The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-30
DIR. CARVER's ARCHERY.

What the Great Rifle Shot Saws Of the Use
OF the Bow ard Arrow.
You see" said DR.. Carver, as he de-
posted q whole sheaf of brightly feath-
cred arrows on a table, took off his UNI
brageous felt, and drew up chair, "
mu-t be shooting something or other all
the time. If it isn't Winchester it's
bow and arrow. Pretty, they are. But
most too fine Fancy things, these ar
rowe, for handsome young ladies to shoot
on grass plsts at straw targets. Now, an
Indian arrow is a good bit longer-maybe
thirty-two inches-and when a Sioux
draws it chock up to the bow it fairly
huns when he lets it fly.
AN INDIAN ARROW
Has grooves cut in it behind the barb,
that is to say the ones they use in hunt
ing, so that the blood can flow, other
wise the wood would spoil and swell.
The fighting arrows are nasty things.
The barb is so put on the shaft that
when it hits you the steel, or old hoop
iron, stays in the flesh when you 90 to
pull out the arrow. Dear sakes what
ugly wounds have seen them make
An Indian boy begins to handle a light
bow when he toddles, maybe at four or
FIVE years. His bow is taller than he is.
He shoots at most anything around the
camp. When be is twelve he uses sharp
arrows. a boy must be strong at
eighteen to use a mans bow. Now,
white man who takes an Indian bow for
the first time hiss all he can do to bend
it. 1t wants some strength, but more
knsck. The bow is made straight. When
it is struB :, the c ird, even when in ten
sion, almost touches the bow. 1t is
thick, some four and half to FIVE feet
long-that is their hunting bow--and
has extra stiffening by having sinews
pasted on it. / have seen We-shessa-
has-ka, that's the Long Man, and he was
the best of the Ogallsla Sioux, kill an an
telope with his arrows at one hundred and
twenty-five measured yards. We-shessa-
hss-ka was nearly seven feet tall, and
good Indian On horseback, broadside
to buffalo, have mere than once
known that Indian to.
SEND AN ARROW THROUGH A BIG COW.
The arrow hung OUT on the other side.
The bow for horseback and for war is
trife shorter and may be sitter. You
do not draw the arrow to the eye. put
catch aim as do when shooting from the
hip That can only be acquired by long
practice The string is drawn by the
clutch of the whole fingers, though some
of the tribes use the thumb and three
fingers. The. long man could shoot an
arrow in the air out of sight, and so can
(the doctor pointed to an arrow buried
up TO the feather in the ceiling of our of
| fee, his own peculiar ornamentation of
the Forest and Stream sanctum). j
thin that in couple OF months ] could
get into peri, ct practice, for | used to
hold my own with any Indian on the
plains. Sometimes after l had been
been shooting with my Winchester, an
Indian would come up and show his bow
and tell me his bow was muchee good;
but then / used to take his own bow and
beac him at it.
''To pass away the time when [ was al
the Brooklyn Driving Park, l bought
me.
AN ENGLISH BOW AND ARROWS
OfHoterton, and soon got into the trick
of it. | hit blocks of wood thrown int
the air quite As often as l missed them
The English bows and arrows are fancy
but good l would rather have an ole
Sioux one, made of hickory or ash, but
the boss bow l ever owned was made o
buffalo ribs. An Indian carries hi,
culver of arrows over his right shoulder
SO that he can get his arrows quickly
When he has discharged one arrow (tbt
doctor pronounces arrow with a single
letter; he calls it an RI, with the same
motion as he uses in pulling the string be
clutches another arrow. If he shoots one
hundred yard he has three or four arrows
in the air, all going at tie same time
It's great fun shooting at bird with q
long tail that flies over the prairie KNOCK
cut his tail and his steering apparatus i.
gone. have knocked the tail out o.
many a one, ard so caught him IN my
hands when he tumbled. See here. Talk
ing about these things Just make ms
long to be back again on the plains
New York is mighty good place, and
have made lots of friends; but somehow
want horss, and big field with mile
on miles before me to gallop over, anC
buffalo just showing on the divide
And here DR.. Carter shut his eyes anC
seemed Lost for while in the visions O
rolling prairies in the far off Western
! wilderness.- Forest and Stream.