Indian Scoutcraft and Lore

Klappentext Autobiographical account of how Eastman became a young Indian scout reveals secrets of the Sioux: how to read footprints, hunt with a slingshot and bow and arrow, trap and fish, make canoe, build a campsite, much more. Also valuable information on the language of feathers, weather wisdom, storytelling, more. 27 illustrations. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. AT HOME WITH NATUREII. INDIAN METHODS OF PHYSICAL TRAININGIII. HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH WILD ANIMALSIV. THE LANGUAGE OF FOOTPRINTSV. HUNTING WITH SLING-SHOT AND BOW AND ARROWVI. PRIMITIVE MODES OF TRAPPING AND FISHINGVII. HOW TO MAKE AND HANDLE INDIAN CANOESVIII. THE CAMP SITE AND THE CARRYIX. HOW TO BUILD WIGWAMS AND SHELTERSX. FIRE WITHOUT MATCHES AND COOKING WITHOUT POTSXI. HOW TO MAKE AND FOLLOW A BLAZED TRAILXII. INDIAN SIGNALS IN CAMP AND FIELDXIII. AN INDIAN BOY'S SPORTSXIV. A WINTER MASQUEXV. AN INDIAN GIRL'S SPORTSXVI. INDIAN NAMES AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCEXVII. INDIAN GIRLS' NAMES AND SYMBOLIC DECORATIONSXVIII. THE LANGUAGE OF FEATHERS AND CEREMONIAL DRESSXIX. INDIAN CEREMONIES FOR BOY SCOUTSXX. THE MAIDENS' FEAST: A CEREMONY FOR GIRLSXXI. THE GESTURE-LANGUAGE OF THE INDIANXXII. INDIAN PICTURE-WRITINGXXIII. WOOD-CRAFT AND WEATHER WISDOMXXIV. THE ART OF STORY-TELLINGXXV. ETIQUETTE OF THE WIGWAMXXVI. TRAINING FOR SERVICE

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• Authors: Charles A. Eastman, Charles A. Stanley Appelbaum Eastman, Charles Alexander Eastman, Text by Stanley Appelbaum
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.2003
• EAN: 9780486229959
• ISBN: 978-0-486-22995-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Native American; Native American (Paperback); Native American
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Creative design; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous