Pg. 14 At times they were able to get buckskin from the Indians. This was used for men’s clothing and gloves. They used a three cornered needles and strips of buckskin to do the sewing with. The women wore sun-bonnets for ordinary wear, and “shakers” for best. These were much like the sun bonnets but were made form better material and more trim wings. Also larger capes at the back. The women also made straw hats. They would get the straw from the stacks and wet it. Then braid it seven or eight strands. Eight strands would make a braid about an inch wide. They had a wooden form to mold the crowns on, and while the straw was wet it could be made into any shape. They thought they were dressed up when they could get one of these hats. Mrs. Dara Marker says: “We had no matches to start fires with, but would bauk the coals up with ashes. Sometimes the fire would go out. Then we would take a shovel and go to our more fortunate neighbors and borrow fire.” Pg. 15 Children’s shoes were often made from sheep skins, with the wool placed on the inside. They were also used for beds for the children to sleep on.* At first many of the people lived in dug-outs. These looked very much like the potato cellars of today, with a window in the back and a door in the front. Some had log houses with dirt roofs and dirt floors. The openings between the logs were “chinked” with pieces of wood and daubed with mud. The people learned the art of making adobes and adobe houses were used very early. It was hard work to make them. The men had to dig the clay, wet it thoroughly and tramp it with their bare feet in order to mix it. Then the clay was *An amusing story is told of a small boy in Joseph R. Porter’s school. The teacher wrote the word “bed” on the board and asked the boy what it was. “I don’t know.” He said. “Don’t you know what b-e-d spells?” “No” “What is it that you sleep on at night?” asked the teacher. “A sheep skin,” answered the boy.