The Spanish in the Southwest . A winter hut across; poles were erected around the edge and fast-ened together at the top; twigs or tules were woven _j_ into the framework thus made, or mudwas plastered over theoutside; a small holewas left at the bottomfor a door, and anotherat the top to let outthe smoke. This wasthe warm winter hut,which when finishedlooked like a big bowlturned upside winter long, when fires were burning, the hut wasclose and filled with smoke. As a result, the eyes ofthe Indians were often badly diseased. Many old peoplehad very sore eyes, or they became totally b
The Spanish in the Southwest . A winter hut across; poles were erected around the edge and fast-ened together at the top; twigs or tules were woven _j_ into the framework thus made, or mudwas plastered over theoutside; a small holewas left at the bottomfor a door, and anotherat the top to let outthe smoke. This wasthe warm winter hut,which when finishedlooked like a big bowlturned upside winter long, when fires were burning, the hut wasclose and filled with smoke. As a result, the eyes ofthe Indians were often badly diseased. Many old peoplehad very sore eyes, or they became totally blind. The Indians werenot bothered with fur-niture. They had nobeds, chairs, nor ate with fingersinstead of forks. Theyslept on the night came, fa-ther, mother, and chil-dren crept in throughthe low doorway,stretched themselves A summer hut. Indian Life in California II on the ground, and went to sleep. There was no attemptto keep the floor clean. During the winter, when theyate in the hut, pieces of meat, bones, and other refusewere thrown around until even the Indians could nolonger endure the filth. Then the old place was burneddown, and a new one built. If the spring had come,this was of brushwood, and for a time, at least, it wasclean. The Indians ate almost anything that was not poisonous. Acorns, grass seeds, nuts, clover, wild oats, ber-ries, — whatever was inseason. They caughtfish, and hunted andtrapped deer. They atelizards, rabbits, frogs,grasshoppers, and evenrepulsive worms. The acorns and grassseeds were poundedinto a kind of coarse meal. This was work for the women, who spent thegreater part of their time gathering and preparing to-day, if one goes near an Indian village wherethe old ways of life are kept up, he will hear a steady thump! thump! It is the women and girls sittingon the ground, po
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