﻿No. 
  112.] 
  75 
  

  

  ond 
  to 
  set 
  an 
  arrow 
  in 
  its 
  place. 
  Originally 
  the 
  Indian 
  bow 
  was 
  

   abont 
  three 
  feet 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  the 
  arrow 
  two 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  an 
  easy 
  matter 
  for 
  an 
  Iroquois 
  hunter, 
  with 
  a 
  bow 
  of 
  

   this 
  description, 
  to 
  send 
  an 
  arrow, 
  pointed 
  with 
  flint 
  or 
  horn, 
  en- 
  

   tirely 
  through 
  a 
  deer. 
  But 
  in 
  later 
  days, 
  when 
  this 
  weapon 
  came 
  

   to 
  be 
  used 
  merely 
  for 
  amusement, 
  and 
  tlie 
  muscular 
  strength 
  ac- 
  

   quired, 
  by 
  its 
  use, 
  had 
  abated, 
  the 
  bow 
  was 
  lengthened 
  to 
  four 
  

   feet 
  and 
  the 
  arrow 
  to 
  three. 
  

  

  Gii-ne-ko-wii-ah, 
  burden 
  frame, 
  or 
  litter. 
  

  

  No. 
  113. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  an 
  ancient 
  contrivance 
  to 
  assist 
  in 
  carrying 
  burdens. 
  

   Game, 
  cooking 
  utensils, 
  wood, 
  bark, 
  in 
  fact 
  everything" 
  which 
  

   could 
  be 
  transported 
  by 
  hand 
  could 
  be 
  borne 
  upon 
  this 
  frame. 
  

   They 
  were 
  a 
  necessary 
  appendage 
  to 
  every 
  house, 
  to 
  the 
  traveller, 
  

   and 
  to 
  the 
  hunter. 
  Sometimes 
  they 
  were 
  elaborately 
  carved 
  and 
  

   finished, 
  but 
  more 
  frequently 
  were 
  of 
  a 
  plain 
  piece 
  of 
  hickory, 
  

   like 
  the 
  one 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  figure, 
  and 
  made 
  with 
  f^i' 
  quick- 
  

   est 
  dispatch. 
  The 
  frame 
  consists 
  oftwo 
  bo 
  v- 
  of 
  Hickory, 
  biou-ht 
  

   together 
  at 
  right 
  angles, 
  and 
  fastened 
  to 
  each 
  other 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  an 
  

   eye 
  and 
  head. 
  The 
  upright 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  frame 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  

   horizontal 
  in 
  all 
  particulars, 
  except 
  its 
  greater 
  length. 
  Strips« 
  

  

  