The Little Indian Weaver

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Brandeis Madeline. The Little Indian Weaver

CHAPTER I. THE CORN EAR DOLL

CHAPTER II. SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS

CHAPTER III. AT THE TRADING POST

CHAPTER IV. THE PRAYER STICK

CHAPTER V. AT BAH'S HOGAN

CHAPTER VI. BILLY STARTS HIS STORY

CHAPTER VII. ALL ABOUT THE INDIANS

CHAPTER VIII. WHO WINS THE RADIO?

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For days Bah's chief delight was her new corn ear doll. She kept it with her constantly. It went to bed with her, sat at meals with her, and watched the daily weaving lesson.

But one day a terrible thing happened. She was sitting by her mother's side outside the hogan, her little fingers flying through the strings of her loom, and one eye watching Mother's more experienced fingers as they made a beautiful new pattern.

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"If you wish to weave perfectly so that you may some day sell your work, then you must learn to rip and go over many times."

Ripping is deadly work, as everyone who has ever ripped knows. And Bah was not as interested in ripping as she had been in making her pattern. So her thoughts naturally turned to her precious Cornelia lying at her feet.

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