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…a lot of toys, like play things. I used to sit there and watch her sew just help her thread her needles. What I always wanted was the spool (laughing), get that spool and make toys out of it. One of the ones I understand was, really a fun thing was, they carved out tops, little tops, with pieces of wood or bark and then they would have a contest to see who’s top would stay spinning the longest, on ice. That was one of the things then. But of course there were all kinds of little toys. We used to make little boats out of bark and we’d used to wittle a little boat out of back; we’d go up the creek, put it in the water and run down along there to watch it come down the stream. Sometimes we’d put a sail on it. That was our entertainment.

Title:
Horace Axtell tells of a few of the toys he grew-up with
Date Created:
2001-12
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Horace Axtell tells of a few of the toys he grew-up with. (Interviewed by Josiah Pinkham)
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"Horace Axtell tells of a few of the toys he grew-up with", Nimíipuu L3, Center for Digital Inquiry and Learning (CDIL)
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https://cdil.lib.uidaho.edu/nimiipuu-l3/items/nimiipuu-l3-158.html
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