sticks, 
  woven 
  betwixt 
  strings 
  of 
  their 
  hempe 
  and 
  silke 
  

   grasse, 
  as 
  is 
  our 
  cloth, 
  but 
  so 
  firmly 
  that 
  no 
  arrow 
  can 
  possibly 
  

   pierce 
  them.' 
  There 
  was 
  evidently 
  nothing 
  like 
  these 
  in 
  Virginia, 
  

   and 
  those 
  he 
  had 
  and 
  used 
  were 
  everywhere 
  recognized 
  at 
  once, 
  as 
  

   were 
  their 
  other 
  arms. 
  Champlain 
  describes 
  the 
  armor 
  of 
  the 
  Mo- 
  

   hawks 
  in 
  1609, 
  very 
  briefly. 
  ' 
  They 
  were 
  provided 
  with 
  arrow-proof 
  

   armor, 
  woven 
  of 
  cotton 
  thread 
  and 
  wood.' 
  Corlaer 
  saw 
  a 
  sham 
  fight 
  

   among 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  in 
  1634. 
  ' 
  Some 
  of 
  them 
  wore 
  armor 
  and 
  

   helmet 
  that 
  they 
  make 
  themselves 
  of 
  thin 
  reeds 
  and 
  strings, 
  so 
  well 
  

   that 
  no 
  arrow 
  nor 
  axe 
  can 
  pass 
  through 
  to 
  wound 
  them.' 
  Similar 
  

   passages 
  might 
  be 
  quoted 
  from 
  others. 
  

  

  