Show A to fo bear Pear Ml Midge ge You asked about arrowhead hunting A fascinating ton Indeed Yes Ye we go arrowhead arrow arrows head hend hunting around here 1 It Isn't expensive and who knows know ve we may find one We Ve are no not dedicated to the sport but w we have found some and nd we save come to the conclusion that tha arrowheads are where one fords them Ulem We try to pick a place where an Indian might have liked to sit alt and work warle or where there might have been a gooc good hunting grounds A dry wash or 01 stream bed Is la a good place to look as the water might have Washed one down stream One arrowhead hunter had searched searcher and scanned many acres of ol ground without finding too many One day a small eight eight- year-old year girl showed him two perfect bird points Those are the very small arrowheads lie asked her Where did you find those Oh I found them near the stock car race track The Therace Therace race track is about 10 miles south of here just off the main highway And Ive I've walked over the hills far tar and near looking exasperation ex desire delre and awe In his voice Many people around here hero have wonderful breathtaking collections The Gus Ranch family of LaSal have one of thee the best amateur collections I know of One small boy after careful examination expressed It this way They them all aU Ranches have gone out huntIng hunt hunt- Ing hundreds of times in the 10 0 or 11 years they have lived In Inthis Inthis Inthis this country Hours fours of oC slowly walking over the ground kick kick- Ing lag at and picking Up by any likely looking rock The process of ot searching for arrowheads Is It a slow one Wi We Ve find a likely spot get out o othe of the car start In the direction We are pointed take one slow step II head down eyes searching the ground then another slow tep step head he down eyes eagerly looking thus we proceed over our chosen area My neck gets tired my glasses slip down my nose but still I keep looking looking Arrowhead Is the common term really we should say Indian In Ins dian dlan artifacts because one can find rind skinning knives awls and many other tools the Indians made of stone for one use or another Many materials were used any hard like flint-like rock that was available Some of the rock Is native to this area some had to be traded for Cor or carried In from other places Many colors are found red brown white pink green black multi colored Since so many people have havethe havethe the urge to hunt for the artifacts artifacts arti artl facts they are arc getting harder and harder to find But Dut It Is fun to go out and look thrilling when one finds even a piece of rock that has been worked on Des Besides Ides we have the outing relax relax re reo lax In the good fresh outdoors eat cat a n picnic lunch In the sand and among the ants and clear our minds of the stresses and worries we collect during Juring the days of struggling for a place In this world of ours Love PEPITA |