INDIAN LIFE

A STORY

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Tell how the Indians used to follow an enemy. How did the Indians make their canoes?

Did any Indians ever live near here? If they did, tell about them.

Red Feather's Home

Find in the list below the correct word for each

blank space.

A wigwam is Red Feather's

It is

of poles and the bark of the birch wigwam is at the top. This is to let the The door of the wigwam is made of out the

It looks like a

The

out.

Red Feather

skin. The door in the wigwam

When do you think the story that is told by this picture happened?

Who is the woman who is hiding in the fireplace?

Why is she hiding?

Why are the babies under the kettles?

Who is looking in at the window?

This picture tells only a part of the story. Make up and tell the whole story.

Now your teacher will read you a true story about

the picture.

(The story is in the manual.)

Is the story like the one that you made up?

Fighting a Bad Habit

We do not have to fight Indians now, but we do have to fight bad habits. One of the bad habits is not speaking distinctly.

The teacher will choose a pupil to stand before the school and read the sentences. Watch him carefully. If he does not speak distinctly, raise your hand, and your teacher will choose some one else to read the sentences.

1. And then I will go.

2. I lost my book.

3. I have the most books on my desk.

4. He is going home soon.

5. There is a nest in the tree.

6. We had a test last week.
7. This is a cold morning.
8. I hear the wind blowing.
9. It blew hard last night.

10. The boy must go to school.

11. He had an old tire on the wheel.

12. He went at half past nine.

13. Let's see your new book.

14. He lives in the west part of the city.

15. The apples were mostly small.

Do you like to play Indians?

How do you dress?

What weapons do you have?

What kind of home do you make?

When you have your Indian clothes, your weapons,

and your wigwam, what do you do?

Why do you think these children are playing Indians?

Make up a story about the children in the picture. Who are the children? You may like to give them names. How did they make their Indian clothes? What have they been doing? What will they do next?

Good Games

Here is a game that the Indian boys play:

One of the Indian boys has a hoop which he will roll very fast. The other boys have long sticks. They will try to throw the sticks through the hoop while it is rolling. It is hard to