A first book in American history with European beginnings . e kept the arrows and, fillingthe snake skin with powder, returned it to was enough. Canonicus thought it best to leave theEnglish alone. As the months passed, the Pilgrims were becomingmore and more settled. Starting with only the large logcabin which they had built when they first landed, theyhad now quite a village of separate houses for the differentfamilies. These log houses were not like our houses of tiny windows were covered with oiled paper instead 108 MILES STANDISH AND THE PILGRIMS of glass, which
A first book in American history with European beginnings . e kept the arrows and, fillingthe snake skin with powder, returned it to was enough. Canonicus thought it best to leave theEnglish alone. As the months passed, the Pilgrims were becomingmore and more settled. Starting with only the large logcabin which they had built when they first landed, theyhad now quite a village of separate houses for the differentfamilies. These log houses were not like our houses of tiny windows were covered with oiled paper instead 108 MILES STANDISH AND THE PILGRIMS of glass, which was too expensive. Instead of dividingthe house into dining room, kitchen, and parlor, the Pil-grims had one big room. The cooking was done overthe fire under the large chimney. They had scarcely anyfurniture. Instead of comfortable chairs, they had blocksof wood covered with the furs of wild animals. In onecorner stood the large spinning wheel on which the motherand daughters spun yarn for the family use. The church which these people attended was simple. From painting by Boughton. The Pilgrims Going to Church. and crude like their homes. Never safe from the Indians,the Pilgrims, even on Sunday, would march to churchwith their guns over their shoulders. The life of the Pilgrim children was a busy and yet ahappy one. Both boys and girls had to help their parentsin the daily toil. Then they had their schools to attend-The schoolhouses were built of clumsy logs with a roof ofdried grass and seaweeds. Inside, the walls were were no pictures and maps to help the childrenunderstand their lessons. The teachers were exceedingly9 109 A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY strict and thought it wrong for children ever to wastetime in play. On Sunday the children had to walk very quietly tochurch, and to sit perfectly still through the reading ofa sermon which was sure to last one hour, and oftenlasted two. At night they sat around the fire while their fatherread the Bible to all hi
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