dew-cloth

Updated: May 4, 2025

"What's wrong," asked Raften. "Indians don't have them that I ever heard of," said Little Beaver. "Yan, did ye iver hear of a teepee linin' or a dew-cloth?" "Yes," was the answer, in surprise at the unexpected knowledge of the farmer. "Do ye know what they're like?" "No at least no " "Well, I do; that's what it's like. That's something I do know, fur I seen old Caleb use wan."

Ernest Thompson Seton - Two Little Savages : Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned

"Oh, I remember reading about it now, and they are like that, and it's on them that the Indians paint their records. Isn't that bully," as he saw Raften add two long inner stakes which held the dew-cloth like a canopy. "Say, Da, I never knew you and Caleb were hunting together. Thought ye were jest natural born enemies." "Humph!" grunted Raften. "We wuz chums oncet.

Ernest Thompson Seton - Two Little Savages : Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned