Indian Archery : Page 427

The style of the Indian arrow heads seem to be of a patternpeculiar to the red man. None of the Old World points hadnotches chipped at the rear; the Indian had developed thisfeature to extreme in some cases, such as the Yana points. Wenote, however, that the Folsom points do not have notchedshoulders but do contain a feature not found in any otherhead; this is a flute or series of flutes which appear on the sidesof the arrow point.

The process of pressure flaking is simple although it doesrequire a great deal of skill. No doubt that they, being hu-mans, varied in their talents the same as we do. I do notbelieve that every Indian brave could chip out a beautifulhead any more than every American citizen can draw a pic-ture. They, also, had their artisans—the arrow makers, whowere most important.