Table of Contents
from the book Wildwood Wisdom

1. The Woodsman of Yesterday

2. Outdoor Clothing

• Blanket coats
• Parka, a-tige or dickey
• Hopi Indian buckskin shirt
• A modern buckskin hunting shirt
• Buckskin vests
• Buckskin and rawhide buttons
• Buckskin leggings
• Cowboy chaps
• How to make buckskin
• Rawhide-furs
• Indian tanning of pelts
• Footwear
• Gloves
• Outdoor headgear

3. Packs and Packing

• Packsack contents
• Types of packs
• Pack horses
• Pack saddles
• Riding and riding equipment

4. Blankets and Beds

• Blankets
• Beds
• Sleeping bags

5. Shelters

• Camp sites
• Canoe shelter
• Lean-tos
• Tepees and wigwams
• Tents
• Eskimo snow-house
• Adobe huts
• Seminole shack

6. Fire Making

• What is Fire?
• Primitive fire making
• Matches
• Building Fires
• Firewoods
• Kinds of fire

7. Use of Ax and Knife

• Tomahawk
• Modern camp ax
• How to chop
• Knives

8. Outdoor Sanitation and Health

• Drinking water
• Latrines
• Garbage disposal
• Insect pests
• Poisonous insects and spiders
• Poisonous reptiles

9. Camp Cookery Equipment

• Tin-can kits
• Flat-stone cookery
• Hot-stone cookery
• Woods-made utensils
• Hunter's kitchen
• Protecting perishable foods
• Cupboard cache
• Camp kitchen rack

10. Camp Cookery

• Camp breads
• Camp pies
• Corn cookin'
• Fish in camp
• Camp meats
• Soups
• Camp beverages

11. Useful Animals and Birds

• Fresh- and saltwater food
• Game birds
• Small game
• Large game
• Unusual foods

12. Edible, Poisonous and Useful Plants and Trees

• Edible shoots and leaves
• Edible roots
• Edible nuts and seeds
• Edible fruits
• Edible buds
• Wild beverages
• Sugars and syrups
• Wild seasoning
• Wildwood flavoring
• Starvation foods
• Chewing gum
• Fungus foods
• Some poisonous plants
• Skin-irritant plants
• Wildwood medicines
• Soap plants
• Cordage
• Brushes and brooms

13. Barkcraft

• The legend of birchbark
• Gathering birchbark
• Preparing bark
• Uses of bark

14. Canoes, Canoeing and Portaging

• Canadian voyageurs
• Canoes
• Canoe paddles
• Paddling a canoe
• Loading a canoe
• Portaging
• Landing and launching
• Canoe repairs
• Canoe shelter
• Canoe upset
• Canoe don'ts
• Canoe and paddle decoration

15. Trailcraft

• Trail blazes
• Animal signs and blazes
• Flatfoot fraternity
• Long hind-leggers
• Toe walkers
• Toenail walkers
• Bird tracks

16. Stalking and Calling Animals

• Stalking
• Indian decoys
• Calling
• Bird whistles
• Animal voices
• Artificial calling aids
• Scent lures
• Easily identified bird and animal voices

17. Lost

• Nature's compasses
• How to use a compass
• Maps and map reading
• Weather signs
• Barometers

18. Indian Lore

• Spears
• Iroquois fish hooks
• Bolas
• Pueblo rabbit stick
• Drills
• Flint chipping
• Stone ax
• Cberokee blow gun
• Saws
• Adz
• Pipe
• Awls
• War club
• Knives
• Sioux alarm clock

19. Camp Furnishings

• Washbasin tripod
• Hooks and hangers
• Tepee back.-rest bed
• Lamps and candlesticks
• Chairs and tables
• Rawhide couch
• Rawhide lamp shade
• Hopi Indian log ladders
• Backwoods curtains and rods
• Fungus craft
• Totem cabin decoration
• Cabin chests

20. Woods in Winter

• Conditioning yourself for winter
• Sleeping bag or robe
• Winter shelters
• Winter enemies
• Sleds and sledges
• Dog teams
• Snowshoes
• Some winter track
• Winter sleep

Index