In this way she wove around and around the basket to the top,
and tied a stick for a handle.
[Illustration: Women with baskets]
"I will place leaves in it, and then it will hold berries," she said.
One woman was making a bag of a bit of skin. She made holes near the
edge of the skin and put a string through them and pulled them
together. Another woman made a basket of birch bark in the same way.
[Illustration: Skin bag with pull string]
One day when the berries were about gone, Thorn saw a great herd of
reindeer going by.
"Oh, look at all the reindeer, grandfather!" he cried. "Where are they
going?"
"When summer comes," said Flint, "they go to a colder country; and when
summer ends, they come back to the cave country."
There were many reindeer in the herd, and their antlers looked like a
forest of trees without leaves. A big bear with hungry eyes was
following the herd.
That evening a young hunter made a picture of a beautiful reindeer with
his head among the grasses. Another hunter made a picture of two deer
that he had killed, and two live deer. Still another man made a handle
for a knife. He carved it from bone. It was like a deer springing.
The antlers were laid back on the neck, and the front legs were turned
under the body; the hind legs lay along the handle.
"Good!" said the other men as they looked at it.
[Illustration: Herd of reindeer]
CHAPTER XI
THORN MEETS THE CHILDREN OF THE SHELL MOUNDS
Every day Thorn worked for a little while at the chipping of stone
axes, but he had plenty of time for play.
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