The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . nig ti ip and the Indian women e\en made themselves garments oul of boughs and leaves like Mothei Eve, that they might trade theii jackets of beaver-skin to the white people for knickknacks. The cheap glass beadsand tiny bells, such asthe people of old timehung about the necks ofthe hawks with which theyhunted birds, were greathprized by savages. Jews-harps werealso much liked by them, and weresometimes used in paying them for land. The Indian Articleswho could possess himself of a copper kettle was a richman in h
The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . nig ti ip and the Indian women e\en made themselves garments oul of boughs and leaves like Mothei Eve, that they might trade theii jackets of beaver-skin to the white people for knickknacks. The cheap glass beadsand tiny bells, such asthe people of old timehung about the necks ofthe hawks with which theyhunted birds, were greathprized by savages. Jews-harps werealso much liked by them, and weresometimes used in paying them for land. The Indian Articleswho could possess himself of a copper kettle was a richman in his tribe. It was the irresistible temptation of acopper kettle that persuaded Japazaws to betiav Poca-hontas to the Virginia colonists. The cheap iron hatch-ets of the trader drove out the stone axes, and kniveswere eagerly bought, but guns were more sought afterthan anything else; and, though there were many lawsagainst selling fire-arms to the Indians, there were alwaysmen who were glad to enrich themselves by this unlaw-ful trade. The passion of the savage for intoxicating. WATER-JARS.
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