. Two little savages : being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned. With over three hundred drawings . lace—that is, it willkeep ye from walking in a circle—but ye cant makemore than four or five miles a day on it. Cant you get your direction from moss on thetree trunks? Naw! Jest try it an see; moss on the northside of a tree and rode; biggest branches on thesouth of a trunk; top of a Hemlock pointing to east;the biggest rings of growth on the south side of astump, an so on. It fits a tree standin out byitself in the open—the biggest ring is in the southbut it
. Two little savages : being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned. With over three hundred drawings . lace—that is, it willkeep ye from walking in a circle—but ye cant makemore than four or five miles a day on it. Cant you get your direction from moss on thetree trunks? Naw! Jest try it an see; moss on the northside of a tree and rode; biggest branches on thesouth of a trunk; top of a Hemlock pointing to east;the biggest rings of growth on the south side of astump, an so on. It fits a tree standin out byitself in the open—the biggest ring is in the southbut it dont fit a tree on the south side of an openingthen the biggest rings is on the north. If ye havea compass in hand its all kind o half true—thatis, just a little bit true; but it aint true; its onya big lie, when yer scared out o your wits anneedin to know. I never seen but one good com-pass plant, an that was the prairie Golden a bunch of them in the open and the most ofthem point north, but under cover of taller truckthey jest point every which way for Sunday. If ye find a beaten game trail, ye follow thai; 360. The Two Smokes Indian Signs and Getting Lost an itll bring ye to water—that is, if ye go tltaright way, an that ye know by its gettin its peterin out, yer goin in the wrong flock of Ducks or a Loon going over is sure to bepointing for water. Yre safe to follow. If ye have a Dog or a Horse with ye he kinbring ye home all right. Never knew them to failbut oncet, an that was a fool Horse; there is sechoncet in awhile, though theres more fool Dogs. Rut come right down to it, the compass is thesafest thing. The sun and stars is next, an if yeknow your friends will come yer best plan is toset right down and make two smoke fires, keepthem a-going, holler every little while, and keepcalm. Ye wont come to no harm unless yer ablame fool, an such ought to stay to hum, wheretheyll be nursed. 363 xm Tanning Skins and Making Moccasins SAM h
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