Indian scout craft and lore,

ISBN: 0486229955
ISBN: 9780486229959
Physical Description: x, 190 p. illus. 21 cm.
Publisher: New York, Dover [1974]

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Indian scout craft and lore, by Charles A. Eastman ("Ohiyesa").

Summary:

A full-blooded Sioux trained as a warrior to age sixteen discusses the crafts, lore, and customs that were the essence of that training.

General Note:: Reprint of the 1914 ed. published by Little, Brown, Boston under title: Indian scout talks.
Formatted Contents Note:: ch. 1. At home with nature -- ch. 2. Indian methods of physical training -- ch. 3. How to make friends with wild animals -- ch. 4. Language of footprints -- ch. 5. Hunting with sling-shot and bow and arrow -- ch. 6. Primitive modes of trapping and fishing -- ch. 7. How to make and handle Indian canoes -- ch. 8. Camp site and the carry -- ch. 9. How to build wigwams and shelters -- ch. 10. Fire without matches and cooking without pots -- ch. 11. How to make and follow a blazed trail -- ch. 12. Indian signals in camp and field -- ch 13. Indian boys's sports -- ch. 14. Winter masque -- ch. 15. Indian girl's sports -- ch. 16. Indian names and their significance -- ch. 17. Indian girls' names and symbolic decorations -- ch. 18. Language of feathers and ceremonial dress -- ch. 19. Indian ceremonies for Boy Scouts -- ch. 20. Maidens' feast: a ceremony for girls -- ch. 21. Gesture-language of the Indian -- ch. 22. Indian picture-writing -- ch. 23. Wood-craft and weather wisdom -- ch. 24. Art of story-telling -- ch. 25. Etiquette of the wigwam -- ch. 26. Training for service.