Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1871-1954 · New York, R. M. McBride & co. · leaf 286
age handiwork and customs, but now andthen you may obtain articles with true historicalor romantic value. A plain, horn-handled hunt-ing-knife with badly rusted blade may not appear INDIAN RELICS 241 of great interest, but if the label shows that it wasfound embedded in the breast of an Indians… … Fig. 2 Fig. 1. Tomahawk made from old hatchet. Fig. 2. Stone-headed skull cracker beadwork, but when worn by my wife in the pres-ence of Sioux Indians it invariably aroused theirinterest and curiosity and proved an easy and cer-tain means of winning their confidence and friend-ship as soon as they…
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