. Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. of wigwams, the Indians had housesmade of bark placed upon a rough frameworkof poles. These houses were shaped some-what like a long, low barn and were calledlong houses. Inside they were divided offso that twenty or thirty families could live inone house. They had no chimneys, but therewere holes in the roof through which thesmoke from their fires could find its way. 48. How the Indians Lived.—The Indiansdepended upon hunting and fishing for mostof their food. Before the white man camethey used bows and arrow
. Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. of wigwams, the Indians had housesmade of bark placed upon a rough frameworkof poles. These houses were shaped some-what like a long, low barn and were calledlong houses. Inside they were divided offso that twenty or thirty families could live inone house. They had no chimneys, but therewere holes in the roof through which thesmoke from their fires could find its way. 48. How the Indians Lived.—The Indiansdepended upon hunting and fishing for mostof their food. Before the white man camethey used bows and arrows, heavy clubs, anda kind of hatchet called atomahawk, made by lashinga sharpened flint to a stronghandle. They soon learnedfrom the white man the use ofthe rifle and the iron hatchetand other tools and gave himvaluable furs in exchange forthem. The Indians also dida little rude farming. Theyraised Indian corn, pump-kins, tobacco, and some otherplants. For clothing, the Indiansused the skin of shoes, called mocca- Snow-shoes. SlUS, Were made of buckskin.
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