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Poisoning arrows?
Dakotian:
I haven't been here in a while as I have been up to other things...like college.
Over the summer I have been collecting and expirimenting with various native plants with interessting medicinal properties. I find myself wondering if somehow a particuarily poisonious plant such as hemlock could be used to make an effective poison arrow or blowgun dart. If possible, does anyone know how such a thing could be done, and would whatever is killed by it still be safe to eat?
Pat B:
Welcome back to PA, Dakotian. It has been a while. College! :o ...and how are your sisters?
The Cherokee used blow guns. I don't know it they used poison on their darts or not.
I believe that most of the poisons used by native cultures were either neurotoxins or anti coagulants. You will have to be extremely careful with either. I'm sure there are plant poisons in the US but I have no knowledge of them. Someone will speak up with a more helpful answer for you.
islandpiper:
I think Homeland Security just joined the PA forum.....
zeNBowyer:
I am not aware of american indians using poison tips, however the south american cultures used poison tipped darts and arrows, there are some species of frogs that contain neurotoxins in their skins, and the most well known poison is curare, a plant poison
Justin Snyder:
Tobacco............ :o
Boil it, strain it, boil it down to a thick paste and put it on the tips. It is as deadly as it comes.
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