Outdoor Life and Indian Stories: Making open air life attractive to young Americans by telling them all about woodcraft, signs and signaling, the stars, fishing, camping, camp cooking, how to tie knots and how to make fire without matches, and many other fascinating open air pursuits. Also, stories of noted hunters and scouts, great indians and warriors, including Daniel Boone, Kit Carson, General Custer, Pontiac, Tecumseh, King Philip, Black Hawk, Brandt, Sitting Bull, and a host of others whos — John Shaqi
Outdoor Life and Indian Stories: Making open air life attractive to young Americans by telling them all about woodcraft, signs and signaling, the stars, fishing, camping, camp cooking, how to tie knots and how to make fire without matches, and many other fascinating open air pursuits. Also, stories of noted hunters and scouts, great indians and warriors, including Daniel Boone, Kit Carson, General Custer, Pontiac, Tecumseh, King Philip, Black Hawk, Brandt, Sitting Bull, and a host of others whosEllis, Edward Sylvester
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Outdoor Life and Indian Stories: Making open air life attractive to young Americans by telling them all about woodcraft, signs and signaling, the stars, fishing, camping, camp cooking, how to tie knots and how to make fire without matches, and many other fascinating open air pursuits. Also, stories of noted hunters and scouts, great indians and warriors, including Daniel Boone, Kit Carson, General Custer, Pontiac, Tecumseh, King Philip, Black Hawk, Brandt, Sitting Bull, and a host of others whos
Ellis, Edward Sylvester
Camping; Indians of North America
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[Illustration:
"_FROM WHERE THE SUN NOW STANDS, I FIGHT NO MORE
AGAINST THE WHITE MAN._"]
OUTDOOR LIFE and
INDIAN STORIES
MAKING OPEN AIR LIFE
ATTRACTIVE TO YOUNG AMERICANS
BY TELLING THEM ALL ABOUT WOODCRAFT, SIGNS AND SIGNALING, THE
STARS, FISHING, CAMPING, CAMP COOKING, HOW TO TIE KNOTS AND HOW
TO MAKE FIRE WITHOUT MATCHES, AND MANY OTHER FASCINATING OPEN AIR
PURSUITS
----ALSO----
STORIES OF NOTED HUNTERS AND SCOUTS
GREAT INDIANS AND WARRIORS, INCLUDING DANIEL BOONE, KIT CARSON,
GENERAL CUSTER, PONTIAC, TECUMSEH, KING PHILIP, BLACK HAWK, BRANDT,
SITTING BULL, AND A HOST OF OTHERS WHOSE NAMES ARE FAMOUS
ALL OF THEM TRUE AND INTERESTING
BY EDWARD S. ELLIS
Author of the Celebrated "Ellis Books" of Adventure, "The Deerfoot
Series," "Youth's History of the United States," Etc., Etc.
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED
WITH LITHOGRAPH COLOR PLATES, HALF-TONE
ENGRAVINGS AND LINE DRAWINGS
+Copyright 1912+
By L. T. MYERS
CONTENTS
+Outdoor Life for Young Americans+ 9
How to Live in the Woods
+Making a Camp+ 10
How to Build a Lean-To
+How to Make Fire Without Matches+ 11
Using the Fire-Drill
+How to Get Pure Water+ 13
The Indian Filter
+How to Cook in Camp+ 15
Utensils and Simple Recipes
+How to Make a Bow and Arrow+ 17
A Safe and Powerful Weapon
+How to Read Signs and Signals+ 19
Indian Signs and the Wig-Wag System
+How to Tie Knots+ 22
All the Best Knots Explained and Illustrated
+How to Find Your Way by the Stars+ 26
The Heavens at Night
+What to Do in Case of Accident+ 27
First Aid to the Injured
+The Original Americans+ 33
The Indian Tribes
+The Original Emperors of Virginia+ 40
Powhatan and Opecancanough
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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