Stories of pioneer life, for young readers; . Sometimes hunters built a camp like a hunter had no shelter in which to sleep. 29 30 Stories of Pioneer Life. Then he would roll himself up in a buffalo skin,and lie on the ground with his feet toward thefire. The hunter had a queer kind of clothing well-suited to the woods. Over one ear hunor the o bushy tail of a raccoon,for his cap was gen-erally made of that ani-mals skin. He worea long coat and leg-gings made of fringeddeerskin, and had alsodeerskin clothing couldnot be easily torn, andwould not wear outvery soon. The
Stories of pioneer life, for young readers; . Sometimes hunters built a camp like a hunter had no shelter in which to sleep. 29 30 Stories of Pioneer Life. Then he would roll himself up in a buffalo skin,and lie on the ground with his feet toward thefire. The hunter had a queer kind of clothing well-suited to the woods. Over one ear hunor the o bushy tail of a raccoon,for his cap was gen-erally made of that ani-mals skin. He worea long coat and leg-gings made of fringeddeerskin, and had alsodeerskin clothing couldnot be easily torn, andwould not wear outvery soon. The hunter alwayscarried with him histrusty rifle. His well-filled powder-horn wasswung over his shoul-der. He had also an Indian tomahawk which heused in clearing a way through the forest. Hecarried a long, keen-edged hunting-knife to beused in taking the skin from any animal that hemight shoot,. A HUNTER WITH HIS WEAPONS. Hunters. 31 With his knife he cut off bits of meat whichhe placed upon a forked stick and roasted beforethe fire. Often his meat was eaten without this was the only kind of food that hehad for months. When the hunter killed a buffalo, he was sup-plied with both food and bedding. The animalsshaggy skin made a fine warm blanket for him.
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