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The men, women, and children wear clothes made of skin. They often
wear blankets as shawls are worn by white people. Their shoes are made
of deerskin and have no soles. They are called moccasins.
[Illustration: Moccasins.]
In many places the Indians now have schools, and the little Indian boys
and girls go to school every day. Our government has sent teachers to
teach them. They learn to read and write and count.
But the Indian boys and girls learn a great many things at home. Their
fathers tell them about birds and beasts and trees and rivers. And
they teach the boys to hunt and fish, and train them up to be brave in
war.
The Indian boys and girls have a great many games. The boys play with
bows and arrows. They play "blindman's buff," and "hunt the slipper,"
and handball and football. The girls take part in the football. One
of their games is the "stick and ring" game. The ring is made of skin
and is sometimes covered with beads. Each boy has a stick, and he
throws it at the ring while it is rolling along the ground. The game
is to send the stick through the ring. Every boy tries to strike every
other boy's stick to stop it from going through the ring.
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