He leaned idly against the side of the wigwam, watching two squaws not far away who were tanning a deerskin and cutting it in strips for thread.
"The Princess Pocahontas"
Virginia Watson
Many were at work scraping deerskin to soften it before they cut it into robes for themselves or into moccasins for the men.
"The Princess Pocahontas"
Virginia Watson
They wear white men's clothes, but deerskin moccasins on their feet.
"Two Years in Oregon"
Wallis Nash