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Title: The book of woodcraft and Indian lore
Identifier: bookofwoodcrafti00seto (find matches)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946
Subjects: Outdoor life; Indians of North America -- Social life and customs; Fungi; Trees -- United States
Publisher: Garden City, N. Y. Doubleday, Page
Contributing Library: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

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Some Indian Ways 455 ing and closely copying the best of the truly native pro- ductions. Therefore, in decorating teepees, etc., we use only literal copies of the good Indian work.
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INDIAN SEATS Most boys are glad to learn of something they can make to sell for money. So I shall give you some designs for household furniture that every scout can make — they are not mission, but quite as serviceable and much more of a novelty: I mean real Indian furniture. It is very safe to say that everything you need in camp, from hair-combs to beds, blankets, and signboards, was made by the Indian in a more original way than any of us can expect to reach with- out help. Very few of the Plains Indians made furniture, as we understand it, but those on the West Coast did. We may follow many of their designs exactly. One of the simplest and most useful things is the low stool. Many of these are shown in Cuts I and II. These designs are closely copied after West Coast Indian work, though originally used to decorate boxes. A chief's chair (e, f, g, h) is a fine thing to make for a Lodge-room or for sale, but in camp we seldom see any- thing so elaborate. Indeed, few fellows feel like doing cabinet work when out under the trees. They are not there for that purpose. In several cases we have made a fine throne for the chief out of rough, field stone; i in

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