Boomerang

Weapon used in Australia by the aborigines. It consists of a thin, flat piece of wood, a little flatter on one side than on the other, nearly two inches wide, and pointed at both ends, cut from a branch which has a bend of 100° to 130°. It is ab. 16 in. long, and the Various Forms of Boomerang. bend comes in the same plane as the edges. When this is thrown against the wind so as to turn round and round, it comes back to the thrower, but if it strikes an object its force is spent. It is used to kill birds and small mammals. It can be thrown 300 ft., and as a weapon in war it is effective. Boone, DaniEL, 1735-1820. Early settler of Kentucky, hunter and Indian fighter. He moved to Mi ouri 1795.