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The Camp Fire Girls of America

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The author acknowledges the courtesy of “Boys’ Life,” “The Boy’s World,” “The Churchman,” “The Youth’s Companion,” and “St. Nicholas,” in permitting the use of chapters of this book which first appeared in their pages.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.At Home With Nature[1]
II.Indian Methods of Physical Training[7]
III.How to Make Friends With Wild Animals[15]
IV.The Language of Footprints[25]
V.Hunting With Sling-shot and Bow and Arrow[34]
VI.Primitive Modes of Trapping and Fishing[42]
VII.How to Make and Handle Indian Canoes[48]
VIII.The Camp Site and the Carry[55]
IX.How to Build Wigwams and Shelters[61]
X.Fire Without Matches and Cooking Without Pots[69]
XI.How to Make and Follow a Blazed Trail[77]
XII.Indian Signals in Camp and Field[85]
XIII.An Indian Boy’s Sports[91]
XIV.A Winter Masque[99]
XV.An Indian Girl’s Sports[106]
XVI.Indian Names and Their Significance[112]
XVII.Indian Girls’ Names and Symbolic Decorations[120]
XVIII.The Language of Feathers and Ceremonial Dress[126]
XIX.Indian Ceremonies for Boy Scouts[137]
XX.The Maidens’ Feast: A Ceremony for Girls[146]
XXI.The Gesture-language of the Indian[151]
XXII.Indian Picture-writing[159]
XXIII.Wood-craft and Weather Wisdom[168]
XXIV.The Art of Story-telling[175]
XXV.Etiquette of the Wigwam[182]
XXVI.Training for Service[188]

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