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315 are broken off and the finish given to the head. as with all artizans [sic] some indians are more expert than others. and in the hands of some makers arrow and spear points of the greatest beauty and delicacy are made. From the Pacific coast we get arrow points made of agate for shooting birds that are really beautiful they are sometimes only one inch in length but most beautifully chipped and beveled

  The arrow points. employed by the Ojibway past and present by present we mean those of this century seem to be included in three classes the types of which we give as taken from the valuable collection of Dr. Phillips.  The upper specimen is the form used for killing small game, and birds.   This is made of a [?mottled?] chirt chiefly of a white or light gray color.   The point is good and the rear end cut square with no barb, the thickness if five sixteenths of an inch. the height two and three eight inches and the width one inch.  this specimen is from. Jackson Illinois
  The writer in August 1892 on the [?South?] west shore of Lake Beulah. Wisconsin. a point of similar construction as to outline but much smaller and more regular.  the edges more delicately chipped and the square edge very sharp.  This specimen. was about. one and five eights inches long. five eight of an inch wide and three sixteenth of an inch thick.  This is also of white chert. and was no doubt used as a knife the point driven into a handle and the Square edge used as a cutter.
  The second specimen in the Phillips collection is th form of arrow point used in wars it has a shank which the others did not. and is barbed..  The shank it will be noted is of such form that to it might be fastened the shaft of the arrow to direct the point. but when the head and barbs had once entered the body any attempt to withdraw the arrow would detach the head leaving it to fester in the wound. so that should the warrior succeed in imbedding his arrow in his enemy he might go back to his wigwam with a satisfied mind feeling sure that sooner or later his enemy must succumb to his shot.   This specimen is from Grand River [?Lock?] Fox River in Wisconsin and is of uniform gray chirt and is well formed.. the length is two and three quarter inches the width, one and five eights inches and the thickness one quarter of an inch..
  The third specimen is the type of arrow head used for the killing of large game this form is barbed and has a flared shank. intended to prevent the shaft becoming detached. shot with sufficient force the head entered the body and the shaft protruded. and remained an integral part of the arrow when the animal fell.  the arrow was recovered usually intact.  As the object in this case was not only to kill the animal but preserve the point the heads were so constructed that the shaft remained in connection.   This specimen is of rose colored chirt. and when perfect was doubtless three inches long. is one and thirteen sixteenths. inches wide and three eights of an inch thick. it is from Waukeegan Ill.  In the reigion [?] and west of Lake Michigan  chirt of one kind and another is the natural [?] which