Two Little Savages: (Dover Children's Classics)

This is one of the great classics of nature and boyhood by one of America's foremost nature experts. It presents a vast range of woodlore in the most palatable of forms, a genuinely delightful story. It will provide many hours of good reading for any child who likes the out-of-doors, and will teach him or her many interesting facts of nature, as well as a number of practical skills. It will be sure to awaken an interest in the outdoor world in any youngster who has not yet discovered the fascination of nature.The story concerns two farm boys who build a teepee in the woods and persuade the grownups to let them live in it for a month. During that time they learn to prepare their own food, build a fire without matches, use an axe expertly, make a bed out of boughs; they learn how to ""smudge"" mosquitoes, how to get clear water from a muddy pond, how to build a dam, how to know the stars, how to find their way when they get lost; how to tell the direction of the wind, blaze a trail, distinguish animal tracks, protect themselves from wild animals; how to use Indian signals, make moccasins, bows and arrows, Indian drums and war bonnets; how to know the trees and plants, and how to make dyes from plants and herbs. They learn all about the habits of various birds and animals, how they get their food, who their enemies are and how they protect themselves from them.Most of this information is not generally available in books, and could be gained otherwise only by years of life and experience in suitable surroundings. Yet Mr. Thompson Seton explains it so vividly and fully, with so many clear, marginal illustrations through the book, that the reader will finish ""Two Little Savages"" with an enviable knowledge of trees, plants, wild-life, woodlore, Indian crafts and arts, and survival information for the wilds. All of this is presented through a lively narrative that has as its heroes two real boys, typically curious about everything in the world around them, eager to outdo each other in every kind of endeavor. The exciting adventures that befall them during their stay in the woods are just the sort of thing that will keep a young reader enthralled and will stimulate his or her imagination at every turn.

Table of Contents:
The Chapters Part I Glimmerings Spring His Adjoining Brothers The Book The Collarless Stranger Glenyan The Shanty Beginnings of Woodlore Tracks Biddy's Contribution Lung Balm Crisis The Lynx Froth Part II The New Home Sam The Wigwam The Sanger Witch Caleb The Making of the Teepee The Calm Evening The Sacred Fire The Bows and Arrows The Dam Yan and the Witch. Dinner with the Witch The Hostile Spy The Quarrel The Peace of Minnie Part III Really in the Woods The First Night and Morning A Crippled Warrior and the Mud-Albums A "Massacree" of Palefaces The Deer Hunt War Bonnet, Teepee and Coups . Campercraft The Indian Drum The Cat and the Skunk The Adventures of a Squirrel Family How to See the Woodfolk Indian Signs and Getting Lost Tanning Skins and Making Moccasins Caleb's Philosophy A Visit from Raften How Yan Knew the Ducks Afar Sam's Woodcraft Exploit. The Owls and the Night-School The Trial of Grit The White Revolver The Triumph of Guy The Coon Hunt The Banshee's Wail and the Huge Night Prowler Hawkeye Claims Another Grand Coup ... The Three-Fingered Tramp Winning Back the Farm he Rival Tribe White Man's Woodcraft The Long Swamp A New Kind of Coon On the Old Camp Ground The New War Chief