In the flat one he cut a notch and at the end of the notch a little pit.

Next he made a bow of a stiff, curved stick, and a buckskin thong: a small pine knot was selected and a little pit made in it with the point of a knife.

These were the fare-making sticks, but it was necessary to prepare the firewood, lay the fire, and make some fibre for tinder.

A lot of fine cedar shavings, pounded up with cedar bark and rolled into a two-inch ball, made good tinder, and all was ready.

Quonab put the bow thong once around the long stick, then held its point in the pit of the flat stick, and the pine knot on the top to steady it.