. The annals of the families of Caspar, Henry, Baltzer and George Spengler, who settled in York County, respectively, in 1729, 1732, 1732, and 1751 : with biographical and historical sketches, and memorabilia of contemporaneous local events. th roots, and besmeared with gumsof various trees to render them tight, and strengthened within with ribs, or trans-verse pieces. A bark of this kind, sufficient for the transportation of five or sixIndians, was portable on the back of a single man; and in this manner they werecarried with facility over the portages between rivers and lakes. The constructi
. The annals of the families of Caspar, Henry, Baltzer and George Spengler, who settled in York County, respectively, in 1729, 1732, 1732, and 1751 : with biographical and historical sketches, and memorabilia of contemporaneous local events. th roots, and besmeared with gumsof various trees to render them tight, and strengthened within with ribs, or trans-verse pieces. A bark of this kind, sufficient for the transportation of five or sixIndians, was portable on the back of a single man; and in this manner they werecarried with facility over the portages between rivers and lakes. The construction of the log canoe required much labour, as well as patienceand perseverance. A large tree was to be felled and hollowed out by fire, or by THE ABORIGINES. 261 their imperfect tools, or with hoth united. Roger Williams, who had many oppor-tunities of observing their modes of construction, says, I have seen a native gointo the woods with his hatchet, carrying only a basket of corn, and stones tostrike fire; when he had felled his tree, and made a little house or shed of bark,he puts fire and follows the burning in many places; his corn he boils, and hathhis brook by him, and sometimes angles for a little fish; but so he continues his. INDIAN FORT ON THE SUSQUEHANNA. (Old print.) burning and hewing, until he hath, within ten or twelve days, finished his boat. The food of the natives was principally obtained from the game and fish withwhich the country abounded. But they cultivated in the intervals considerablequatities of corn, beans, pumpkins and squashes; the forest furnished a greatvariety of nuts and other fruits, which in the sale of their lands to the English,they generally reserved for their own use. Indian corn was an important article;this after being parched and pounded to a coarse meal, and moistened with waterwas called noke-hick, and eaten on all occasions, when animal food could not beprocured, or expedition forbid the time necessary for more protracted
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