© 1994 - Tara Prindle
unless otherwise cited.
Scenes from the Eastern Woodlands
A Virtual Tour ~ Circa 1550
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Learning to shoot our arrows ... you will see that we use longer and straighter bows than other regions of this great island, since we hunt only on foot or sometimes from a canoe. We make our bows from the wood of ash or hickory or locust. We paint our bows sometimes with designs, which makes them uniquely ours, but also disguises the bow in the woods so the animals cannot see a clear outline of the bow. Our arrow shafts are also longer than other areas, and we usually only get one chance to make our shot count, so accuracy of our aim, and of the arrow itself is very important. We use dogwood, witch hazel or viburnum for our arrow shafts, and we attach split feathers to the ends with deer or elk sinew. Our wild turkey feathers are good to use for fletching because they are very sturdy. We usually make our arrow points from stone like flint or chert or quartz. Recently we have gotten some brass kettles from the Europeans in trade, and we take the worn out kettles and cut triangular shapes from the scrap to make arrow points. |
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