rent way.

It was by trying different ways in the different places where they
camped, that the women at length learned to make tents with the roof
separated from the wall. The Cave-men made pictures of some of these
tents upon a piece of antler.

[Illustration: _A tent pin._]

When the men parted from the women, they considered ways of attacking
the herd. It was hard to approach it on the grassy plain without being
seen. And the men knew that if the herd was alarmed, it would gallop
far away.

At length Fleetfoot showed the Cave-men a plan for surrounding the
herd. And he asked who would volunteer to follow two leaders in
separate lines.

All the bravest men volunteered, for they were eager to make an
attack. Fleetfoot placed them in two lines and told them what each one
was to do.

Fleetfoot led one of the lines through the grass to the right, and
Blackcloud led the other to the left. They crept softly through the
tall grass until they had surrounded the herd. Approaching the herd
cautiously, they drew nearer and nearer together.

Fleetfoot gave the signal to attack when they were about a spear's
throw away. At once the harpoons whizzed through the air and struck
many a mortal blow. The bison were taken by surprise and they
attempted to escape. But no sooner had they run from one side than
they were attacked from the other.

Many a bison was killed that day and many others were wounded. Many of
the Cave-men carried away marks of an ugly bison's horns.

But all of the people had food and all the people were happy. And to
show that they honored both Fleetfoot and Flaker they bored holes
through their batons.

#THINGS TO DO#

_Make such a stretcher as you think the women made to carry
Flaker._

_Make tents whose roof and walls are one and the same thing. Make a
tent whose roof and walls are separated. Tell how you think people
learned to make such perfect tents._

_Dramatize one of the following scenes and then draw a picture to
illustrate it:_--
_The fear of the people at the disappearance of the herds._
_Bearing gifts to Fleetfoot and Flaker._
_Flaker threatening the angry god._
_Sending the scouts._
_Surrounding the herds._
_Showing honors to Fleetfoot and Flaker._

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THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

If there were not men enough to surround a herd can you think of
anything the Cave-men might do to drive th