Part 3 — INDEX
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303Arapahoes Arrows— 179-181How to make 187Individuality of 179Arrow-wood 180Illustration of Ash— 78White 80Illustration of 78Black
523Bagg's, Widdy, place 514Bald Eagle 195Bald-Eagle-Settin'-on-a-Rock-with-his-Tail-Hangin'-over-the-Edge 78Balsam 170, 171, 255Balsam-fir 369Balsam bark, used for tanning 255Boughs for bed 171Wood for rubbing-sticks 234Illustration of 461, 467Banshee, the 170Basswood 450Usually hollow 48Leaf illustration 197Beavering 468Bear hunt 512Beaver River 78Beech 78Illustration of 206Blue, illustration of 71-75Biddy Birch— 78White 78Black 118, 218Canoe 63, 196Dishes 218Mahogany 218Sweet 218Black 78Illustration of 162Blackbirds, Red-winged 215Blackbird, purple (Jack) 76Black Cherry 77Lung balm 78As a remedy Blaze— 166Special 166Road 232Blood Robin 71Blood Root 197Bloody-Thundercloud-in-the-Afternoon 162Bluebird 316Blue-bottle Flies 316, 317Plague 201Blue Cohosh 456, 457Blue Crane (Heron) 344, 474Blue-jay 34, 64Bobolink 497Boilers, the 203Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) Bow— 177How to make 178Bowstring 81Bow-drill Yan makes 171, 172How to light a fire with 105, 106, 243Boyle Char-less 219Burns, Guy 220Is captured by Yan and Sam 230Becomes a member of the tribe 289His stuffed Deer 415His test of courage 432Kills the Woodchuck 440Name changed to Hawkeye 42Butterfly, black Butternuts— 54, 71Used for dyeing
130, 131, 141Caleb Clark 146His description of a teepee 300, 303His Indian adventures 305Makes Indian war bonnet 308His standard of a good shot 359He tells Yan how to find his way in the woods 366Shows the boys how to skin a horse 368 and how to tan skin 371How to make moccasins 374His opinion of hunters and hunting 427His marksmanship 452Encounter with Mr. Raften on the coon hunt 464Story of his quarrel with Mr. Raften 485Encounter with Bill Hennard 494Gets possession of his farm 110Calfskins, sold by boys 320Used as drum-heads 368Tanning of 328Cardinal flowers 329Cat 332Fight with Skunk 342Adopts young Squirrels 378Is caught in the ketch-alive Catnip— 71Tea 205How it cured the Cat 78, 177Cedar 514Cedar-birds 497Char-less (Red-squirrel) 204Chenopodium 350Chipmunk 473Sam's Chipmunk capture 350, 474Chickadee, cock 76Choke-cherry 78Clam shells 202Cohosh 207Connor, Kitty Coon— 69Hairs 165, 443Hunt 66, 273Tracks Cottonwood root 170Indians use to light fires 435Council, the Grand 299, 303, 304, 308Coup, Grand 327Cow-bird 349Crawfish 350Creeper Crow— 72Split tongue 79Common, tracks of 344Cuckoo, black-billed 201Cypripedium
503Dachshund 72Daddy Longlegs and the cows Dam— 191The boys build 71Dandelion roots 73Coffee Deer— 289Guy's stuffed 294Shooting game 124, 125, 131De Neuville, Granny 132Mr. Raften buys her Pigs 133Her love of flowers and birds 136She prescribes for Sam's leg 200, 201, 2O2, 203, 204, 205Her herb lore 208, 209Her visit from the robbers 257Dew-cloth 497Digby, Cyrus, (Blue-jay) 312Dipper 88, 134, 141Dog— 502How to tell height by track 103Dogans 423Downey's Dump 514Droseræ (Fly-eating plants) 363Ducks, flock of Dyeing— 54, 71With Butternuts 71With Hemlock 71With Goldthread 210With Goldenrod 210With Berries 211With Pokeweed 211With Elder shoots 211With Oak chips 211With Hickory bark 211With Birch 211With Dogwood 211With Indigo herb
Eagle Feathers— 299As worn by Indian Warriors 81Elderberry-shoot, used for pipestem 77Ellis, Bud, is cured by Lung Balm Elm— 74, 78Slippery 78Swamp 119, 122Bark for teepees 104Emmy Grants 203Eupatorium perfoliatum (Boneset)
62, 80-81, 167-170Fire— 171, 172How to light without matches 124, 170, 268Right woods to use 359Signal 351Flicker 475Illustration of nest 337Flying-squirrel Fox— 353His Rabbit hunt 447Callaghan 163Frogs
203Galium 413Garney, Bill, grave of 71, 74Ginseng Goldenrod— 210Used for dyeing 360Usually points north 201Golden Seal (Hydrastis Canadensis) 71, 204Goldthread 161Graybird 89Grip, the Dog 227Gyascutus
Hawk— 64Sharpshin 158Fight with King-bird 346Chicken 351Red-shouldered 64, 474, 514Sparrow 196Hearne, Samuel 71Hemlock, bark 78Tree 369Used for tanning 65Henbane 478Hennard, Bill 71-75Herb-lore, Biddy's 200-211Granny's 456, 457Heron (Blue Crane) 203"Highbelier" 42Hornet, blue 366Horse, how to skin Horse-hair— 72Turns to a snake 232, 340Humming-bird 201Hydrastis Canadensis (Golden Seal) 41Hyla pickeringii (Frog)
Indian— 44Sense of smell 146Teepees 299Head-dresses 300Telegram of good luck 303Meaning of Eagle feathers 305War bonnet 306Ability to foretell storms 309, 310Games 312Tests of eyes 318, 512, 518Well 320, 321Drum 355, 356Smoke signs 356Trail signs 368Method of tanning skins 461Paints 69Indian cucumber 71Indian cup Indian squaw— 195, 196Yan's story of 74, 200Indian turnips 211Indigo herb 71, 73, 202Injun tobacco 78Ironwood
74, 200Jack-in-the-Pulpit 340Jewel-flower 328Jewelweed
377Ketchalive, how to make a 157Kingbird 158Fight with Hawk 162, 346Kingfishers 201Kingroot
177Lancewood 206Larry, how he made brooms 71Lavender tea 121, 221Leatherwood 203Lindera Benzoin (Spicebush) 197Little Beaver 41Lizard, Whistling, 203Lobelia 510Long Swamp, trip to 363Loon 77Lung Balm Lynx 90Yan meets 532Is killed in Long Swamp
517Mallard Duck 201Mandrakes 78Maple 162Martins, Sand 282, 327"Massacrees" 201May Apple 273, 341, 346Mink 348Kills Muskrat 373How to catch 247Minnie, makes peace between Yan and Sam 346Minnow 202Moccasin 370How to make 316Mosquitoes, how to keep out of teepee 341, 350Mouse, Field 270, 274, 275, 278Mud albums 79, 263, 273, 341, 345Muskrat 348Killed by Mink 349Burrows hole in dam 78Mussel shells
63Needles, made of Catfish bones 98Niagara, Yan visits 312North Star
123Oak, pick to make holes for sewing bark 370Ojibwa 105, 275O'Leary, Phil 177Osage orange 458Oven bird 113Owl, Stuffed 163Hoot 165Screech 263Horned 399Cat 399, 400Horned Owls, killed by Yan and Sam 402, 404How to stuff
111, 112Parlour, the Raftens' 373Partridge head for Mink bait 41Peeper 42Pelopæus, Mud-wasp 497Peter (Peetweet) 78Pine 63Pine Grosbeak 71, 204Pipsissewa 312Pleiades 204Pleurisy root 380, 494Pogue, Dick 211Pokeweed 103, 106, 211, 216Prattisons 124Prayer-sticks
354Rabbit, how he escaped the Fox Rad— 30Unkindness to Yan 93Goes Lynx-hunting with Yan 115Raften, Bud 107Raften, Mrs., kindness to Yan 103, 105Raften, Wm. 108, 109His characteristics 255Helps the boys make their bed in teepee 489, 490Makes friends with Caleb and helps him out of his trouble 64Rail 350Sora rails 80, 338Red Squirrels 339Nest robbed by boys 162Robin 476Guy kills
107Sam 112His collection of birds' eggs 200He visits Granny de Neuville 397, 398His skill with the axe Sander 23Taxidermist's shop 24Exhibit of birds 170Sage-brush root, Indians use to light fires 411Sandals, worn when Dear-hunting 71, 101Sanger— 103, 104Account of settlers 112Custom of framing coffin-plates 300Santees (Sioux) 71Sassafras 232, 279Scarlet Tanager 207Sees Yan again at Granny de Neuville's 64Sharp-shin Shells— 78Mussel 78Clam 97Shore-lark 158Meadow-lark, pursued by Hawk 474Shrew, Yan finds body of 155, 156, 165Si Lee 402-405Teaches the boys how to stuff Horned Owls 332Skunk, fight with Cat 202Skunk Cabbage 202Skunk-root 355Smoke, signs used by Indians 74Snake, dies at sundown 349Snipe, Teetering (Tipup) 74, 200"Sorry-plant" Sparrow— 161, 162Vesper 162, 163, 457Song 63, 474, 514Sparrow-hawk 204Spear-mint 203Spicewood (Lindera Benzoin) 73Spider, kill a spider to make it rain 210Squaw berries 65Stramonium 72Superstitious sayings, Biddy's 72Swallows, shooting 72, 162Keep off lightning
402Taxidermy, Si Lee gives a lesson in Teepee— 119Is begun 125, 126Does not prove satisfactory, smokes, leaks 129Is blown down 146Caleb Clark's description 151Second teepee is begun 154Storm-cap 167, 168How to place poles and ropes 169Should face east 460How to secure in a storm 72, 163Toads, give warts Trails— 294Paper 297Corn 356Signs of 360Trees, points of compass indicated by 504, 505How to tell height by shadow 506, 507How to measure distance between trees 263, 344Tree-frog 179Turkey feathers for arrows 79Turtle, mud 57Tutnee
201Umbil, or "Sterrick-root"
352Veery 267Vireo, Red-eyed
317, 318Wakan Rock 411War bonnets 42Wasp, mud 497Wesley (Blackhawk) 274Whangerdoodle 163Whippoorwill 71White-man's Foot 168White Oak pins for teepee 303Whooping Crane 119Willow, withes for tying teepee poles 308Wind, how to tell direction of 74Wintergreen Witch-hazel— 73Will find water 137Granny de Neuville's medicine Woodchuck— 280Sam's story 432Guy kills the old Woodchuck 393Wood-duck 80Wood-mouse 344Wood-peewee 162, 338, 350Woodpecker, Red-headed 72Worm, measuring 204Wormweed
Yan— 19Homelife 25His attempts to buy Owl 26Love for spring 33How he made the last dime for his first nature book 40His meeting with the unknown naturalist 47Discovery of Glenyan 51Building of the shanty 61Imitation of Indians 63Makes a drawing of a Hawk 69Identifies Coon-hairs 70Is made ill by chewing leaves of strange plant 78His list of trees 80Tries to kill Wood-mouse 81Makes a pipe and learns to smoke 82Is punished for caricaturing his teacher 83Finds his shanty destroyed by tramps 84, 85His illness 88Begins to recover and visits Glenyan 89His adventure with a Lynx 93Takes Rad hunting 97Is reproved by his mother for killing the Shore-lark 103, 106He goes to Sanger 110His duties 114He sees Sam's treasures 119He and Sam begin the teepee 124They light a fire in the teepee 126Which smokes them out 129They find the teepee blown down 135Their visit to Granny de Neuville 135Yan sees Biddy again 141They visit Caleb Clark 151They begin their second teepee 165The canvas is sewn by Si Lee 172Caleb teaches them to light a fire without matches 172First fire in new teepee 177, 186They make bows and arrows; practice w. them 191They build a dam 196Yan's story of the Indian squaw 200He visits the Sanger Witch again 212-214Takes dinner with her 220, 232They capture Guy Burns; admit him into Tribe 237, 238Yan fights Sam and Guy 244Comes to the assistance of the school trustees 252Goes with Sam to live in the teepee for two weeks 262-267Their first night in the woods 270They are joined by Guy 282-287Their foraging trip 291Their Deer-shooting game 299Their visit from Caleb 315They sun their blankets 316How they kept off Mosquitoes 317They clean their camp 318Carry their remnants of food to Wakan Rock 319Dig an Indian well 320, 321Make an Indian drum 332Yan sees fight between Cat and Skunk 339They destroy a Red-squirrel's nest 359He learns to build signal fire 360Caleb tells him how to find his way in the woods 364The boys learn how to tan skins 371And how to make moccasins 377Makes a ketchalive 379Their visit from Mr. Raften 385Yan's story of the Boy-that-wanted-to-know 389The trip to Downey's Dump 401They kill two Horned Owls 402Si Lee gives them a lesson in taxidermy 417Yan's test of grit 424He draws the tracks near Bill Garney's grave 435The Grand Council 443The Coon-hunt 468The Bear-hunt 474Yan finds a Shrew 482Is ill-treated by Bill Hennard 497Trouble with the Boilers 498He wins the fight with Blackhawk 499The Boilers join the Sangers 509Yan beats the city boy in wrestling-match 510They start on hard trip 513Yan and Pete make an exploring trip 520Yan finds the Indian village 528His fight with the Lynx 538Receives bounty for killing lynx 541Is made War Chief Yan's Mother— 95Her morbidly religious nature 97She reproves Yan for killing Shore-lark 327Yellow Warbler Yew— 177Spanish 177Oregon