. Indians of Manhattan Island and vicinity /. INDIAN SKELETONS PIERCED BY ARROW POINTS TOTTENVILLE. STATEN ISLAND the like, a stone pipe, and a number of other objects, while not farawaythe skeletons of three Indian warriors were exhumed, in and amongwhose hones there were found, as shown in the cases devoted to thearchaeology of Staten Island, twenty-three arrow points of stone, antler,and BONES PUNCTURED BY ARROW POINTS, FROM SKELETONSFOUND ON STATEN ISLAND IXDIAXS OF MANHATTAN ISLAND 19 This is an exhibit which excellently indicates the use of the bow inIndian warfare. In the first s
. Indians of Manhattan Island and vicinity /. INDIAN SKELETONS PIERCED BY ARROW POINTS TOTTENVILLE. STATEN ISLAND the like, a stone pipe, and a number of other objects, while not farawaythe skeletons of three Indian warriors were exhumed, in and amongwhose hones there were found, as shown in the cases devoted to thearchaeology of Staten Island, twenty-three arrow points of stone, antler,and BONES PUNCTURED BY ARROW POINTS, FROM SKELETONSFOUND ON STATEN ISLAND IXDIAXS OF MANHATTAN ISLAND 19 This is an exhibit which excellently indicates the use of the bow inIndian warfare. In the first skeleton, it was found thai two arrowpoints of antler and one of bone had pierced the body and Lodged nearthe spinal column. Another point of argillite had been driven betweentwo ribs, cutting a notch in each. A bone arrow point had struck theshoulder and was resting againsl the scapula. Among the bones of theright hand, an arrow point of antler was discovered, and there was asimilar one Dear the left hand. Another antler point was lying in thesand just beneath the body and had, no doubt, dropped from it when 1 heMesh wasted away. The most interesting wound of all was one where anantler-tipped arrow had plowed through one side of the body and fullyone-third of the point had passed through one of the ribs, making a hole,in which it remained. The second warrior was also terribly l
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