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 1. Arctic arrow. In the treeless Eskimo region the arrow-shaft is made of driftwood or of small pieces from wrecks spliced together and tipped originally with bone, most of them being barbed either for deer hunting or for fishing.

2. Athapascan arrows differ a little from Eskimo arrows, especially those that are designed for killing caribou.

3. The Algonquian arrow had a simple shaft (but no foreshaft), feathers, and head of chipped stone, fastened on the top with sinew; but in the fishing regions all sorts of barbed pieces replace the stone, each having one or more barbs.

4. The Muskhogean arrow was made of reed cane, and had wooden as well as stone points for different purposes.

5. The Rocky Mountain arrow has a short, hardwood shaft with blood streaks, and formerly a head of stone, but this is now replaced universally with iron.

6. The North Pacific arrow has a shaft of cedar with two flat or three radiating feathers, and a head of bone or iron. These are better made than the arrows of the Eskimo.

7. The Columbia River arrow is neatly made with a shaft of cedar and a head of two or more prongs, usually barbed.

8. The Interior Basin arrow resembles that of the Rocky Mountain region, though on its western side it merges into that of the Columbia River region.

9. The California arrows differ in special characteristics from place to place, but all are delicately made with light shaft, hard foreshaft, fine obsidian or stone point, and three feathers, usually highly ornamented.

10. Of the Pueblo arrows there are two kinds—those made under northern influence have a single shaft, while those made under southern influence have a reed shaft and hardwood fore-shaft with points of stone or glass.

11. The Middle American arrow is long and has a shaft of reed with flat feathering.

12. Antillean arrow. According to Hermann Meyer the arrows