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To: SunkenCiv

These are the "little guys" whose cousins inhabit certain isolated areas of the Southwest where they are called Mokis. They taught the Arapahoes to make a laminated bow out of mountainsheep horn in ancient times. Arrows shot from replicas of these bows have been "chrono-ed" at near supersonic speeds. Tiny arrowpoints are sometimes found and are erroneously identified as "birdpoints." They are actually arrowtips from the "little guys." Small structures with doorways too small to accept more than a searching human arm are erroneously called "granaries." These were Moki dwellings in ancient times. We hunters and prospectors who wander the isolated mesas and hidden canyons of the Southwest, always speak of them around our campfires with the deepest respect.


6 posted on 02/02/2005 11:13:25 PM PST by NaughtiusMaximus (Progressives are just liberals with an Earl Scheib paintjob.)
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"Arrows shot from replicas of these bows have been "chrono-ed" at near supersonic speeds."

What's the pull on a bow like that?


7 posted on 02/03/2005 12:41:28 AM PST by dsc
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8 posted on 02/03/2005 12:52:33 AM PST by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: NaughtiusMaximus

Really interesting stuff. Why are these discussions always obscured by ridicule and academic dismissal...


9 posted on 02/03/2005 4:12:24 AM PST by tkathy (Tyranny breeds terrorism. Freedom breeds peace.)
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