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The Book of Woodcraft 



Cut II is an example of this. The seat should be not 

 more than two feet from the ground, and even at that 

 height should have a footstool. 



The stool J is of white man's construction, but Indian 

 decoration, in red, black and white. 



The log seat, or Council seat, K, is a useful thing that each 

 Band should make in the Council ring. It is simply a log 

 flattened on top, on the front side. It has a board back, 

 supported on two or three stakes, as shown in L. This is 

 designed for the "Otters." 



HEAD-BAND 



Each brave needs a head-band. This holds his feathers 

 as they are won and his scalp if he wears one is fastened to it 

 behind. It consists of a strip of soft leather, long enough to 

 go around the head and overlap by two inches ; it is fastened 



at the rear, with a lace through the four holes, like the lace 

 of machine belting. A bead pattern ornaments the front 

 and it may be finished at each side in some broader design. 

 It is the foundation for the warbonnet and has places for 

 twenty-four feathers (two eagle tails). See Warbonnet 

 later. 



