. Two little savages : being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned. With over three hundred drawings . e (B), so that the edge a b of C was fastto a b of B. A second piece was sewn to the otherleather (B reversed). Thems your vamps for uppers. Nows the timeto bead em if you want to. Dont know how. Well, I cant larn you that; thats a womanswork. But I kin show you the pattern of the firstpair I ever wore; I aint likely to forget em, for Ikilled the Buffalo myself and seen the hull might have added that he subsequently marriedthe squaw, but he did not. T
. Two little savages : being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned. With over three hundred drawings . e (B), so that the edge a b of C was fastto a b of B. A second piece was sewn to the otherleather (B reversed). Thems your vamps for uppers. Nows the timeto bead em if you want to. Dont know how. Well, I cant larn you that; thats a womanswork. But I kin show you the pattern of the firstpair I ever wore; I aint likely to forget em, for Ikilled the Buffalo myself and seen the hull might have added that he subsequently marriedthe squaw, but he did not. Theres about the style [D]. Them three-cornered red and white things all round is the hillswhere the moccasins was to carry me safely; onthe heel is a little blue pathway with nothing in it:that is behind—its past. On the instep is threered, white and blue pathways where the moccasinwas to take me: theyre ahead—in the future. Eachpath has lots of things in it, mostly changes andtrails, an all three ends in an Eagle feather—thatstands for an honour. Ye kin paint them that wayafter theyre made. Well, now, well sew on the 37 J. Two T ittle Savages upper with a good thick strand of sinew in tfa&needle—or if you have an awl you kin do withouta needle on a pinch—and be sure to bring the stitchesout the edge of the sole instead of right through,then they dont wear off. Thats the way. [ So they worked away, clumsily, while Guy snickeredand sizzled, and Sam suggested that Si Lee wouldmake a better squaw than both of them. The sole as well as the upper being quite softallowed them to turn the moccasin inside out asoften as they liked—and they did like; it seemednecessary to reverse it every few minutes. But atlength the two pieces were fastened together allaround, the seam gap at the heel was quickly sewnup, four pairs of lace holes were made (a, b, c, d, inD), and an eighteen-inch strip of soft leather runthrough them for a lace. Now Yan painted the uppers with his Indian
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