The patrol attempted to greet them peacefully, but was hit with a wave of poison-tipped arrows.
Though rumored to use poison-tipped arrows (Jesuit Relations 41:43, 1655-58 chap.
So he went hunting alone - for monkeys in the lower branches, for birds perched higher up - with his poison-tipped arrows and small wooden bow.
The two descended from the high lookout point just as the first of the enemy's poison-tipped arrows arched over the walls.
The Waliangulu had established an equilibrium with the elephant, which they hunted with poison-tipped arrows.
Five poison-tipped arrows in my man, and it's as well for you he carried a message rather than a letter.
Similarly, the centuries-old 'poison-tipped arrow' remains so-called though the likelihood of any residual toxin is remote.
Another fabulous tale from the dark domain of poison-tipped arrows and bone-pierced lips.
The bows with their poison-tipped arrows, which I had taught them to fashion and to use, were raised against me.