Pre-historic times: as illustrated by ancient remains and the manners and customs of modern savages (1900)
Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913 · London, Edinburgh [etc.] : Williams and Norgate · leaf 619
, or in the construction of wigwams. They obtain fire by rul)liinn- a piece of wood in a liole. TlieChippeways and Natchez tribes had an institution for keepino-up a perpetual fire, certain persons lieing set aside and devotedto this occupation. The Dacotahs used a drill bow (fig. 239) for the… … Dacotali Fire Drill Bow Iror^uois Fire Pump Drill. moved backwards and forwards, gives it a rotatory movement.The Iroquois had effected a still further improvement, andworked with an instrument (fig. 240) closely resembling thatused in Western Europe, in Samoa,* and Ceylon,-f- to drillholes in…
Archaeology · Primitive societies
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