said-was

Updated: May 2, 2025

There at the far end, and next the little gable pane, he again cautioned secrecy, then when on invitation Yan had once more "swelped" himself, he rummaged in a dirty old box and drew out a bow, some arrows, a rusty steel trap, an old butcher knife, some fish-hooks, a flint and steel, a box full of matches, and some dirty, greasy-looking stuff that he said-was dried meat.

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