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These we cut to the proper size, and bound them together by slats, and trenails made out of the hard locust-wood. We then hung them both door and window-shutter with strips of elk-skin. That night we carried in all our bedding and utensils, and slept under the roof of our new house. "It was still far from being finished; and the next day we set about building a fireplace and chimney.
But the flowers of this species are only small greenish aments. Locust-wood is very durable, and, as it will bear exposure to all kinds of weather, it is much used in shipbuilding and as posts for gates.
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