File:Iron Point (FOUS 16788) (a7ae082c-1dd8-b71b-0be0-745f94e87523).jpg

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English: Iron Point (FOUS 16788)
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English: NPS photo
Title
English: Iron Point (FOUS 16788)
Publisher
English: U.S. National Park Service
Description
English:

Iron projectile point.

In the hands of a skilled hunter, iron-tipped arrowheads like this one could easily kill a buffalo or man. George Catlin, the artist who visited Fort Union in 1832, noted the strength and advantage of an arrow: “When the arrow is thrown with great ease and certainty to the heart; and instances sometimes occur, where the arrow passes entirely through the animal’s body. An Indian, therefore, mounted on a fleet and well-trained horse, with his bow in his hand, and his quiver slung on his back, containing an hundred arrows, of which he can throw fifteen or twenty in a minute, is a formidable and dangerous enemy.” It is probable that the arrow he describes could have been one similar to the metal point pictured here.

  • Keywords: fort; union; trading; post; fur; trade; projectile; point; arrowhead; fous
Depicted place
English: Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Date Taken on 27 February 2017
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a7ae082c-1dd8-b71b-0be0-745f94e87523
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English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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FOUS

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