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A HUNTER'S DRESS. 

 Daniel Boone wore moccasins, and so did 

 all the pioneers ; and, in fact, the farmers not 

 only wore moccasins but the hunting shirt as 

 late as the time of William Henry Harrison, 

 for I have before me a picture of William 

 Henry Harrison, made at that time, showing 

 him on his farm, wearing a 



WAMUS. 



This garment is really a long hunting shirt 

 of tunic form and is a modification of the 

 Indian Deerskin "Cote," of which we read 

 in the early annals of our country. 



I have, as late as 1868. seen men in full buck- 

 skin suits, wamus, fringed leggings, mocca- 

 sins and coon-skin caps in the streets of Cin- 

 cinnati. They were rare enough, however, to 

 excite a great deal of attention, and were men 

 who probably came in from the "Nobs" of 

 Kentucky. 



In the last number of Recreation we gave 

 you patterns and told you how to make a 

 buckskin hunting shirt. In the next number 

 Mr. Tappan Adney, the artist, back-woods- 

 man, hunter and naturalist, will tell you how 

 to make your own moccasins. I am very anx- 

 ious to have all the Sons of Daniel Boone try 

 their hands at these things, because a real 

 woodsman should be able not only to feed 

 himself but to clothe himself f"om the mate- 

 rial he finds in the woods, and, although the 

 Sons of Daniel Boone may not be in the 

 wilderness, still we are studying to learn real 

 woodcraft and to emulate our ancestors, the 

 stalwart buckskin heroes, in their ability to 

 take care of themselves. 



After we have learned how to make a shirt 

 and moccasins we will try our hand at the 

 leggings, and then at camp building, study the 

 art of making the proper sort of camp fire, 

 camp cooking and all those delightful occupa- 

 tions which appeal to the heart of any real 

 boy, and arouse the best and most wholesome 

 feelings in the breast of any real man ; but 

 now I must ask you boys to do some work 

 and to work for the cause. 



If we are going to be the great national as- 

 sociation of the United States and Canada, 

 we have got to "put our shoulder to the 

 wheel" and work with enthusiasm. 



There are two notches for the tally gun of 

 the fort having the largest number of mem- 

 bers by the 1st of November. There is one 

 notch for the tally gun of the fort having the 

 next largest number of members, and there is 



space in the magazine for the photograph cf 

 the best-looking group of Sons of Daniel 

 Boone. Of course, the Founder will not nn- . 

 dertake to decide which is the best-looking 

 crowd of boys. Personally, he knows that all 

 the boys who have the taste and desire to be- 

 long to our association are manly, handsome 

 fellows; but, just for the fun of the thing, so 

 that we can have a little lark, he proposes to 

 submit these photographs to a large jury, 

 composed of the girls of Recreation's staff ; 

 and will let these girls chip in and send some 

 memento to the best-looking crowd of the 

 Sons of Daniel Boone with all the names of 

 the jury signed. Remember that Recreation 

 will pay the photographer's bill. 



I have some more good news for you. The 

 author of those delightful and excruciatingly 

 comical pictures called the "Woozle Beasts" 

 has promised the Founder to write a Daniel 

 Boone song to be sung in the forts when 

 Simon Kenton carries in the tally gun. 



The lecture to go with the stereopticon 

 views is now being prepared. The delay is 

 caused by the difficulty we find in securing 

 the right sort of pictures for the illustrations. 

 Of course, we could slam together a lot of 

 pictures that would do, but we want to get as 

 many authentic ones as is possible, and we 

 have already secured a photograph of Daniel 

 Boone's axe, which he carried in his belt, also 

 one of the traps us id by this famous pioneer, 

 and we hope soon to secure photographs of a 

 lot more of his personal effects, including a 

 photograph of the tree, on Boone Creek, 

 Tenn., bearing Daniel Boone's autograph and 

 words to this effect: "D. Boone cilled A Bar 

 in this tree, 1760." 



We know all the Sons of Daniel Boone can 

 spell better and make a belter use of their 

 capitals than our old namesake, but the man 

 who carved this inscription on the tree, away 

 back in 1760, had so many sterling qualities 

 of manhood, courage, common sense and, 

 withal such a gentle, lovable nature, that it 

 makes little difference to us whether he knew 

 how to spell his own name or not, for, after 

 all, what is admirable is not one's accom- 

 plishments, but character. 



Boone had the boyish fancy of carving his 

 name upon trees, and these inscriptions have 

 served to a great extent as a means of 

 tracing his wanderings. 



I remember once when I was a small boy, 

 of receiving as a present a carpenter's gouge, 



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