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I had hewn this paddle from a cottonwood log, only the day before. My own, lighter and better made

I had hewn this paddle from a cottonwood log, only the day before. My own, lighter and better made.jpg I am an old woman nowThumbnailsI loaded my boats on the travois of two of my dogsI am an old woman nowThumbnailsI loaded my boats on the travois of two of my dogsI am an old woman nowThumbnailsI loaded my boats on the travois of two of my dogsI am an old woman nowThumbnailsI loaded my boats on the travois of two of my dogsI am an old woman nowThumbnailsI loaded my boats on the travois of two of my dogsI am an old woman nowThumbnailsI loaded my boats on the travois of two of my dogs

I had hewn this paddle from a cottonwood log, only the day before. My own, lighter and better made, I had brought with me from the village. Each paddle had a large hole cut in the center of the blade. Without this hole, a paddle wobbled in the current.