Detail from pl. 11, vol. 2 of _New voyages to North America_.

The red ‘A’ marks the center of the toe hole which Lafitau compares to a bow (as in “bow and arrow”) by way of analogy.

Detail from pl. 11, vol. 2 of Joseph François Lafitau’s _Moeurs des sauvages américains comparées aux moeurs des premiers temps_.