. Field genealogy; being the record of all the Field family in America, whose ancestors were in this country prior to 1700. Emigrant ancestors located in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Virginia. All descendants of the Fields of England, whose ancestor, Hurbutus de la Field, was from Alsace-Lorraine. hatof the Indians of the plains. They ai-e intelligent, industrious, peaceable, conserva-tive and even shj. They live chiefly on a vegetable diet, of which 90 per cent, iscorn prepared in various ways. In this family group the daughter is kneeling over a matate gr
. Field genealogy; being the record of all the Field family in America, whose ancestors were in this country prior to 1700. Emigrant ancestors located in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Virginia. All descendants of the Fields of England, whose ancestor, Hurbutus de la Field, was from Alsace-Lorraine. hatof the Indians of the plains. They ai-e intelligent, industrious, peaceable, conserva-tive and even shj. They live chiefly on a vegetable diet, of which 90 per cent, iscorn prepared in various ways. In this family group the daughter is kneeling over a matate grinding the corninto meal between two flat stones. She wears her hair in two disklike projections,one on each side of the head. These symbolize the squash blossom—the emblemof the virgin. Her mother, who is preparing a peculiar kind of bread at the fire-place, has her hair gathered in two cues, which hang down the back. By the sideof the baker lies a pile of the tissue bread. It is a foot in diameter and nearly asthin as bread. Outside the door the grandmother is moulding pottery for householduse, and the father sits before a loom weaving garments for the women. He wearsonly a breech cloth and moccasins. This group represents the division of thehousehold labors. Each has a certain work, and it is intrusted to no one else. It. V
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