A great deal of hunting was done with bow and
arrows. The arrow maker made a man's bow and arrows for him. They were
made according to his height.
Each hunter had his own mark on the shaft of his
arrows. When an arrow killed an animal, it was easy to know whose
arrow had done the killing. A man might say, " I killed this
bear. The mark on the arrow proves it."
Everyone would take a look. Once they were sure,
the hunter who had killed the bear (fox, deer, elk) would remove the
arrow to use again. The bear was his to take home to his family.
Sometimes people shared a great catch, but it was still his bear to do
with as he chose.
