. Two little savages : being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned. With over three hundred drawings . member now; I seena bunch of squaws make one oncet. First they sewed the skins together. No, firstthar was a lot o prayin; ye kin suit yerselves boutthat—then they sewed the skins together an pegged itdown flat on the prairie (B D HI, Cut No. i).Then put in a peg at the middle of one side (A).Then with a burnt stick an a coord—yes, theremust a been a coord—they drawed a half circle—so (B C D). Then they cut that off, an out o thepieces they make two flaps like
. Two little savages : being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned. With over three hundred drawings . member now; I seena bunch of squaws make one oncet. First they sewed the skins together. No, firstthar was a lot o prayin; ye kin suit yerselves boutthat—then they sewed the skins together an pegged itdown flat on the prairie (B D HI, Cut No. i).Then put in a peg at the middle of one side (A).Then with a burnt stick an a coord—yes, theremust a been a coord—they drawed a half circle—so (B C D). Then they cut that off, an out o thepieces they make two flaps like that (H L M J andK N 0 I), an sews em on to P E and G Q. Themssmoke-flaps to make the smoke draw. Thars a upsidedown pocket in the top side corner o each smoke-flap—so—for the top of each pole, and there isrows o holes down—so (M B and N D, Cut No. 2)—on each side fur the lacin pins. Then at thetop of that pint (A, Cut 1) ye fasten a short lash-rope 146 B :* :Door . .. f. .. E\A/G Si ?• *?**J)cforl £ / Xfi \*. \- 5ft. <*j. |SJ ; ?^i K J 5cd-\e5\xfeet CUT I-PATTERN FOR A SIMPLE 10-FOOT TEEPEE. ?5«C II.—THE COMPLETE TEEPEE COVER-UNORNAMENTE»A—Frame for door B—Door completed Caleb Les see, now. I reckon thars about ten poles fora ten-foot lodge, with two more for the , when ye set her up ye tie three poles together—so—an set em up first, then lean the other poles around,except one, an lash them by carrying the rope arounda few times. Now tie the top o the cover to thetop o the last pole by the short lash-rope, hist thepole into place—that hists the cover, too, ye see—an ye swing it round with the smoke-poles an fastenthe two edges together with the wooden pins. Thetwo long poles put in the smoke-flap pockets worksthe vent to suit the wind. In his conversation Caleb had ignored Sam andtalked to Yan, but the son of his father was not soeasily abashed. He foresaw several practical diffi-culties and did not hesitate to
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