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Title: The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. Wood... With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, Zwecker... 1871
Year: 1871 (1870s)
Authors: Wood, John George, 1827-1889
Subjects: Ethnology. Manners and customs. Savages
Publisher: J. B. Burr and company
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University-Idaho

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hed to the piece of ice by the harpoonlines. The hunters allow them to tow theirice craft about until they are exhausted, whenthey launch their canoes, and kill the ani-mals with their spears. As soon as the wal-rus is dead, the hunters plug up the holes withlittle pegs of ivory, for the purpose of pre-serving the blood, which is so highly valuedby the Esquimaux. The Esquimaux have another kind ofspear. The shaft is made of wood, but thepoint and the barbed projections are of ivory.This spear is chiefly used for catching fish,and is flung by means of a throwing stick,almost in the same manner as the spears ofthe Australians. The throwing stick is madeof wood, flattish, and near one end has a hole,into which the butt of the spear is passed.This is altogether a much slighter and lighterweapon than that which has been described. Bows and arrows are also emplo)red bythe Esquimaux. The former are made ofhorn, bone, or wood, and are almost always d Mi> F C w F >O I—I cH rHcl DC •a
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(1341) WEAPONS. 1343 composed of several pieces lashed firmly to-gether. As is the case with the bows of theNorth American tribes, the chief strengthis obtained, not so much from the mate-rial of the bow, as from a vast numberof sinew strings which run down its back.There are often a hundred or more ofthese sinews, which are put on sufficientlytight to give the bow a slight curvatureagainst the string. The shape of the bowis rather peculiar. And though the weaponis so powerful, it is seldom used at a greaterdistance than twelve, or at most twentyyards. The length of the bow is on anaverage three feet six inches. The arrows are extremely variable. Somehave wooden shafts tipped with bone, butthe shafts of the best specimens are half boneand half wood, and the points are armedwith a little piece of iron. The arrows arecontained in a quiver, and the bow is keptin a case. This quiver and bow-case aregenerally made of seal skin, as being im-pervious to wet, though they are frequentlymade of

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