| PAGE |
| Dedication | 7 |
| Preface | 8 |
| Contents | 12 |
| Illustrations | 13 |
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THE EARLY CAVE-MEN
THE AGE OF COMBAT |
| PAGE |
| Why People Wanted to Live in Caves | 15 |
| How the Fire Clan Got a Cave | 18 |
| The First Night in the Cave | 24 |
| How the Fire Clan Got Rid of Sabre-tooth | 27 |
| Preparations for the Feast | 32 |
| The Feast | 35 |
| How the Cave was Made Ready for a Winter Home | 40 |
| How the Cave-men Bored Holes Through Their Trophies | 43 |
| Making New Weapons | 50 |
| How the Women Dressed Sabre-tooth’s Skin | 55 |
| How the Cave-men Made Clothing | 58 |
| The Fire Clan | 60 |
| How the Cave-men Spent the Winter | 64 |
| What the Cave-men Got from the Birch Trees | 66 |
| The Flood | 71 |
| What the Cave-men Lost in the Flood | 79 |
| The Council | 82 |
| The Way to the Fire Country | 88 |
| How Firekeeper Made the Skin Water Bag | 92 |
| Why Firekeeper Made a Door | 96 |
| The Stranger that Came Toward the Cave | 100 |
| The Journey to the Fire Country | 103 |
| The Return from the Fire Country | 107 |
| Strongarm Makes a Great Discovery | 112 |
| How the Cave-men Received Strongarm | 115 |
| The Thanksgiving Feast | 118 |
| What the Women Got from Spruce Trees | 121 |
| How the Women Made Splints for Baskets | 126 |
| How the Women Wove Splints | 130 |
| How the Women Colored their Baskets | 134 |
| How the Cave-men Carried their Burdens | 139 |
| A Mammoth Hunt | 143 |
| How the Cave-men Divided the Mammoth | 147 |
| Strongarm Tells Firekeeper His Secret | 150 |
| How People Know What the Cave-men Did | 155 |
| Suggestions to Teachers | 159 |
