smoky-tan

Updated: July 15, 2025

So he made a smoke fire by smothering a clear fire with rotten wood; then fastening the Horsehide into a cone with a few wooden pins, he hung it in the dense smoke for a couple of hours, first one side out, then the other till it was all of a rich smoky-tan colour and had the smell so well known to those who handle Indian leather.

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