. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . which is hollow, in order tosuck the smoke into their mouths. But that which displeases me more than anythingelse, is that the Indians grease themselves with fatfrom the bear, and on hot days this has a most dis-agreeable odor. It may be that this helps to keepthem warm, for I have seen boys of my own age goingaround on a winters day almost naked, and yet theymade no complaint of being cold; but Jethro believesthat it is because of much bathing that they are ableto withstand the cold as they do, these same boys oftenbeing seen to plunge int
. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . which is hollow, in order tosuck the smoke into their mouths. But that which displeases me more than anythingelse, is that the Indians grease themselves with fatfrom the bear, and on hot days this has a most dis-agreeable odor. It may be that this helps to keepthem warm, for I have seen boys of my own age goingaround on a winters day almost naked, and yet theymade no complaint of being cold; but Jethro believesthat it is because of much bathing that they are ableto withstand the cold as they do, these same boys oftenbeing seen to plunge into the water, seemingly simply INDIAN UTENSILS AND TOOLS 67 for the sake of wetting their skins, even when there isice floating on the surface. Neither the boys nor the men labor in the fields; butthe women and the girls make the gardens, gatherfuel, and look after all the work, leaving to their fathersand brothers no task save that of hunting. T have seen three or four girls struggling to draginto the village a quantity of wood for the fires, while. twenty or more full grown men lay idly on the groundwatching them, but without offering to lend any aid,and yet they are by no means selfish in their dealingswith us white people. INDIAN UTENSILS AND TOOLS They have pots and kettles made of clay, and fash-ioned much like our own, save that the vessels havea rough surface, are very thin, and so soft that onecan cut them with a knife. These Indians make bread of meal from corn, and 68 STEPHEN OF PHILADELPHIA
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