[Illustration:  The shield]

Caleb now pulled the cover off the shield that he fastened the scalps to, and it showed the white Buffalo of the Sangers with a Little Beaver above it.  Then he opened a bundle lying near and produced a gorgeous war-shirt of buff leather, a pair of leggins and moccasins, all fringed, beaded and painted, made by Saryann under Caleb’s guidance.  They were quickly put on the new Chief; his war bonnet, splendid with the plumes of his recent exploits, was all ready; and proud and happy in his new-found honours, not least of which were his wounds, he stepped forward.

[Illustration:  Little Beaver, the New War Chief]

Caleb viewed him with paternal pride and said:  “I knowed ye was the stuff the night ye went to Garney’s grave, an’ I knowed it again when ye crossed the Big Swamp.  Yan, ye could travel anywhere that man could go,” and in that sentence the boy’s happiness was complete.  He surely was a Woodcrafter now.  He stammered in a vain attempt to say something appropriate, till Sam relieved him by:  “Three cheers for the Head War Chief!” and when the racket was over the women opened their baskets and spread the picnic feast.  Raften, who had been much gratified by his son’s flow of speech, recorded a new vow to make him study law, but took advantage of the first gap in the chatter to say: 

“Bhise, ye’r two weeks’ holiday with wan week extension was up at noon to-day.  In wan hour an’ a half the Pigs is fed.”

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INDEX

Arapahoes
Arrows—­
  How to make
  Individuality of
Arrow-wood
  Illustration of
Ash—­
  White
  Illustration of
  Black

Bagg’s, Widdy, place
Bald Eagle
Bald-Eagle-Settin’-on-a-Rock-with-his-Tail-Hangin&rsqu
o;-over-the-Edge
Balsam
Balsam-fir
Balsam bark, used for tanning
  Boughs for bed
  Wood for rubbing-sticks
  Illustration of
Banshee
Basswood
  Usually hollow
  Leaf illustration
Beavering
Bear hunt
Beaver River
Beech
  Illustration of
  Blue, illustration of
Biddy
Birch—­
  White
  Black
  Canoe
  Dishes
  Mahogany
  Sweet
  Black
Illustration of
Blackbirds, Red-winged
Blackbird, purple (Jack)
Black Cherry
  Lung balm
  As a remedy
Blaze—­
  Special
  Road
Blood Robin
Blood Root
Bloody-Thundercloud-in-the-Afternoon
Bluebird
Blue-bottle Flies
  Plague
Blue Cohosh
Blue Crane (Heron)
Blue-jay
Bobolink
Boilers
Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
Bow—­
  How to make
  Bowstring
Bow-drill Yan makes
  How to light a fire with
Boyle Char-less
Burns, Guy
  Is captured by Yan and Sam
  Becomes a member of the tribe
  His stuffed Deer
  His test of courage
  Kills the Woodchuck
  Name changed to Hawkeye
Butterfly, black
Butternuts—­
  Used for dyeing