<< Gar skin was also used by settlers in the Mississippi valley as a cover for
wooden plows. The scales were used as arrowheads by Indians along with some
use as armour reported in these articles, but I am not sure which tribes
used these items.
Ray >>
I've read that native Americans used gar teeth as a headache
remedy....something like acupuncture I suppose.
J.R.
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