"They manufacture spears and hooks, also of bone, for fishing, but they are
not
to be compared to the same instruments made of metal by the whites. But
they
have been supplied by the traders with light guns, spears, and *iron arrow
points*, which have in measure superseded their own weapons; still, however,
bows
and arrows are most frequently employed in killing buffalo."
LIFE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
A Diary of Wanderings on the sources of the Rivers Missouri, Columbia, and
Colorado
from February, 1830, to November, 1835
By W. A. FERRIS
then in the employ of the American Fur Company
It is at the end of Chapter LXIII. I have it filed as an unpaginated .txt
document.
--
Smoke Pfeiffer
TERM LIMITS because the longer they are in, the more arrogant,
self-aggrandizing, and corrupt they become.
Buycott Arizona / Boycott Kalifornia
Proud member of the Angry Mob!
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