. A history of the United States of America, its people, and its institutions. ho dwelt in the eastern half of thiscountry were barbarians. They had fixedhomes, living in villages, and cultivating thefields to some extent, though they were activehunters also. They tilled the ground with 1 r» < Indian Woman. hoes, which were made of stone, bone, orother hard substance, attached to a stick. The principalplants grown by them were maize, or Indian-corn,pumpkins, squashes, beans, and tobacco.^ Dwellings.—The dwellings of the Indians differedgreatly in character. Some tribes dwelt in wigwams,or r
. A history of the United States of America, its people, and its institutions. ho dwelt in the eastern half of thiscountry were barbarians. They had fixedhomes, living in villages, and cultivating thefields to some extent, though they were activehunters also. They tilled the ground with 1 r» < Indian Woman. hoes, which were made of stone, bone, orother hard substance, attached to a stick. The principalplants grown by them were maize, or Indian-corn,pumpkins, squashes, beans, and tobacco.^ Dwellings.—The dwellings of the Indians differedgreatly in character. Some tribes dwelt in wigwams,or round huts with a framework of upright poles, whichwere bent inward and fastened together at the top. Thesewere covered with the skins of animals, bark, or woven ^ The Iroquois tribes of Central New York had a more developedagriculture. The French, who invaded their country in 1696, foundfields of maize which extended a league from the villages. GeneralSullivan, in his invasion in 1779, found large apple and peacLorchards, and abundant stores of corn, beans, and 30 DISCOVERY AND INHABITANTS OF AMERICA.
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