fire-with

Updated: September 1, 2024

They were trying to kindle a fire-with flint and steel, under the shelter of the boat. He continued to watch them 'lazily and without alarm. Their fire, if they succeeded in making it, would cast no light upon him in the dense covert, but they would be outlined against the flame, and he could see them better, well enough, perhaps, to tell to what tribe they belonged.

Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler - The Scouts of the Valley