Essentials of United States history . An Indian WioswA^r. iThe eastern half of the continent was occupied l)y three main tril)esof Indians. All the region south of the present southern boundary ofNorth Carolina was held by the Maskoki. North of that line the Al-gonquins held all the territory, except the portion which is now NewYork State. This latter area was occupied by the strong Five Nations ofthe Iroquois — the Oneidas, Senecas, Cayugas, Onondagas, and the Mo-hawks. The Pequots, Mohegans, Narragansetts, and Wanipanoags, withwhom the settlers in New England came in contact, were Algonquin
Essentials of United States history . An Indian WioswA^r. iThe eastern half of the continent was occupied l)y three main tril)esof Indians. All the region south of the present southern boundary ofNorth Carolina was held by the Maskoki. North of that line the Al-gonquins held all the territory, except the portion which is now NewYork State. This latter area was occupied by the strong Five Nations ofthe Iroquois — the Oneidas, Senecas, Cayugas, Onondagas, and the Mo-hawks. The Pequots, Mohegans, Narragansetts, and Wanipanoags, withwhom the settlers in New England came in contact, were Algonquin tribes. PRIMITIVE AMERICA shape. Some were constructed of poles fastened togetherat the top and covered with bark or skins; others had straightsides and rounded roofs; still others had upright walls andslanting tops; while those of the southwest were dug out ofthe cliffs or built of stone or adobe. Yet, however much they. The Location of the Eastern Indian Tribes. varied in appearance, seldom was a red mans house the homeof one family. Some sheltered twenty people; some werelarge enough to accommodate two hundred. They were likegreat tenement houses and were noisy, dirty, and comfort there was little, and of privacy none at all. ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY Rugs of fur and mats of woven grasses took the place ofbeds and chairs. Fire was built on the ground under a holein the roof through which only a portion of the smoke was boiled in crude earthen pots or roasted on twigspits. A matron presided over each house. She directedthe preparation of the food, and distributed it when it wascooked. Her word was the law of the household and no one,not even a warrior high in the councils of his tribe, dared todispute it. A village was composed of several of these housesand was usually surrounded by a stockade, outside of whichwere the vegetable gardens. 4. Occupations. — The r
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