Indian Archery : Page 433

No doubt that an Indian could have shot as well at thelarge, brightly colored target as the white man if he had hadthe white man's equipment and his target training. The redman's training was shooting at small targets at short distances;at this, his game, he was an excellent shot.

The Indian was not slow at recognizing the limitations ofhis armour; he discarded his bow the instant he could procurea firearm.

We all want to remember the Indian with his bow and tothink of him as leading a nomadic life in a land where theforests were primeval, the streams unsullied or polluted andthe wild creatures as his friends; to sing the song of Hiawathaand wish that we, too, could have a role in that drama ofdreams.