FOREST AND STREAM 
Nov. i, 1913. 
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is necessary to make the small hollow in the 
head of the point where it is to be lashed to the 
arrow, for if you make the pointed end first you 
will have nowhere to rest the flint when you 
desire to chip out the curve in the head. If you 
stand it on the sharp point, you will break the 
point at the first blow on the head end. You 
must begin by pounding one boulder against 
another until you break away a flake of flint 
somewhat larger than the point to be made. 
Then resting it on end upon a log or similar 
object, you pound carefully against the end, 
using a sharp-edged boulder, Fig. 1. When you 
have pounded out a shallow curve or notch, the 
required size, then turn the flint on' edge, Fig. 2, 
and pound out the curve as shown by dotted 
line. Then turn up the opposite edge and make 
notch as Fig. 3. You may then, holding the 
stone in the same position, begin to pound along 
the edge, flaking away the stone as in Fig. 4. 
When finished, you will have a roughly shaped 
arrow point. 
One might think that pounding the flint with 
a boulder would leave the edge rough and dull 
instead of sharp as are the edges of a regular 
flint arrow point. But as the line of cleavage 
is always as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the flake 
breaks off, leaving a sharp edge. While I may 
not be able to produce as nicely shaped arrow 
point as many I have found, I have not had a 
lifetime of practice as had the Indian, and even 
if my process is not the one used by the In¬ 
dians, yet 1 am certain that most anyone in¬ 
terested sufficiently can produce a passable flint 
arrow point, and there is no reason why the 
Indians did not use such a method, the tools 
and material being found conveniently to hand. 
Another reason why I am inclined to believe 
that the Indians made their own arrow points is 
that you can find on the site of an Indian en¬ 
campment small piles of flint chips, pieces of 
broken points and the large boulders of flint 
broken, all the tools and materials necessary to 
produce the flint arrow points. 
An enterprising old fellow near Asheville, 
N. C., learning that the tourist and others would 
pay a good price for the clear flint crystal arrow 
points, has begun their manufacture, but instead 
of using the natural crystal, he gets pieces of 
glass crystal from some glass works. It is much 
easier to work than the natural crystal, and his 
customers will never know the difference, for 
they will never try to break one of the points 
to test the hardness. They value the rare relic 
too highly for such a test. I think that this old 
fellow must find the tourist much easier to work 
than either the natural crystal or the glass. 
Fourth N. A. A. Mail Match. 
The rainy weather prevented the archers in 
many parts of the country from shooting last 
week, so that such important centers as Boston 
and Pittsburgh were not heard from. We were 
glad to get a letter from our present champion, 
and hope that next time his scores will be ac¬ 
companied by some from Mr. Thompson. 
York round: 
Dr. J. W. Doughty, Ft. Steilacoom, Wash.116-524 
In the American round shooting at Wayne 
two of the ladies challenged two of the men, 
and it was by a mighty tight squeeze that the 
latter came out victorious. Score: 
Mrs. Dunlap and Elmer.103-465 
Messrs. Trout and Stilwell.111-485 
It is a pleasure to see another man climb 
up for the first time into the crisp atmosphere 
Walker (Chicago) . 
.. 19-103 
27-127 
26-142 
72-372 
Weston (Chicago) . . 
,. 21-97 
22-118 
28-152 
71-367 
Milne i, Jersey City) . 
.. 19- 81 
16- 72 
28-154 
63-307 
Cleland (Jersey City) _ 
.. 18-76 
24- 92 
26-130 
68-298 
Trout (Wayne) . . 
. 14- 43 
19- 83 
27-125 
60-251 
Mrs. Elmer (Wayne)_ 
.. 16- 64 
16- 72 
17-113 
49-249 
Stilwell (Wayne) . 
.. 4-18 
19- 76 
28-140 
51-234 
Mrs. Dunlap (Wayne) _ 
,. 18-76 
12- 46 
24- 94 
54-216 
McNeil (Jersey City) _ 
.. 14- 38 
19- 71 
23- 85 
56-194 
McOwen (Jersey City).. 
.. 12-54 
16- 40 
19- 89 
47-183 
McRae (Jersey City) . 
National round: 
,. 12- 36 
15- 53 
20- 78 
47-167 
Mrs. Dunlap . 
17- 61 
13- 39 
30-100 
Mrs. Elmer . 
Columbia round: 
18- 62 
8- 35 
26- 97 
Mrs. Dunlap . 
. 9- 34 
19-107 
22-120 
50-261 
Mrs. Elmer . 
.. 12- 46 
20- 94 
23-119 
55-259 
Miss Wilson . 
.. 11- 41 
17- 71 
22-118 
50-230 
Mrs. Emerson . 
. . 8-33 
4- 20 
10- 36 
22- 89 
Mrs. Powell . . 
,. 3-11 
8- 30 
8- 32 
19- 73 
Mrs. Trout . 
,. 0-0 
1- 1 
15- 57 
16- 58 
Miss Love . 
. . 4-16 
4- 6 
11- 31 
19- 39 
Miss Watson . 
.. 1-3 
1- 3 
9- 33 
11- 39 
Mrs. Elliot . 
. 0-0 
4- 16 
5- 21 
9- 37 
Mrs. Coleman . .. 
. 0-0 
3- 19 
4- 16 
7- 35 
Mrs. Stilwell . 
.. 1-1 
3- 7 
9- 25 
13- 33 
At thirty yards, 
Mrs. Trout changed 
from 
a 22-pound bow to one of 32 pounds with an 
immediate and wonderful improvement. It shows 
that one can be underbowed as well as over¬ 
bowed. Robert P. Elmer. 
Chicago Archery Club. 
Chicago, Ill., Oct. 20. —Editor Forest and 
Stream: The following scores were made this 
year by Homer S. Taylor, in the regular con¬ 
tests for the men’s championship of the Chicago 
M = CHIP 
Archery Club. They are recorded by James H. 
Pendry, Field Captain. 
Mr. Taylor made a few higher scores in 
practice: 
Fig 6 
York rounds: 
May 8. 
121-559 
July 
26. 
. 117-591 
May 10. 
93-419 
Aug. 
2. 
. 119-573 
June 21. 
108-578 
Aug. 
30. 
. 122-578 
June 28. 
112-534 
Sept. 
6. 
. 121-599 
July 19. 
123-611 
Sept. 
27. 
. 115-561 
Team rounds: 
May 3. 
88-452 
May 
31. 
. 90-484 
May 17. 
88-496 
Sept. 
13. 
. 92-584 
American rounds 
May 24. 
' 83-517 
Aug. 
30. 
. 90-612 
June 21. 
86-466 
Sept. 
6. 
. 90-608 
July 12. 
85-493 
Sept. 
27. 
. 89-561 
July 12. 
89-503 
Oct. 
19. 
. 90-580 
Edward B. Weston. 
above the 600 mark, 
her of a very small 
Mr. Bishop is 
group. 
now a 
mem- 
American ro-und: 
Bishop (Chicago) . 
. r 9-177 
■30-192 
30-232 
89-601 
Taylor (Chicago) . 
. 30-184 
30-180 
30-216 
30-5SO 
Doughty (Washington) . 
89-553 
Elmer (Wayne) . 
. 28-154 
29-179 
30-202 
87-553 
Duff (Jersey Citv). 
. 25-129 
24-126 
30-160 
79-415 
Total number of troops Balkan allies could 
put in field last October was about 850,000. Of 
these more than 100,000 died in battle or of 
disease. In money past year has cost the four 
Balkan States about $400,000,000. 
