kill the lion. They want all the strong men and the good hunters.
They have sent for you."

Strongarm quickly took his club and spear and went off with old
Hickory. The men went over two hills and across a stream, and came to
Hickory's cave. There other men joined them. All the men had clubs
and spears and stone axes. They went together toward the river caves.
They found the lion and killed it.

Strongarm came home after some days, bringing lion's meat. Burr cooked
it, and Strongarm said to the boys, "Eat, it will make you brave."

After a while Strongarm sat down and made a hole in a lion's tooth.
Then he took off his necklace. It was made of shells and bears' claws
and a tiger's tooth and a bit of amber. He put the lion's tooth on his
necklace and held it up and looked at it and said, "Men will see that
and say, 'There is a brave man. There is a good hunter. He has helped
to kill a lion.'"

[Illustration: Tiger's tooth and bear's claw]

The boys stood by, watching. Thorn pointed to the tiger's tooth.

"How long and sharp it is! I never saw a tiger."

"You never want to see one unless you are where he cannot see you,"
roared Strongarm.

"Tell us about the lion hunt, father," begged Pineknot.