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This is :m ('\hil)it wliich ("xccllciillx' iiidicalcs llic use of llic how in 

 Indinii \vait';ii(\ In the fiist skclclon. it was round ihal two ariow 

 points of antltM" and one of hone* had ])i(M('('(l tlic hody and lodged near 

 tho spinal cohnnn. Anotlicr point of ar^iillitc had hccn (hivcn Ix'twccn 

 two ribs, cuttinii; a notch in cacli. A hone aiiow |)oint had stiiick tlic 

 shouhler and was ivstinp; aj»;ainst the s('ai)ula. Anionji; the hones of the 

 ri*>;ht hanch an arrow point of antl(M" was discovered, and there was a 

 similar one nejir the U^ft hand Anotliei' antlei- i)oint was lyin^ in th(; 

 sand just beneath the body and had, no d()ul)t, (hoppcnl from it when the 

 flesli wasted away. The most interesting;- wound of all was one where an 

 antler-tipped arrow had plowed through one side of the body and fully 

 one-third of the jwint had passed throuj2;h one of the ribs, making a hole, 

 in which it remained. The second warrior was also terribly injured. 

 The left femur showed an elongated puncture near the lower end, prob- 

 ably made by an arrow point. Among the ribs was the tip of an antler 

 point, and another of yellow jasper was among the ribs on the left side 

 of the body. Three other points were among the bones. The third 

 skeleton was likewise an example of old-time bow play. There was an 

 antler point among the ribs on the left side. The end of one of the 

 fibulae was shattered by a stone arrow-head, and a second point had 

 lodged between two ribs. Beneath the sternum was a flint point, and the 

 right shoulder blade showed a fracture near the end, caused by a blow^ 

 of some hand implement or an arrow^ Near the base of the skull, the 

 end of an antler arrow-head was discovered, broken perhaps by its im- 

 pact with the occiput. Two bone points w^ere near the low^er bones of the 

 left leg. A second point was found upon search among the left ribs; 

 under the vertebrae was the base of another antler point, and two broken 

 points were found beneath the body. 



The positions in wdiich several of the points w^ere found certainly 

 speak well for the great force which propelled them. The long bow^s of 

 the local Indians must indeed have been formidable weapons. Taking 

 into consideration the number of arrow^s w^hich must have been imbedded 

 in the bodies of the warriors, it is perhaps probable that the majority- 

 of the projectiles were driven into the victims at close range after death. 



In a small square case will be found the model of a rock-shelter and 

 typical objects found in such places. These rock-shelters, as the name 

 implies, are protected spots in rock}^ ledges, w^hich Indians once made 

 more or less permanent places of abode. ]\Iany such shelters exist in the 

 vicinity of New York, two or more having })een discovered at In wood, 

 Manhattan. The most important rock-shelter so far discovered is the 



