Hunting with the Bow & Arrow...

[tinman]

...by Dr. Saxton Pope.

http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/8hbow10.txt

This is a link to the historical book written by Dr. Pope now available free through e-books.

For those who have not read it, enjoy and everyone feel free to discuss the book.

[timhicks]

Great post Mr Tinman

[tinman]

That's the main page for different downloads.

http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/8hbow10h.zip

This leads to the images.

[LostHawg]

I've been meaning to get over to Hastings to see if they still have it. I've enjoyed the portions I've read of it.

Thanks Joey.

[tinman]

I started last night and finished the first three chapters while my daughter was in dance class tonight. Like many bowhunters, I'm intrigued by all things Ishi and especially his influence on Pope & Young, so these chapters are the best part of the book to me. They are first hand observations of Ishi as an Indian, a philosopher, and a bowhunter.

I think it's neat that before deer hunting he would wake early, take a bath in the river and rub himself with aromatic leaves to mask his scent.

This passage also stuck with me all day today...

"By degrees I learned to speak his dialect and spent many hours in his company. He told us the folk lore of his tribe. Some forty myths or animal stories of his (Ishi's) have been recorded and preserved."

Man...wish I knew where to find a copy of those tales.

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