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Willow-grouse 150
How Fleetfoot and Willow-grouse Spent the Winter 153
How Willow-grouse Learned to Make Needles 157
How Flaker Became a Priest and a Medicine Man 161
How the Cave-men Learned to Boil and to Dry Foods 165
The New Home 168
How the Clans United to Hunt the Bison 173
How Things Were Made to Do the Work of Men 178
How the Cave-men Rewarded and Punished the Clansmen 182
_Suggestions to Teachers_ 185

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"_A feeling of awe came over them while
they worked_" Frontispiece

"_Pigeon boiled meat and gave it to
the men, and they all sounded her
praises_" 14

"_The reindeer swam through the deep
water and waded out to the opposite
bank_" 17

_Chew-chew telling stories to Fleetfoot_ 21

"_Then Scarface threw, and all the
horses took fright_" 25

"_Chew-chew took her basket and started
up the dry ravine_" 29

"_She took a flint point and scratched
the men's arms until she made big
scars_" 31

"_Straightshaft saw the herd at sunrise
and made a sign to the men_" 42

"_At the close of the day there was not
a little valley in the surrounding
country that did not have a herd of
two or three hundred bison_" 45

"_With a quick snort he turned and
charged_" 47

"_Chew-chew tried to teach the children
how to know the hissing sound_" 53

"_All the women and children went
nutting_" 57

_The wild hogs were having a feast_ 59

"_Mothers taught their children what
the boundaries were_" 63

"_A big man caught him, and put him
upon his shoulder_" 67

"_The tent was an old oak, which reached
out long and lo