Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 99
of this country. During the Revo-lutionary War, the powder-horns were not carved,but were engraved or etched. Some were thusornamented by expert engravers, but most ofthem by the soldiers who made them. Historysays that there were ten thousand in use duringthe war, but this must be a mistake, as… … HORN-CARVING.From the top downward: Miles Standish landing at Weymouth onhis expedition against the Indians. Scene from an expedition overthe Rocky Mountains in 1864. A deer hunt. A fanciful piece (atbottom). Cuckoo sounding horn (at left). HORN-CARVING.Cats in a flower garden. Chanticleers. A fox…
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