The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone

Name: The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone
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Author: Margaret A. McIntyre

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THE CAVE BOY
OF THE AGE OF STONE
NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Dedicated to My Mother
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Making stone tools . . . . . . _Frontispiece_ All at once, the goat stood up on her hind legs Strongarm A big black bear came along Then he sat down by the fire to make his picture of the bear Ram horns Sewing together skins of wild oxen A little bone Bone needle Broken hunting club The bees flew off humming angrily The edge of the pond And, for fun, set it against the string Broken hunting club (2nd version) Cattle horns So they lay down on the ground and began to call A nest full of young eagles She scraped off all the meat and fat Tiger's tooth and bear's claw Lion Lion's tooth Stone tools Stone axe Woven basket Little wild pigs were eating the acorns The sparks came like a flame and caught the dry leaves The boys listened in wonder Shelter of branches Acorns Tiger Tiger's tooth He struck with his hammer stone He held the pebble in his left hand and struck it a sharp blow Deer antlers Forest scene Spear The women and children went to pick berries The women and children ate and ate the sweet fruit Snowy owl in tree Women with baskets Skin bag with pull string Herd of reindeer They dived into the river and swam away, pulling the raft Flock of white swans The sea Clam and oyster shells Dug-out boat They began to cook the fish The people took the fish in their hands Cutting down a tree A flounder Seaweed Thorn learns to swim Clay bowls Mammoth trapped in swamp Wolves Throwing a spear A North American Indian A stone arrow head A stone ax Picture of reindeer, scratched on slate; found in a cave in France Eskimo by their winter huts; drawn by an Eskimo A bone awl; found in a cave in England Drawing of a mammoth, on a piece of mammoth tusk; found in a cave in France A flint knife; found in Australia
THE CAVE BOY OF THE AGE OF STONE
CHAPTER I STRONGARM'S FAMILY
[Illustration: All at once, the goat stood up on her hind legs]
[Illustration: Strongarm]
[Illustration: A big black bear came along]
[Illustration: Then he sat down by the fire to make his picture of the bear]
[Illustration: Ram horns]
CHAPTER II THE NEEDLE, THE CLUB, AND THE BOW
[Illustration: Sewing together skins of wild oxen]
[Illustration: A little bone]
[Illustration: Bone needle]
[Illustration: Broken hunting club]
[Illustration: The bees flew off humming angrily]
[Illustration: The edge of the pond]
[Illustration: And, for fun, set it against the string]
[Illustration: Broken hunting club (2nd version)]
CHAPTER III THE TAMING OF THE DOG
[Illustration: Cattle horns]
[Illustration: So they lay down on the ground and began to call.]
[Illustration: A nest full of young eagles]
CHAPTER IV HOW STRONGARM HUNTED A BEAR AND A LION
[Illustration: She scraped off all the meat and fat]
[Illustration: Tiger's tooth and bear's claw]
[Illustration: Lion]
[Illustration: Lion's tooth]
CHAPTER V THE OLD AX MAKER VISITS HIS DAUGHTER
[Illustration: Stone tools]
[Illustration: Stone axe]
[Illustration: Woven basket]
[Illustration: Little wild pigs were eating the acorns]
CHAPTER VI THE COMING OF FIRE
[Illustration: The sparks came like a flame and caught the dry leaves]
[Illustration: The boys listened in wonder]
[Illustration: Shelter of branches]
[Illustration: Acorns]
CHAPTER VII THE CAVE TIGER
[Illustration: Tiger]
[Illustration: Tiger's tooth]
CHAPTER VIII THE MAKING OF STONE WEAPONS
[Illustration: He struck with his hammer stone]
[Illustration: He held the pebble in his left hand and struck it a sharp blow]
[Illustration: Deer antlers]
CHAPTER IX AT THE GRAVEL PIT
[Illustration: Forest scene]
[Illustration: Spear]
CHAPTER X A SUMMER CAMP
[Illustration: The women and children went to pick berries]
[Illustration: The women and children ate and ate the sweet fruit]
[Illustration: Snowy owl in tree]
[Illustration: Women with baskets]
[Illustration: Skin bag with pull string]
[Illustration: Herd of reindeer]
CHAPTER XI THORN MEETS THE CHILDREN OF THE SHELL MOUNDS
[Illustration: They dived into the river and swam away, pulling the raft]
[Illustration: Flock of white swans]
[Illustration: The sea]
CHAPTER XII AT THE HOME OF THE SHELL MOUND PEOPLE
[Illustration: Clam and oyster shells]
[Illustration: Dug-out boat]
[Illustration: They began to cook the fish]
[Illustration: The people took the fish in their hands]
[Illustration: Cutting down a tree]
[Illustration: A flounder]
CHAPTER XIII THORN LEARNS TO SWIM
[Illustration: Seaweed]
[Illustration: Thorn learns to swim]
[Illustration: Clay bowls]
CHAPTER XIV THE FEAST OF MAMMOTH'S MEAT
[Illustration: Mammoth trapped in swamp]
[Illustration: Wolves]
[Illustration: Throwing a spear]
CHAPTER XV THE RED MEN OF OUR OWN COUNTRY IN THE STONE AGE
[Illustration: A North American Indian]
[Illustration: A stone arrow head]
[Illustration: A stone ax]
CHAPTER XVI HOW STONE WEAPONS OF THE CAVE MEN WERE FIRST FOUND
[Illustration: Picture of reindeer, scratched on slate; found in a cave in France]
[Illustration: Eskimo by their winter huts; drawn by an Eskimo]
[Illustration: A bone awl; found in a cave in England]
CHAPTER XVII HOW THE EARTH LOOKED WHEN THE SHELL MEN AND THE CAVE MEN LIVED
[Illustration: Drawing of a mammoth, on a piece of mammoth tusk; found in a cave in France]
CHAPTER XVIII HOW EARLY MEN BELIEVED THAT ALL THINGS THAT MOVE ARE ALIVE
CHAPTER XIX THE PEOPLE OF OUR TIME WHO WERE MOST LIKE THE CAVE MEN
[Illustration: A flint knife; found in Australia]
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