Yahi archery by Pope Saxton T. (Saxton Temple) 1875-1926

Author:Pope, Saxton T. (Saxton Temple), 1875-1926
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Ishi, d. 1916, Archery, Bow and arrow, Arrowheads, Indians of North America -- Implements, Yana Indians
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press
Published: 1918-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Pope: Yahi Archery

Besides his arrows he carried his bow in the quiver, and slung all over the left shoulder. It was not easy to extract arrows from the quiver quickly, so it was customary to carry a few in the hand. These, during the act of shooting, Ishi either laid on the ground or held beneath his right arm. Owing to his peculiar method of shooting, this did not interfere when he drew his bow.

HANDLING OF THE BOW

His system of shooting was as follows: Taking his bow from the quiver, he placed the lower end on his partially flexed left thigh. While he held the bow by the center with the left hand—its back was down — hi s right hand caught the string between forefinger and thumb. The other fingers held the upper end near the nock. Now, depressing the handle and bending the bow, he slipped the loop of the string over the nock. If, perchance, the string were too long, he unstrung the

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