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Title: 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 ... : also stories of noted hunters and scouts, great Indians and warriors ... all of them true and interesting
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916
Subjects: Indians of North America Camping
Publisher: (Philadelphia? : s.n.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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METHOD OF THATCHING A LEAN-TO wood, and these are best made by building what is knownas a lean-to. Look for two trees standing from eight toten feet apart on your camping place, with branches fromsix to eight feet above the ground. By placing a pole fromone tree to the other in the crotches and leaning other polesagainst this one, brush-wood can be woven in to form a verygood roof. Branches of the balsam or hemlock are best forthis purpose, and the needles should point down. It is wellto collect as many soft, thick tips of trees of this characteras possible, both for the thatching and to make the beds. * I 4 HOW TO MAKE FIRE. II Cover the floor of the lean-to with these tips thickly andlay the rubber blankets on top, rubber side down. Be sureto make the head of your bed toward the inside and awayfrom the opening. You will find that this makes a verycomfortable bed.
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HOW TO BUILD A LEAN-TO How to Make Fire Without Matches In olden times, before the Indians had matches, and evenbefore they had the flint and steel that our grandfathers usedfor making fire, they used rubbing-sticks. Many people havetried to make fire ir th»s manner, but few have succeeded. 12 OUTDOOR LIFE FOB YOUNG AMERICANS. As a matter of fact, it is not a very difficult thing to do ifyou know how, as the Indians did. In fact, they grew soexpert that they could make fire almost as quickly as we canstrike a match. The easiest and surest method of doing thisis to use the bow-drill. The tools necessary consist of a bow,or bent stick, about two feet long, with a stout leather cordattached to each end. The drill consists of a straight pieceof wood pointed at each end. One end of this rests in a drill-socket, which is simply a piece of wood with a small notch A

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