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Turtle’s hoe was made of the shoulder bone of a buffalo set in a light-wood handle, the blade firmly bound in place with thong

Turtle’s hoe was made of the shoulder bone of a buffalo set in a light-wood handle, the blade firmly bound in place with thong.jpg I would lay the puppy between my shoulders and draw my tiny robe up over his backMiniaturesLt. Col. William H. MartinI would lay the puppy between my shoulders and draw my tiny robe up over his backMiniaturesLt. Col. William H. MartinI would lay the puppy between my shoulders and draw my tiny robe up over his backMiniaturesLt. Col. William H. MartinI would lay the puppy between my shoulders and draw my tiny robe up over his backMiniaturesLt. Col. William H. Martin

Turtle’s hoe was made of the shoulder bone of a buffalo set in a light-wood handle, the blade firmly bound in place with thongs. The handle was rather short, and so my grandmother stooped as she worked among her corn hills.

She used to keep the hoe under her bed. As I grew a bit older my playmates and I thought it a curious old tool, and sometimes we tried to take it out and look at it, when Turtle would cry, “Nah, nah! Go away! Let that hoe alone; you will break it!”