The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-11-12
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Curious Story of the Breast Bone- 81 =
Brant That Was Shot In Alnskm-

Curious Story of the Breast Bone 90 xn
Brant That Was Shot In Afnskm-
A very surprising curiosity has DoesrN
placed in the National museum. Ia Eks-
the breast bone of wild brans trxHre.--
fxed by an arrow. The bird, wHiRfss
weighed about fifteen pounds, wzs s,scss:
in the Kanlsakee marshes, Indsangs.
with a gun and subsequently, czaaux-
but the part of its anatomy mentieresSA
was preserved.
Once upon a time--it must have EeeEas
some years before, SO a WashingsaRs
Star reporter was told--this paTsiessssE,~
brant was summcring in Alaska, WaSna.s.
Others of its species gather every .yFsc-v
for the purpose of mating. An frxEgafss
shot at the bird with an arrow xaiasat.
had for its point piece of deer'S rfssa.
seven inches long. His aim was a0D
true that the weapon went cesxs,
through the keel" of the fowls bgvsxsssS
bone and stuck there, the shaft fallnxE,.
to the ground. 1t is in this way taxxec
the natives of those parts make teeErr-
arrows, in order that the shafts naMr-r
not be lost. The latter fall whenY slss.s
game is struck and are picked up aeesazs-
Though transfxed in this fashioss tRsx-
brant was too sturdy bird to yiera E,s.
life so readily, no vital organs hayinsx-,-
been touched, and it calmly flew aSsy-..
doubtless to the disgust of the hrEAxa
After awhile the wound healed and taax.e
fowl managed to get along very esrKa-
fortably with the deer's rib through ieES
breast Years afterward it was slain witas,
more sure leaden shot in Indiana, aai2
now its breast bone has been depos1ssssia
at the National museum of this city Hasr
tragic history is known thus in e,Sssaas
because the arrowhead itself told ii ada
Each Indian tribe in Alaska makes iSss-
weapons after pattern peculiar to- izs-
self, and Prof Mason has thus beer.
enabled to determine that the bracrasg-
was struck with the arrow ON tltms-
Yukon river and nowhere else BurtAes-...
more, he knows positively ct what parar.
OF the Yukon the thing occurred, ansa,tx,.
can even locate the spot within twna ekr-
three miles. 1t is an affair quite urioznx..
that bird should be thus impalets sGza..as
yet carry the instrument of dcasfs4 sxzo
long and in such a manner. Resides.
the story has additional interes. in. slhs.-
bearing it has upon the study Of aitissz,
birds migration.
The arrow head is stuck through saxse
keel OF the breast bone precisely xsE.
right angles with the latter, projeeGisays=
on either side about an equal distanses
To protect the birds flesh against tsxa~
irritation bony material has been DID,
posted around the weapon for hale ar.1s
inch each way. The piece of deer's -1xsss
was Strengthened by the maker Of tfaa..
arrow with sort Of wrench IN tnza-
process of manufacture, after whieisa Saa
was shaved down and polished to a fnsxs-
point Near the butt end of it is a sirs-
gle barb, for the instrument is ob s3azas
character known as 4 ranking weayysxa
that is to say, after entering the naaasa
OF the victim it works it's way into Hsans~
vitals, eventually causing DEATH Ezas
Indian thinks nothing of following Ia
deer thus wounded for many days irs St3ar
expectation of securing the prey 6nssTy-s