. Bulletin. Ethnology. EwersJ THE HORSE IN BLACKFOOT INDIAN CULTURE 183 ^'-â¢â 'â '^^. Figure 28.âBlackfoot horse raider in winter dress. WEAPONS Members of horse-raiding parties carried no shields, lances, or war clubs. Their weapons were boAvs and arrows, guns, and knives. The knives, carried at the waist in rawhide sheaths, were sharp and heavy- enough to cut firewood and timber for temporary shelters. They served as axes as well as knives, useful in skinning and cutting up animals for food, cutting loose picketed horses from the enemy camp, and as weapons for hand-to-hand fighting if neces
. Bulletin. Ethnology. EwersJ THE HORSE IN BLACKFOOT INDIAN CULTURE 183 ^'-â¢â 'â '^^. Figure 28.âBlackfoot horse raider in winter dress. WEAPONS Members of horse-raiding parties carried no shields, lances, or war clubs. Their weapons were boAvs and arrows, guns, and knives. The knives, carried at the waist in rawhide sheaths, were sharp and heavy- enough to cut firewood and timber for temporary shelters. They served as axes as well as knives, useful in skinning and cutting up animals for food, cutting loose picketed horses from the enemy camp, and as weapons for hand-to-hand fighting if necessity Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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