The Pioneer Hunting Pouch
The pioneer hunting pouch is made of buckskin, goatskin, calfskin, sheepskin, or felt.
The design may be painted, beaded, appliqued or made of quill work; and should be placed before pieces are laced together.
Fringe is inserted between front and back pieces of the bag as in the Axe Sheath, and all three pieces are then laced together.
This bag, with the Tinder Horn attached, can be used as the Fire Maker’s regalia, and gives a picturesqueness to the council.
The Arapaho “Strike-a-Light” Pouch
The Arapaho strike-a-light pouch is another type of bag to hold flint and steel, or tinder. It is made of two pieces of leather.
The design and belt loop are placed before the pouch is laced together.
The fringe, in this case, is cut on the back piece of the pouch. After fringing; it is laced together with thongs.
BLAZES AND SIGNS
Blazes
First among the trail signs that are used by Woodcrafters, Indians, and white hunters, and most likely to be of use to the traveler, are axe blazes on tree trunks. Among these some may vary greatly with locality, but there is one that I have found everywhere .in use with scarcely any variation. That is the simple white spot meaning, “Here ts the trail.”
The Indian in making it may nick off an infinitesimal speck of bark with his knife, the trapper with his hatchet may make it as big as a dollar, or the settler with his heavy axe may slab ..text pokračuje
