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What people are saying - Write a reviewReview: The Book of Woodcraft and Indian LoreUser Review - Raymond - GoodreadsLots of great information for those wanting to be outside. Read full review Review: The Book of Woodcraft and Indian LoreUser Review - Heidi Nemo - GoodreadsOne of the foundational texts of my youth. Bound in tattered green, I drank a better, hopelessly idealized world from the pages. How to ID trees I'd never seen, trap animals, track game, hang off a ... Read full review Related books
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Common terms and phrasesAmanita American Indian animal Apaches arrows band bear bird Blackfeet boiled brave brown camp caribou Century of Dishonor Cheyennes Chief club color cord Council cubic foot weighs dance dead deer Dull Knife enemy Ernest Thompson Seton feathers feet high fight fire forest tree Ghost Dance gills ground half hand hard head hole honor hunt hunters inches long Indoors inner bark Iroquois killed leaflets leaves lodge Medicine Mishi-Mokwa Moon Outdoors mushrooms never night No-Heart Noon-way North Ojibwa Pine poisonous poles Puffballs Purple Martin Redman reindeer moss says scout side Sign Language Sioux skin snow soft song spear spores squaw stars stick story tail teepee things timber toadstools track trail tribe twigs Viburnum warriors wild willow women wood Woodcraft wounded yellow Popular passagesPage 531 - It is cold and we have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death. My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food; no one knows where they are — perhaps freezing to death. I want to have time to look for my children and see how many of them I can find. Maybe I shall find them among the dead. Hear me, my chiefs. I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever. Page 527 - I could not understand his language, 1 was surprised and pleased with the natural ease and emphasis, and gesticulation, which carried their own evidence of the eloquence of his sermon. I was singularly struck with the noble efforts of this champion of the mere remnant of a poisoned race... Page 115 - Tis neither good for man nor beast ; When the wind is in the north, The skilful fisher goes not forth; When the wind is in the south, It blows the bait in the fishes' mouth ; When the wind is in the west, Then 'tis at the very best. Page 510 - What are the fruits of silence?" he will say: 'They are selfcontrol, true courage or endurance, patience, dignity, and reverence. Silence is the cornerstone of character. Page 535 - When the sun died, I went up to heaven and saw God and all the people who had died a long time ago. God told me to come back and tell my people they must be good and love one another, and not fight, or steal, or lie. He gave me this dance to give to my people. Page 23 - ... young man sought out the noblest height, the most commanding summit in all the surrounding region. Knowing that God sets no value upon material things, he took with him no offerings or sacrifices other than symbolic objects, such as paints and tobacco. Wishing to appear before Him in all humility, he wore no clothing, save his moccasins and breech-clout. At the solemn hour of sunrise or sunset he took up his position, overlooking the glories of earth and facing the "Great Mystery... Page 115 - When the grass is dry at morning light Look for rain before the night." "When the dew is on the grass Rain will never come to pass. Page 531 - It is the young men who say yes or no. He who led on the young men is dead. It is cold and we have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death. My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food ; no one knows where they are — perhaps freezing to death. Page 167 - Number 5, white flag, six feet square, with black square in centre, indicates the approach of a sudden and decided fall in temperature. This signal is not to be displayed unless it is expected that the... Page 528 - Simply to call these people religious," says he, ': would convey but a faint idea of the deep hue of piety and devotion which pervades their whole conduct. Their honesty is immaculate, and their purity of purpose, and their observance of the rites of their religion, are most uniform and remarkable. They are, certainly, more like a nation of saints than a horde of savages. References to this bookFrom Google ScholarFriluftsliv under historisk forandring-bevægelse i modsætningerHenning Eichberg Outdoor life, green education and landscapingHenning Eichberg References from web pagesInternet Archive: Details: The book of woodcraft and Indian lore JSTOR: Ernest Thompson Seton and the Origins of the Woodcraft Movement Teepee: Definition with Teepee Pictures and Photos The Book Of Woodcraft And Indian Lore - Survival In The Wild ... Bibliographic information
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