_Weave uncolored splints or reeds so as to make
different patterns._
_Find a fruit that will make a durable stain, and stain
some splints for a basket, or make a pattern by
staining an uncolored basket._
_See if you can find how to take fruit stains out of
clothing._
_If you can find colored earth, see if you can make
some paint to use in ornamenting your baskets._
_Try different ways of changing the color of grasses,
splints, and reeds, by soaking them in water or
burying them in different kinds of soil._
[Illustration: “_They worked the colors into pretty patterns, many of
which we use to-day_”]