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THE AMERICAN MOOSE 



were utilized, the upper surface being leveled 

 off, and a trough-like excavation made by the use 

 of fire and stone axes. These kettles, laboriously 

 made, determined the places of their camps, until 

 the white men brought iron kettles, which could 

 be easily carried on their journeys.'' 



Until the introduction of gunpowder the Ameri- 

 can Indian was practically on even terms with the 

 European hunter in respect to v/eapons for the 

 chase. He still used stone, or pointed bones, 

 instead of metal, for the heads of his spears and 

 arrows, but his cleverness in fashioning barbed 

 spear heads and arrow heads, with wonder- 

 fully sharp edges, from flint, and in fixing them 

 to the shafts, cannot be equaled by the men of 

 today. 



Many of the Old-World hunters had replaced 

 the long-bow by the cross-bow, and some had 

 supplanted both by the arquebus, at the time when 

 the Old World and the New first met. But the 

 effective range of the early firearmxS was wofully 

 short. According to Greener, "a reliable match 

 decided at Pacton Green, Cumberland, in August, 

 1792, resulted in a grand victory for the bow. The 

 distance was one hundred yards, the bow placing 



^^Description Geographique et Historique des Costes de V Amerique 

 Septentrionale (Paris, 1672), vol. ii., p. 359. 



