Stories of American explorers : a historical reader . other people. The reason why the white menthought he was not cheerful was because in theirpresence he was solemn and dignified on publicoccasions. \Ve often hear it said also that the Indian couldendure much pain without showing any signs ofBuffering. lie could and did when he was in pub-lic, lie could endure great torture without makinga moan, because be thought it was cowardly for awarrior to cry out in the presence of enemies, nomatter how much pain he suffered. But in bis pri-vate home-life be was often very childish, sometimes «. makin
Stories of American explorers : a historical reader . other people. The reason why the white menthought he was not cheerful was because in theirpresence he was solemn and dignified on publicoccasions. \Ve often hear it said also that the Indian couldendure much pain without showing any signs ofBuffering. lie could and did when he was in pub-lic, lie could endure great torture without makinga moan, because be thought it was cowardly for awarrior to cry out in the presence of enemies, nomatter how much pain he suffered. But in bis pri-vate home-life be was often very childish, sometimes «. making a great ado oyer a little suffering. HOW THE WHITE MAN CHANGED THE INDIANS LIFE Before the white man came, the Indian lived avery simple life as a hunter, fisherman, and had no goats or sheep or horses or cows as wehave now in the country. As already noted, he had 4S American Explorers dogs, but he had to get his horses and other domes-tic animals from the traders. He was at first verymuch afraid of horses, but afterward he used them. Moccasins, tomahawk, bow and arrows, and shield of theBlackfoot Indians to great advantage in making war upon other Ind-ian tribes and upon the white men. The Indian soon learned also how to use thegnn. This made a great difference in the life oftin- Indian. Before the white man came, the prin- Th cipal weapons lit- had were- tin- how and arrow,the cluh, and the tomahawk. These- he used withmuch skill, hut they did not help him to get hisfood and kill his enemies as easily as did the mm. • In these ways the whites greatly changed theIndians life hy making it easier for him to gethis food and do his work. As you grow older you will learn that ever sincethe- white man eame to this country, several hundredyears ago, he has been teaching the Indian the meth-ods and customs of civilized life. HOW CONTACT WITH INDIAN LIFE CHANGED THELIFE OF THE WHITE MAN But the Indian also changed the life of thewhite man. For when the earlv settler we
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