. Bulletin. Ethnology. alaskan eskimo box for containing harpoon heads, (murdoch) coastof Vancouver id.), the sea lion, or the seal, or in taking shellfish in the waters of the ocean and in the smallest streams. Large fish and marine mammals were captured by means of the harpoon, while the smaller ones were taken bytheaidofbowandarrow, gigs, net, dull, trap, or weir. Fires or torches were used along the shore or on boats, the gleam of which at- tracted the game or fish to the surface, when they were easily taken by hand or with a net. Among the Cherokee, Iroquois, and other tribes, fish were d
. Bulletin. Ethnology. alaskan eskimo box for containing harpoon heads, (murdoch) coastof Vancouver id.), the sea lion, or the seal, or in taking shellfish in the waters of the ocean and in the smallest streams. Large fish and marine mammals were captured by means of the harpoon, while the smaller ones were taken bytheaidofbowandarrow, gigs, net, dull, trap, or weir. Fires or torches were used along the shore or on boats, the gleam of which at- tracted the game or fish to the surface, when they were easily taken by hand or with a net. Among the Cherokee, Iroquois, and other tribes, fish were drugged with jjoisonous bark or other parts of plants; in parts of Cali- fornia extensive use was made of soap root and other plants for this pur- pose. Carved fishhooks (q. v.) of shell and bone have been found in shell- heaps and graves in the interior. In shape these resemble the hooks of metal from Europe, though the natives of the Pacific coast used fishhooks of wood and bone Stone Sir (rau). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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