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Title: Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
Year: 1855 (1850s)
Authors: United States. War Dept Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Subjects: Pacific railroads Discoveries in geography Natural history Indians of North America
Publisher: Washington : A.O.P. Nicholson, printer (etc.)
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
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in Central America. Plate 41 (lithograph). Figure 1. A Yampais bow, 4£ feet long. Mojave bows are of similar form, from 4 to 6 feetin length, and are made of cottonwood. The quiver, full of arrows, and made of mountain-sheep skin, is shown at 4. Figure 2. A Chemehuevis bow, such as is used by every band of the Pah-Utahs. 5. Thequiver, being the spotted skin of a species of wild cat. Figures 3, 3, 3. Specimens of arrows. Figure 7. A Mojave lance. Figure 6. Obtained from the Mojaves, and deemed by some of the party a war club.* Itappears to be a domestic implement; the flat face is worn smooth, and apparently by poundingsoft substances, probably boiled maize; the edges of the face are cracked, and the lower portion 0 The particular specimen referred to may possibly have been used for domestic purposes ; but it is as well known to bean implement of warfare as is the bow or the spear. From their frequent use of this weapon, one tribe is known as theG«lloteros, or Club Indians. A. W. W.
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