Show indians indian poisoned Poi tOned arrows arrow the bureau of ethnology says that the arrow poison used by the indians was of vegetal and animal origin among the vegetal pol poisons there were the sap of the yucca a preparation of aconite and a plant called mago the milk of which was poison some tribes such as the sho rhonl and bannock indians secured a deer and caused it to be bitten by a rattlesnake the deer was waa then killed and allowed to putrefy then the arrows arrow were dipped into the putrid matter |