s reply.
But he went on: "Sioux Injuns are Plains Injuns and wear a hard sole.
Let's see, now. I'll cut you a pair."

"No, make them for _me_. It's my Horse," said Guy.

"No, you don't. Your Paw give that to me." Caleb's tone said plainly
that Guy's laziness had made a bad impression, so he had to stand
aside while Yan was measured. Caleb had saved a part of the hide
untanned though thoroughly cleaned. This was soaked in warm water till
soft. Yan's foot was placed on it and a line drawn around the foot
for a guide; this when cut out made the sole of one moccasin (A, cut
below), and by turning it underside up it served as pattern to cut the
other.

Now Caleb measured the length of the foot and added one inch, and
the width across the instep, adding half an inch, and with these as
greatest length and breadth cut out a piece of soft leather (B). Then
in this he made the cut _a b_ on the middle line one way and _c
d_ on the middle line the other way. A second piece the reverse of
this was cut, and next a piece of soft leather for inside tongue (C)
was sewn to the large piece (B), so that the edge _a b_ of C was
fast to _a b_ of B. A second piece was sewn to the other leather
(B reversed).

"Them's your vamps for uppers. Now's the time to bead 'em if you want
to."

"Don't know how."

"Well, I can't larn you that; that's a woman's work. But I kin show
you the pattern of the first pair I ever wore; I ain't likely to
forget 'em, for I killed the Buffalo myself and seen the hull making."
He might have added that he subsequently married the squaw, but he did
not.

"There's about the style" [D]. "Them three-cornered red and white
things all round is the hills where the moccasins was to carry me
safely; on the heel is a little blue pathway with nothing in it: that
is behind--it's past. On the instep is three red, white and blue
pathways where the moccasin was to take me: they're ahead--in the
future. Each path has lots of things in it, mostly changes and trails,
an' all three ends in an Eagle feather--that stands for an honour. Ye
kin paint them that way after they're made. Well, now, we'll sew on
the upper with a good thick strand of sinew in the needle--or if you
have an awl you kin do without a needle on a pinch--and be sure to
bring the stitches out the edge of the sole instead of right through,
then they don't wear off. That's the way." [E.]

So they worked away, clumsily, while Guy snickered and sizzled, and
Sam