. Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. THE AMERICAN INDIANS 45 They were tough and strong and enabled their wearers totravel through the woods rapidly and noiselessly. In winter,they strapped broad, flat snow-shoes upon their feet so thatthey could track game without sinking in the deep snow. There was so much enmity amongthe various tribes that Vs^ar was almosta regular occupation of the Indianmen. The men also did the huntingand fishing. They made the womenor squaws do the farming andother hard work. In order to haveher hands free to work, the In
. Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. THE AMERICAN INDIANS 45 They were tough and strong and enabled their wearers totravel through the woods rapidly and noiselessly. In winter,they strapped broad, flat snow-shoes upon their feet so thatthey could track game without sinking in the deep snow. There was so much enmity amongthe various tribes that Vs^ar was almosta regular occupation of the Indianmen. The men also did the huntingand fishing. They made the womenor squaws do the farming andother hard work. In order to haveher hands free to work, the Indianwoman would often carry her babyor papoose strapped to a boardupon her back. The Indians decorated themselves with strings of shellsor beads called wampum. They sometimes used wampum asa kind of money. They had no system of written language, but. Indian Squaw. SSiioiS
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