The Sign of the Beaver (2)

I read 90 minutes today in this story and found that I really, really like this book a lot. I am already fascinated about anything with Indians (my room used to be decorated with all Indian stuff and I even had a tepee in one corner). It was thanks to the movie Dances With Wolves that I got hooked on Indians and believed I was one since I get really dark in the summer. Now back to the story... Matt has been learning TONS from Attean about the way of the Indians. He wanted a bow and arrow and tried several times to make one, but they were all failures since Matt did not know what kind of wood was the best for making bows. Attean helped him make a good bow and the two ended up meeting a bear eventually. This was actually really funny because Matt had just caught a rabbit and slung it at the bear's face. I thought this was kind of dumb of him (but funny) until I figured out that it gave Attean enough time to put an arrow in his bow to shoot the bear between the eyes. Therefore, Matt's actions weren't as dumb as I initially thought. Attean told him he moved swift like an Indian, which was really cool because Matt had been longing for some type of praise from Attean all this time since he was not as clever as Attean. Matt was then led to the Indian village where Attean lived for the ritual of killing a bear. He learned a lot about this ceremony and found that Indians were actually full of life rather than dull as he originally thought. He slept the night in a tepee and then traveled home the next day to find Attean's dog caught in a white man's trap that the Turtle tribe had set out (Attean's tribe are the Beavers). He goes back to the village to find only the women and children there since the men were gone to hunt. Matt finds Attean's grandmother - who initially did not like Matt since he was white - and tells her of the incident. She sends Marie (Attean's sister) with Matt and they get the dog out of the trap. Attean informs Matt that he is now welcomed to the village any time since his grandmother appreciates what he has done. Everything is getting really good and Matt is learning so much from Attean and the Indians. I still do not know where his family is, but Matt is not as worried since he has the Beaver tribe to watch out for him and learn from. I am suspecting something bad has happened to his family, however, but I will find out more next time.