. The book of woodcraft and Indian lore. Outdoor life; Indians of North America -- Social life and customs; Fungi; Trees -- United States. Some Indian Ways 483 The moose, he said, always lies down on a wound to get it next the earth, but thereby drives the arrow home. Caribou rawhide, he claims, gets tighter when wet; and hornbeam practically never decays or loses its power with age. The arrow he showed me was without feathers and had a stone head. The notch was very slight, CSjH showing that the pinch vv,, ^^ '-' '^ ^^Ji Drawn from life, grip was neCeSSarV. It # By Thunder's arrow grip . &quo
. The book of woodcraft and Indian lore. Outdoor life; Indians of North America -- Social life and customs; Fungi; Trees -- United States. Some Indian Ways 483 The moose, he said, always lies down on a wound to get it next the earth, but thereby drives the arrow home. Caribou rawhide, he claims, gets tighter when wet; and hornbeam practically never decays or loses its power with age. The arrow he showed me was without feathers and had a stone head. The notch was very slight, CSjH showing that the pinch vv,, ^^ '-' '^ ^^Ji Drawn from life, grip was neCeSSarV. It # By Thunder's arrow grip . "^ # 14 Dec, 1900, Boston. was 32 inches long, but the / This manner he said was -P, , , , a general among his people renObSCOtS made them up V formerly, but of late they , . use the new (secondary) style. to 34 and 36 mches, usu- ally with feathers. The grip by which he pulled was the MongoHan, as in the sketch. That, he said, used to be the only one in use among his tribe, but recently they had used the grip known as the Secondary. SCALPS In some tribes each brave wears a long tuft of black horse- hair that answers as his scalp. The skin of this should be about one and a half inches across; it is furnished with a cord loop; the hair is as long as possible. This scalp is presented to the brave on entering the tribe. After he has promised obedience and allegiance and signed the roll the medicine man gives it to him, saying: "This is your scalp. Treasure this as your honor. You may lose it without absolute disgrace, but not without some ; He can lose it only in an important competition, approved by the council, in which he stakes his scalp against that of. 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 Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. Garden City, N. Y. Doubleday, Page
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