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Indian Child Life
Indian Child Life
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    Indian Child Life - Edwin Willard Deming

    The Project Gutenberg EBook of Indian Child Life, by

    Edwin Willard Deming and Therese O. Deming

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    Title: Indian Child Life

    Author: Edwin Willard Deming

    Therese O. Deming

    Illustrator: Edwin Willard Deming

    Release Date: May 8, 2010 [EBook #32301]

    Language: English

    *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK INDIAN CHILD LIFE ***

    Produced by Greg Weeks, Josephine Paolucci and the Online

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    INDIAN CHILD LIFE

    WITH NUMEROUS FULL-PAGE COLOUR-PLATES AFTER PAINTINGS IN WATER-COLOUR TOGETHER WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK-AND-WHITE

    By EDWIN WILLARD DEMING

    AND WITH NEW STORIES

    By THERESE O. DEMING

    NEW YORK

    Copyright, 1899, by

    FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

    PUBLISHERS

    PRINTED IN AMERICA

    [Transcriber's note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. Table of Contents has been generated for the HTML version.]

    Contents

    A RUNAWAY.

    A GREEDY BEAR.

    IN MISCHIEF.

    CANOE BOYS.

    WINTER FUN.

    MR. AND MRS. ANTELOPE AND THE BABIES.

    THE CLIFF-DWELLERS AND THEIR PETS.

    THE BURRO RACE.

    LEARNING TO SHOOT.

    LITTLE BIRD, THE NAVAJO SHEPHERD BOY.

    LITTLE BEAVER AND THE TAME CROWS.

    BRIGHT-EYES AND HIS PUMA KITTENS.

    HODGSKA MAKES A VISIT.

    PLAYING AT MOVING HOUSE.

    THE WAR DANCE.

    TAKING CARE OF THE PONIES.

    THE BABIES AND THE WOODPECKERS.

    HOW THE PUEBLO BOYS WERE FRIGHTENED.


    A RUNAWAY.

    Once, after an arickara Indian mother had finished all her packing, as they were going to move camp, she fixed a travois on her big dog and placed her baby in the basket. Then all was ready and they were about to start, when a great, ugly black dog came along, and the two dogs began to fight.

    The squaw whipped them apart, and after she had quieted her poor little baby boy, who had been very much frightened, she put him back into his little carriage, and soon the Indians started.

    THE TWO DOGS BEGAN TO FIGHT.

    The squaw walked beside the dog to guide him and, also, to amuse her baby. Indian babies play with little dolls made of buckskin, with long buckskin fringe for hair. If a feather is placed in the dolly's hair the babies think it is beautifully dressed.

    The baby of our story was having a lovely time with his dolly and so

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