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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Without even knocking at the door there noiselessly entered our northern home two large, unhandsome Indians.
attention
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From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
Bark
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
Birch
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
Carried
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
Children
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
corner
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From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
Dinner
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
disappearednounUS /ˈdisappeared/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
door
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From this reading Without even knocking at the door there noiselessly entered our northern home two large, unhandsome Indians.
entered
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From this reading Without even knocking at the door there noiselessly entered our northern home two large, unhandsome Indians.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Without even knocking at the door there noiselessly entered our northern home two large, unhandsome Indians.
Feast
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
floor
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From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
forest
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From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
gently
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From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
ghostly
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From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
glance
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From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
grown-up
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From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
home
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From this reading Without even knocking at the door there noiselessly entered our northern home two large, unhandsome Indians.
How
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
Indian
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
Indians
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
Jakoos
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From this reading They were pagan Saulteaux, by name Souwanas and Jakoos.
knocking
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From this reading Without even knocking at the door there noiselessly entered our northern home two large, unhandsome Indians.
large
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From this reading Without even knocking at the door there noiselessly entered our northern home two large, unhandsome Indians.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
marched
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From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
Myth
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were pagan Saulteaux, by name Souwanas and Jakoos.
Nanahboozhoo
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
narrow
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From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
noiselessly
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From this reading Without even knocking at the door there noiselessly entered our northern home two large, unhandsome Indians.
northern
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From this reading Without even knocking at the door there noiselessly entered our northern home two large, unhandsome Indians.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
Off
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Without even knocking at the door there noiselessly entered our northern home two large, unhandsome Indians.
out
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From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
pagan
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From this reading They were pagan Saulteaux, by name Souwanas and Jakoos.
paid
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From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
palefaces
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From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
parents
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From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
picking
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From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
playing
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From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
present
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From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
Quickly
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From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
Raccoon
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
Rings
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
room
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From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
salutation
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From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
Saulteaux
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From this reading They were pagan Saulteaux, by name Souwanas and Jakoos.
Scarred
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
shoulders
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From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
slightest
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From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
Souwanas
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
Stole
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
Story-teller
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
swung
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From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
Tail
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
then
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From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
there
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From this reading Without even knocking at the door there noiselessly entered our northern home two large, unhandsome Indians.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
Tree
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
two
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From this reading Without even knocking at the door there noiselessly entered our northern home two large, unhandsome Indians.
unhandsome
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From this reading Without even knocking at the door there noiselessly entered our northern home two large, unhandsome Indians.
up
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From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
virgin
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From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
way
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From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading They paid not the slightest attention to the grown-up palefaces present, but in their ghostly way marched across the room to the corner where the two little children were playing on the floor.
Why
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
Wigwam
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
WithoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Without even knocking at the door there noiselessly entered our northern home two large, unhandsome Indians.
Wolves
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From this reading The Children Carried Off by the Indians--The Feast in the Wigwam--Souwanas, the Story-teller--Nanahboozhoo, the Indian Myth--How the Wolves Stole His Dinner, and Why the Birch Tree Bark is Scarred--Why the Raccoon has Rings on His Tail.
word
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From this reading Quickly but gently picking them up they swung them to their shoulders, and then, without a word of salutation or even a glance at the parents, they noiselessly passed out of that narrow door and disappeared in the virgin forest.
