Then you git you a little hoe, made out of a piece of steel, and you dig, and dig, and dig at that hide till you git some more meat off, and begin to shave it down, thin like.

You got to git all the grease out of it, an' you got to make all the horny places soft.

Time you git it dug down right it'll take you about a year, I reckon, and then you ain't done.

You got to git brains--buffalo brains is best--and smear all over it, and let 'em dry in.

Then you got to take your hide up and rub it till it's plum soft.