The chief was big and brave and strong.
His copper-colored body had many strange pictures painted upon it.
His black hair hung about his neck and shoulders and was decorated with many feathers.
A short skin skirt hung about his waist. His deer-skin moccasins made his step very light and soft.
Mewanee also wore moccasins. His mother made them from buckskin and sewed them together with a queer bone needle threaded with deer sinews.
A WAR CLUB
In the winter the Indian people wore snowshoes and heavy fur skins over their bodies.
Mewanee jumped up and down for joy when he saw his father. He was very proud of being a chief’s son.
The chief carried his war club in his belt, and his bow and arrow in his hand.