THE SEMINOLE INDIANS. 



ends may be easily and quicklj- ignited again when required. Such 

 a fire will last a long time and consume comparatively little wood. 

 The camp fire is rarely allowed to go out, a pot of sofkee or 



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stewed meat generally being kept warm, especiall\' in a camp where 

 there are many children. 



" Sofkee " is a kind of soup made from ground corn or hominy and 

 corn mixed. It is eaten with large wooden spoons which the Indians 

 manufacture and which are called sofkee spoons. These they hand 



