. The white Indian boy : the story of Uncle Nick among the Shoshones. .>-K. A squaw tanniDg buckskin. Cred 68 The White Indian Boy so then they stopped berry picking and went to work inearnest tanning buckskin and drying meat for winteruse. The Indians quit hunting for elk and deer; forthey akeady had all of the skins that the women couldget ready for the trading trip they had planned. It was the custom of the tribe to make a journey almostevery fall to Salt Lake City, and other White settlements,and swap their buckskin and buffalo robes for red blankets,beads, ammunition, and other things
. The white Indian boy : the story of Uncle Nick among the Shoshones. .>-K. A squaw tanniDg buckskin. Cred 68 The White Indian Boy so then they stopped berry picking and went to work inearnest tanning buckskin and drying meat for winteruse. The Indians quit hunting for elk and deer; forthey akeady had all of the skins that the women couldget ready for the trading trip they had planned. It was the custom of the tribe to make a journey almostevery fall to Salt Lake City, and other White settlements,and swap their buckskin and buffalo robes for red blankets,beads, ammunition, and other things they needed. Motherand Hanabi worked all day and away into the night toget their skins ready in time, and I helped them all Icould. I got an old horse and dragged down enoughwood to last while we stayed there. I carried all thewater for them, and no kid dared to call me a squaweither. Finally the time came for us to begin killing buffaloesfor our winters supply of meat. We did not have tohunt them, however, for we could see them at any timein almost any direction. Many a ti
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