. Two little savages : being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned. With over three hundred drawings . erly. Lets make everything out of whatwe find in the woods. Guess well have to visit the Sanger Witch knows all about plants. Well be the Sanger Indians. We can both beChiefs, said Yan, not wishing to propose himself asChief or caring to accept Sam as his superior. ImLittle Beaver. Now what are you? Bloody-Thundercloud-in-the-Afternoon. No, try again. Make it something you can draw,so you can make your totem, and make it short. Whats the smartest ani
. Two little savages : being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned. With over three hundred drawings . erly. Lets make everything out of whatwe find in the woods. Guess well have to visit the Sanger Witch knows all about plants. Well be the Sanger Indians. We can both beChiefs, said Yan, not wishing to propose himself asChief or caring to accept Sam as his superior. ImLittle Beaver. Now what are you? Bloody-Thundercloud-in-the-Afternoon. No, try again. Make it something you can draw,so you can make your totem, and make it short. Whats the smartest animal there is? I—I—suppose the Wolverine. What! Smartern a Fox ? The books say so. Kin he lick a Beaver? Well, I should say so. Well, thats me. No, you dont. Im not going around with afellow that licks me. It dont fit you as well asWoodpecker, anyhow. I always get you when Iwant a nice tree spoiled or pecked into holes,retorted Yan, magnanimously ignoring the personalreason for the name. Taint as bad as beavering, answered Sam. Beavering was a word with a history. Axes andtimber were the biggest things in the lives of the 197. Two Little Savages Sangerites. Skill with the axe was the highest accom-plishment. The old settlers used to make everythingin the house out of wood, and with the axe for the only-tool. It was even said that some of them used toedge her up a bit and shave with her on a father was setting his son up in life he gavehim simply a good axe. The axe was the grandessential of life and work, and was supposed to be awhole outfit. Skill with the axe was general. Everyman and boy was more or less expert, and did notknow how expert he was till a real greeny cameamong them. There is a right way to cut for eachkind of grain, and a certain proper way of felling atree to throw it in any given direction with theminimum of labour. All these things are secondnature to the Sangerite. A Beaver is credited with ahaphazard way of gnawing round and round a tree ti
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