. The white Indian boy : the story of Uncle Nick among the Shoshones. hen ; I told mother that the next time I went outI would kill a whole herd of buffaloes. She said she knewI would, but she did not know what they could do with allthe meat. Washakie said that I was just like the rest of the whitemen. They would kiU buffaloes as long as there wereany in sight and leave their carcasses over the prairies forthe wolves. He said that was not the way of the kiUed only what they needed and saved all themeat and hides. The Great Spirit, he said, would not like it if weslaughtered the ga
. The white Indian boy : the story of Uncle Nick among the Shoshones. hen ; I told mother that the next time I went outI would kill a whole herd of buffaloes. She said she knewI would, but she did not know what they could do with allthe meat. Washakie said that I was just like the rest of the whitemen. They would kiU buffaloes as long as there wereany in sight and leave their carcasses over the prairies forthe wolves. He said that was not the way of the kiUed only what they needed and saved all themeat and hides. The Great Spirit, he said, would not like it if weslaughtered the game as the whites do. It would bringbad luck, and the Indians would go hungry if they killedthe deer and buffaloes when they were not needed forfood and clothing. Two or three days after this we went out again £mdkilled two more buffaloes. When we got back motherasked how many I had killed. I told her that I shot twiceat them and I beheved I had hit one. She said that Iwould be the best hunter in the tribe sifterwhile, and someday, she said, I would be a big WIUSOM. The boy papooses made fun of me. CHAPTER SIX VILLAGE LIFE Cold weather was coming. Some snow had abeady fallenin the momitains. Hanabi and her friends went to workto make me some better clothes. Very soon they had aline suit ready. The trousers part was made somewhat Uke the chapsworn by cowboys, being open in front, with no seat; buton the sides they had wedge-shaped strips that ran up andfastened to the belt. These leggings fitted pretty tight, butthere was a seam about as wide as my hand that could belet out if necessary. They gave me a paar of new mocca-sins that came up to my knees. They also made me an-other overshirt, or mother-hubbard, out of fine smokedbuckskin; it fitted me better than did my first one. Thesleeves came down a little below my elbows and had along fringe from the shoulders down; it was also fringedaround the neck and the bottom; and to touch it up more,they had stitched beads in hear
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