alarm to the herd. And
before the Cave-men could stop them, the bison were galloping madly
away.

And so all the men were angry with Blackcloud. Bighorn wanted to have
him flogged. Others wanted to kill him. He dared not come near them
for many days. No one would hunt with him, and no one would give him
food.

[Illustration: _A hunter's tally._]

Afterward, when he begged to be taken back, the people let him come.
But first they gave him a hard flogging in the presence of the clan.

As years passed, the custom grew of making rules for the hunt. And
those who broke any of the rules were punished by the clan.

Every day the Cave-men recited the brave deeds of the clan. They
watched every one carefully, so as to know who the brave men were.
Those who were found most useful to the clan were given special
honors. And when a man did a very brave deed he was given a hole in
his baton.

Brave hunters, besides keeping trophies, engraved a record of their
brave deeds. Sometimes they kept a hunter's tally, and sometimes they
engraved the animal they killed.

[Illustration: _Fragment of Cave-man's baton engraved with reindeer._]

Many of the Cave-men engraved these records upon the weapons they used
in the chase. They believed that the weapons which had such engravings
were of great value for their magical powers. The wise men, who led
the people, engraved their records upon their batons. Others engraved
them upon their trophies or upon bone hairpins which they used in
their hair.

[Illustration: _Engraving of a seal upon a bear's tooth._]

The engraving of a seal upon a bear's tooth probably recorded a trip
to the sea, while the rude sketch of the mammoth made on the mammoth's
tusk, probably recorded a great hunt.

By all these signs of brave deeds, the Cave-men knew who the brave men
were. And these same records help to tell the story of THE LATER
CAVE-MEN.

#THINGS TO DO#

_Write out some of the rules you have helped make for your games._

_Do you think the rules are good ones?_

_See if you can engrave or carve an ornament on some weapon you
have made. Before doing it, think what you would like to have the
ornament mean._

_Draw one of these pictures:_--
"_All the Cave-men were angry with Blackcloud._"
_Engraving records upon trophies and batons._

_Tell a story of how bone hairpins came to be used._

_Tell a story of the Cave-men's trip to the sea.