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American inventions and inventors (1900)

Mowry, William Augustus, 1829-1917, Mowry, Arthur May, 1862- joint author · New York, Boston [etc.] Silver, Burdett and company · leaf 25

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only the roof to cover them andthe fire to warm them. Though the fire warmed them un-evenly, though the smoke was uncomfortable, though thecold, the snow, and the rain came in at the opening and allaround the sides of the house, yet the Indians had a cover-ing, they had a fire,and they were to… … INDIAN METHOD OF BROILING. Ugh! grunted anold redskin, as he studied the white mans ways;—ugh!Injun make a little fire and set close to him; white manmake a big fire and set way off. The Indians needed food as well as covering. Theircooking must have been quite different from that which isdone on a…

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