American inventions and inventors . ey might becalled, arranged along each side. An open passageway ranthe entire length of the house from door to door, in whichwere built five fires at equal distances. Each fire belonged to the four familieswhose stalls—two oneach side — openeddirectly toward it. Now let us im-agine ourselves inone of these longhouses, and let ustry to see just howeverything us suppose thatit is a little aftersunset on a cold,stormy winter even-ing. We are gladto get under any covering in order to be somewhat protectedfrom the biting wind and the stinging sleet. We
American inventions and inventors . ey might becalled, arranged along each side. An open passageway ranthe entire length of the house from door to door, in whichwere built five fires at equal distances. Each fire belonged to the four familieswhose stalls—two oneach side — openeddirectly toward it. Now let us im-agine ourselves inone of these longhouses, and let ustry to see just howeverything us suppose thatit is a little aftersunset on a cold,stormy winter even-ing. We are gladto get under any covering in order to be somewhat protectedfrom the biting wind and the stinging sleet. We have beenwelcomed by the Indians, have been made the guests ofone of the families, and have been given something to over, we are able to look about us and to thinkwhether we should consider ourselves cosy and comfortableif this were our own home. The first thing that we observe is the fire, as it snaps andhisses. How warm it is, and how good it feels as we toastour cold hands and feet before it! But somehow we begin. IROQUOIS LONG HOUSE. HEAT—INDIAN HOMES. 21 to wish that we were back beside our own stove. Then oureyes would not ache from the smoke. Why does it not goout at the top? It tries to, but the wind blows it back intothe house so that, at times, it fills every corner, blinding oureyes, stifling our breath, and covering us with cinders fromhead to foot. But as we sit, Turk fashion, squatted before the fire, wenotice that we are being slowly covered up by something elsethan cinders. Although all the smoke does not go out at theopening, it seems as if almost all the snow did come in. Attimes it falls gently, slowly sifting into every fold in ourclothing, into our eyes and ears, and gradually coveringeverything with its mantle of white. At other times astrong gust of wind sweeps down into the room, almost put-ting out the fire, and chilling us through and through inspite of the roaring blaze. Now cold shivers begin to run down our backs. Besides,our limbs
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