. Two little savages : being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned. With over three hundred drawings . ick. Wheres yer glue aa*linen thread? These were brought, whereupon Si added: Tearsto me ye oughter put the feathers on last. Bettercut the notch first. Thats so; we nearly forgot. You nearly forgot, you mean. Dont drag me inthe mud, said Sam, with owlish dignity. A smallsaw cut, cleaned up and widened with a penknife,proved the best; a notch one-fourth inch deep wasquickly made in each arrow, and Si set about bothglueing and lashing on the feathers, but using
. Two little savages : being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned. With over three hundred drawings . ick. Wheres yer glue aa*linen thread? These were brought, whereupon Si added: Tearsto me ye oughter put the feathers on last. Bettercut the notch first. Thats so; we nearly forgot. You nearly forgot, you mean. Dont drag me inthe mud, said Sam, with owlish dignity. A smallsaw cut, cleaned up and widened with a penknife,proved the best; a notch one-fourth inch deep wasquickly made in each arrow, and Si set about bothglueing and lashing on the feathers, but using wax-endinstead of sinew. Yan had marked the place for each feather so thatnone would strike the bow in passing (see Cut page 183).He first glued them on, then made a lashing for half aninch on the projecting ends of the feather-rib, andanother behind, carrying this second lashing back tothe beginning of the notch to guard against the woodsplitting. When he had trimmed all loose ends androlled the waxed thread well on the bench with a fiatstick, the threads seemed to disappear and leaveamply a smooth black ring. T|2 1 u. HHHSkHM•H SJ m ^ M The Bows and Arrows Thus the arrows were made and set away for the glue to dry. Next day Yan painted Sams red and blue, his ownred and white, to distinguish them as well as guardthem from the damp. There was now one more thing,and that was a quiver. Do the Injuns have them? asked Sam, with akeen eye to orthodoxy when it promised to cut shortthe hard work. Well, I should say so; couldnt live without them. All right; hurry up. Im spoiling for a huntWhat are they made of? Oh, most anything. Havent got it. Youre too fast. But some use Birch bark, someuse the skin of an animal, and some use canvas nowwhen other stuff is scarce. Thats us. You mind the stuff left off theteepee ? Do till we get better. So each made a sort ofcanvas bag shorter than the arrows. Yan paintedan Indian device on each, and they were ready. Now bring on your Bears, said the
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