Chapter 6

open area of ground near a barn

...on warm days Pa left the door of her stall open so she could come into the barnyard.

printed cotton cloth

...a store full of candy and calico and other wonderful things - powder, and shot, and salt, and store sugar.

sticky black substance like tar

the term "pitch black" comes from this substance

It was still black as pitch...

an explosive powder made of saltpeter, sulfer, and charcoal

...a store full of candy and calico and other wonderful things - powder, and shot, and salt, and store sugar.

tiny lead pellets used in a shotgun

...a store full of candy and calico and other wonderful things - powder, and shot, and salt, and store sugar.

an individual compartment for an animal in a barn

...on warm days Pa left the door of her stall open so she could come into the barnyard.