. American ornithology for the home and school . learn to distinguish be-tween sparrows and warblers, andto know some of the common birdsby their songs. Mary G. Townsend. How Gct His Christinas Dinner. Dr. Geo. McAleer. The daughter of Natanis willhave fresh meat for Christmasand be merry. Sabattis bowis strong and his arrow will go. The great logs in the crudestone fire-place burned fiercely, and thecrackling flames gave warmth and addedcheer and comfort to the little log moose meat of the last killing inthe deep snows of winter time hung suspended from t
. American ornithology for the home and school . learn to distinguish be-tween sparrows and warblers, andto know some of the common birdsby their songs. Mary G. Townsend. How Gct His Christinas Dinner. Dr. Geo. McAleer. The daughter of Natanis willhave fresh meat for Christmasand be merry. Sabattis bowis strong and his arrow will go. The great logs in the crudestone fire-place burned fiercely, and thecrackling flames gave warmth and addedcheer and comfort to the little log moose meat of the last killing inthe deep snows of winter time hung suspended from the rafters, bear skinsand other peltry adorned the walls, and beds of elastic, fragrant spruceboughs built a few feet above the floor, upon light, spring poles of hack-matack, in the corners of the cabin opposite the fire-place, together withsome cooking utensils, and rude articles of furniture, completed the fur-nishing and adornment of the cabin home of Sabattis and the daughter ofNatanis, the chief of the tribe, now his squaw of a few AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 95 Humble as was this home, it was a palace in convenience and comfort incomparison with the bark and skin wigwams of but a few years before,and which were the only habitations known to the Indians even in coldestwinter weather before the advent of the missionaries, Recollects andJesuits, who thus impressed them with christian influences, the sancity ofthe family, the superiority of the sedentary as opposed to the nomadic life,,and other christian virtues. But sposem bad Heengleeshmans come agin from the land of thesouth-wind way off and shootem our Black gown, burn our church, andkill your squaw and papooses, and all the peoples? Then there is no snowto get him the game. Natanis is strong. His braves have the hearts of bears and the eyesof all the stars, if the Engleesh come they will find a graveyard. Thesnow-maker made a big ring around the moon last night,—he will giveplenty of snow. Sabattis will go before t
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