. Home geography for primary grades . ddles. These people who lived so long ago we callsavages. After they had discovered how to ride onthe water traveling became easier. They went upand down rivers and across small lakes. They werecareful, however, not to get too far from boats were small and could not stand thegreat waves of the ocean. Have you ever seen the graceful canoes whichthe Indian makes to-day? Along the coast of Alaskathe Indians hew their canoes out of great cedar of the canoes are large enough to hold fiftypeople. Some of the Indians of the ISForth make their
. Home geography for primary grades . ddles. These people who lived so long ago we callsavages. After they had discovered how to ride onthe water traveling became easier. They went upand down rivers and across small lakes. They werecareful, however, not to get too far from boats were small and could not stand thegreat waves of the ocean. Have you ever seen the graceful canoes whichthe Indian makes to-day? Along the coast of Alaskathe Indians hew their canoes out of great cedar of the canoes are large enough to hold fiftypeople. Some of the Indians of the ISForth make theircanoes out of the skins of animals. Birch barkcanoes are light and pretty. An Indian can carryone upon his back for a long distance. HOME GEOGRAPHY. 169 Did you ever try paddling a canoe ? Do younot think it is hard work? We are sure that theIndian was very happy who first found that he could,make the wind send his canoe through the water. By putting up a little piece of cloth or mattingthe wind would make the canoe go faster than he. HAULING FREIGHT BEFORE THE RAILROADS WERE BUILT. could paddle it. All that he had to do was to sit inthe back end and. steer it with his paddle. While they were still savages our grandfathersbecame tired of carrying things on their backs whenthey made journeys over the land. Then theythought they might make use of some of the wild 170 HOME GEOGRAPHY. animals. They caught the wild horse, and thecamel, and the elephant, and tamed them. Theseanimals are very intelligent, and they soon learnedto carry heavy loads. Where there were great plains to be crossed thecamel was used. This animal can go a long timewithout water. Where there were few streamspeople traveled mostly by land. Where there weremany rivers and lakes they went by water. The people who lived long ago had no way ofcrossing the high mountains. They could not crossthe oceans with their frail boats. They could notlearn about the world as we can now. Would youlike to have lived then ? QUESTI
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