. A narrative history of the town of Cohasset, Massachusetts . e too is carried on theirtanning and curing of skins. Large animals are caughtby nooses made from their strong hemp ropes. The nooseis attached to a tree held down by a trigger on the ground where the animalsbrowse. When thehoof steps in, thetrigger is sprung,and up flies the tree-top with a tightnoose about the legof the strugglinganimal.* The death blowmust be dealt by theclumsy stone axeor the spear with itsjagged stone with these rudeimplements greatskill is acquired. Inthrowing a toma-hawk the Indian aimis most unerri
. A narrative history of the town of Cohasset, Massachusetts . e too is carried on theirtanning and curing of skins. Large animals are caughtby nooses made from their strong hemp ropes. The nooseis attached to a tree held down by a trigger on the ground where the animalsbrowse. When thehoof steps in, thetrigger is sprung,and up flies the tree-top with a tightnoose about the legof the strugglinganimal.* The death blowmust be dealt by theclumsy stone axeor the spear with itsjagged stone with these rudeimplements greatskill is acquired. Inthrowing a toma-hawk the Indian aimis most unerring. Their boyes, saysCaptain EdwardJohnson,! WM ordi-narily shoot fish with their arrows as they swim in shallowrivers. They draw the arrow halfway, putting the point ofit in the water; they let fly and strike the fish through. * Mourts Relation, p. 8, tells how Gov. William Bradford was caught in one ofthese traps and horsed up by the leg. See also, for similar incidents, Thomas Mortons New English Canaan, p. History of New England, 1628-1652, p. Side and Edge of Spear or Knife Island. THE ABORIGINES. 91 Among the other occupations of their wigwams in win-ter and summer are the making of wampum, or money, andthe fashioning of stone implements. The latter has al-ready been mentioned, and much skill is necessary inchipping one stone by striking it with another. Some ofthem are smoothed by long rubbing. Bits of quartz with-
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