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A map of the Cave-men’s country Frontispiece
“They wished they might have his cave for a home” 14
“Sabre-tooth was going away” 19
“She stood trembling so that she could hardly speak” 22
The Feast 37
The Flood 76
“The old man arose in the silence, and thus he spoke to his people” 84
“Then the old man and Sharpeyes took leave of their kinfolk and started out on the long journey” 91
“They rushed upon him with their knives and spears” 98
“They carried him into the cave” 102
“They watched the fire dart up toward the sky” 105
“They shouted praises to the fire god” 119
“They broke off slender branches” 124
Making splints for baskets 127
“They rested the strap upon the forehead” 141
A mammoth hunt 145
“It was here that he showed Firekeeper how to make fire” 151
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Firekeeper carrying wood 25
A flint point 28
A hunting knife 28
Fastening the shaft to a branch 30
Sabre-tooth pinned to the ground 31
The two large sabre teeth 33
A stone hammer and stone ax 34
A gourd 36
A marrow spoon 38
Children carrying moss and leaves 42
Strongarm 45
A weighted strap drill 48
A bow drill 49
Making bones into weapons 51
Chipping the stones 52
A hammer stone, with bone handle 52
Putting handles on the spearheads 53
A hammer made by Sharpeyes 53
A handle made of a forked branch 54
The women dressing skins 55
Two sides of a scraper 56
A bone awl 59
A buckle 59
A skin cradle 62
How they rocked the babies 63
A birch bark basket 68
A basket with rim 70
Cave-men watching the river 73
The cave 78
How the sandal was worn 88
A sandal and a tool bag 89
A gourd 94
A rhinoceros 108
Making fire with a strap drill 112
A drill 114
The hearth of a fire drill 114
Strongarm making fire 115
Cave-men dancing around the fire 116
Pounding the stems 129
Woven splints 131
Firm and strong weaving 132
A strong basket 133
Methods of weaving and coloring baskets 135, 136, 137, 138
How the Cave-men carried baskets 139
A basket with a handle 140
A pad for the forehead 140
A bone whistle 143
Returning from the feast 148, 149
A bow drill made into a fire drill 153
A fire drill 154
A spearhead 157
Mammoths 158
Making a fire drill 183
“They wished they might have his cave for a home”
THE EARLY CAVE-MEN THE AGE OF COMBAT