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The Book of Woodcraft 



two long thongs of caribou rawhide. This extra piece is 

 bound to the arms of the main bow by a somewhat loose 

 rawhide wrapping. 



The string is three strips of rawhide, two of them loosely 

 twisted together, the third tightly wrapped around both. 



Penobscot warbow. 



Omaha bow, bowcase and quiver. 



The bow is 5 feet 6^ inches long, and pulls not more than 

 25 pounds, perhaps only 20. It seemed to me a very slow 

 bow. 



Yet the Chief told me it had killed many men and ani- 

 mals. He had recently shot a two-year-old moose with it. 



