CONTENTS

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Dedication[7]
Preface[8]
Contents[12]
Illustrations[13]
THE EARLY CAVE-MEN
THE AGE OF COMBAT
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Why People Wanted to Live in Caves[15]
How the Fire Clan Got a Cave[18]
The First Night in the Cave[24]
How the Fire Clan Got Rid of Sabre-tooth[27]
Preparations for the Feast[32]
The Feast[35]
How the Cave was Made Ready for a Winter Home[40]
How the Cave-men Bored Holes Through Their Trophies[43]
Making New Weapons[50]
How the Women Dressed Sabre-tooth’s Skin[55]
How the Cave-men Made Clothing[58]
The Fire Clan[60]
How the Cave-men Spent the Winter[64]
What the Cave-men Got from the Birch Trees[66]
The Flood[71]
What the Cave-men Lost in the Flood[79]
The Council[82]
The Way to the Fire Country[88]
How Firekeeper Made the Skin Water Bag[92]
Why Firekeeper Made a Door[96]
The Stranger that Came Toward the Cave[100]
The Journey to the Fire Country[103]
The Return from the Fire Country[107]
Strongarm Makes a Great Discovery[112]
How the Cave-men Received Strongarm[115]
The Thanksgiving Feast[118]
What the Women Got from Spruce Trees[121]
How the Women Made Splints for Baskets[126]
How the Women Wove Splints[130]
How the Women Colored their Baskets[134]
How the Cave-men Carried their Burdens[139]
A Mammoth Hunt[143]
How the Cave-men Divided the Mammoth[147]
Strongarm Tells Firekeeper His Secret[150]
How People Know What the Cave-men Did[155]
Suggestions to Teachers[159]