. Two little savages : being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned. With over three hundred drawings . Beginnings of Wbodlofe and a grin of delight at his success in diabolizing hisvisage with the paints. Then with painted face anda feather in his hair he would proudly range the woodsin his little kingdom and store up every scrap ofwoodlore he could find, invent or learn from hisschoolmates. Odd things that he found in the woods he wouldbring to his shanty: curled sticks, feathers, bones,skulls, fungus, shells, an old cowhorn—things thatinterested him, he did no
. Two little savages : being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned. With over three hundred drawings . Beginnings of Wbodlofe and a grin of delight at his success in diabolizing hisvisage with the paints. Then with painted face anda feather in his hair he would proudly range the woodsin his little kingdom and store up every scrap ofwoodlore he could find, invent or learn from hisschoolmates. Odd things that he found in the woods he wouldbring to his shanty: curled sticks, feathers, bones,skulls, fungus, shells, an old cowhorn—things thatinterested him, he did not know why. He madeIndian necklaces of the shells, strung together alter-nately with the backbone of a fish. He let his hairgrow as long as possible, employing various stratagems,even the unpalatable one of combing it to avoid themonthly trim of the maternal scissors. He lay forhours with the sun beating on his face to correct hiscolour to standard, and the only semblance of personalvanity that he ever had was pleasure in hearingdisparaging remarks about the darkness of his com-plexion. He tried to do everything as an Indianwo
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