The early sea people

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...to be the beginning of trouble. THINGS TO DO Find some sticks and see if you can make a model of a log raft. Find ways of guiding the raft. Select parts of this story which you can dramatize. Illustrate any one of these lines:--"Flocks of wild geese were seen flying toward the north." "She hurled the line with all her might toward the floating raft." "The wise ones shook their heads." XXII THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Do you think the coming of strangers was the beginning of trouble? Why, or why not? Think of as many uses for nets as you can. Find out all you can about nets and net making. How the Deer and Bison Clans Learned to Fish with Nets One day, Trapper saw a strange man prowling about the fish-weir. He shouted at him; he shook his fist; he told him to leave at once. In a few days, Trapper saw a fishweir near the Beaver clan's camp. Another day, when the women were gathering eggs, they saw women of the Beaver clan taking nets down to the water. "What are they doing?" asked Bird-woman. "Let's watch and find out," answered Raven. So they watched the women of the Beaver clan as they fished along the shore. Two by two, the women waded out, carrying a net between them. The first two took their places, then the second, third, and fourth couples followed, each holding a net so as to overlap the net of the couple just ahead. Thus the four nets formed a wall toward which other women and children drove the fish by beating the water with pine boughs. "We can do that," said Birdwoman. "Let's use our carryingnets." For a few days, the women of the Deer and Bison clans fished with such Then they decided to make new nets, and Evening-star asked the gods to give them the strongest and toughest fibers. Wh...