Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 509
kin, and keeps them beneath his blan-ket where they will not become damp. An Indian takes great pride in being a quickfire-maker. Captain J. G. Bourke, U. S. A.,reports having seen the Apaches secure firewith this simple apparatus in eight seconds.Under the most favorable conditions theApaches… … -SKiift FIRE-MAKING. 497 Many tribes can produce fire in less thanforty-five seconds; and nearly all tribes resortto many devices, using flint and steel at onetime, the fire-drill at another, or, if unable toobtain either of these, they can produce a sparkby rubbing one dry branch up and…
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