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The Lightning Stick : Arrows, Wounds, and Indian Legends
author
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Stockel, H. Henrietta.
publisher
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University of Nevada Press
isbn10 | asin
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0874172667
print isbn13
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9780874172669
ebook isbn13
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9780874173994
language
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English
subject
Surgery, Military--Southwest, New--History--19th century, Bow and arrow--Southwest, New--History--19th century, Stab wounds, Indian weapons--North America.
publication date
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1995
lcc
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RD201.S76 1995eb
ddc
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617.1/43
subject
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Surgery, Military--Southwest, New--History--19th century, Bow and arrow--Southwest, New--History--19th century, Stab wounds, Indian weapons--North America.
Page i
The Lightning Stick
Page ii
BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR
Women of the Apache Nation: Voices of Truth
Survival of the Spirit: Chiricahua Apaches in Captivity
Medicine Women, Curanderas, and Women Doctors (with Bobette Perrone and Victoria Krueger)
Page iii
The Lightning Stick
Arrows, Wounds, and Indian Legends
H. Henrietta Stockel
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS RENO, LAS VEGAS, LONDON
Page iv
The paper used in this book meets the requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Binding materials were selected for strength and durability.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stockel, H. Henrietta, 1938 The lightning stick: arrows, wounds, and Indian legends / H. Henrietta Stockel. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87417-266-7 (paper : acid free paper) 1. Surgery, MilitarySouthwest, NewHistory19th century. 2. Bow and arrowSouthwest, NewHistory19th century. 3. Stab wounds. 4. Indian weaponsNorth America. I. Title. RD201.S76 1995 617.1'43dc20 94-43926 CIP
University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright 1995 by University of Nevada Press All rights reserved The Lightning Stick is the University of Nevada Press's first book to be composed in-house. Typeface: Century Old Style, using Aldus PageMaker. Book design by Heather Goulding Jacket design by Erin Kirk New Printed in the United States of America
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To Dan L. Thrapp, whose wise counsel and friendship will remain with me for the rest of my life.
May the Great Spirit guide and protect you, wherever you are.
Page vi
"Who killed Cock Robin?" "I," said the sparrow, ''With my bow and arrow, I killed Cock Robin." "Who saw him die?" "I," said the fly, "With my little eye, I saw him die." Mother Goose
Page vii
Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
xi
1: Perspectives
1
2: Arrows, Arrow Medicine, and Medicine Arrows
7
3: Barbers, Basins, and Battlefields
29
4: An Explorer-Surgeon Surnamed "Cow's Head,"
37
5: Be All That You Can Be in the Ar-r-r-mee, circa 1860
61
6: The Mother of All Headaches
77
7: The Head: Cutting, Scraping, Drilling, and Scalping
87
8: The Deadly Arrow Today
101
Notes
103
Glossary of Bow and Arrow Terminology
117
Bibliography
121
Index
127
Page ix
Acknowledgments
I love this book. Which is not to say that I didn't love the others I have written or will not love the books I plan for the future. But this one is special. Maybe it's because of the sheer folly of writing about arrow wounds as the world approaches the millennium wrapped in the potential for planetary nuclear destruction. Maybe it's because Western scientific medicine has doubled and redoubled on itself so many times that what was fresh and new five years ago is obsolete today. And maybe it's because people usually don't die from arrow wounds anymore. Today, late in the twentieth century, children are shot in city streets as they jump rope on the filthy sidewalks, the victims of snipers shooting at someone else. At least the wars on the frontier were fought for something, regardless of which side one supported. Now, America fights wars in foreign countries to ensure access to oil or to make sure the correct dictator remains in power even while the "enemy" burns the very same oil.
This little book may reflect my wish to return to less complex times, or it may be a tribute to the Native Americans who so desperately defended their homelands with bows and arrows. Then again, it may honor the wounded men of the U.S. Army of the West, or it may show my respect for the physicians who risked their own lives and limbs to treat the soldiers' injuries. Or it may just be something else and therefore none of the above.
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