. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . maize. But the interior of these houses were usually in-describably dirty. Little or no attention was paidto the most elementary laws of sanitation. Therefuse of cooking, the litter of domesticatedanimals, waste of all kinds lay upon the dirt flooror without the wigwam entrance. A column ofsmoke from a smudge fire sought any exit. Yetin the midst of squalor the Lenni-Lenap^ exer-cised that one trait which gained for him thepraise of Europeans—an unselfish hospitality. Itwas the charity that covered the multitude of hissin
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . maize. But the interior of these houses were usually in-describably dirty. Little or no attention was paidto the most elementary laws of sanitation. Therefuse of cooking, the litter of domesticatedanimals, waste of all kinds lay upon the dirt flooror without the wigwam entrance. A column ofsmoke from a smudge fire sought any exit. Yetin the midst of squalor the Lenni-Lenap^ exer-cised that one trait which gained for him thepraise of Europeans—an unselfish hospitality. Itwas the charity that covered the multitude of hissins. Whatever the Lenni-Lenap^ may have been,or to what depths of degradation he may haveplunged after association with dominant whiteraces, his open-handedness never forsook him. Tothe last day in New Jersey the mat, the seat ofhonor in the center of the wigwam, was reservedfor the welcomed guest. His it was to partake ofthe ach-poan or boiled crushed maize, or the boiledcorn and beans, later known to the Europeans as succotash, of roasted nuts, or of the half-cooked. 58 NEW JERSEY AS A COL flesh of bear, deer, opossum, or other smaller ani-mals. Before the traveller were placed a varietyof herbs, roots, and berries, or, if upon the shore, there were wild fowl, crabs, oysters, andclams, the latter either fresh or dried. The solestimulant of the Lenni-Lenap^, until the arrival ofthe Europeans, was tobacco. Vinous, malt, andspirituous liquors were unknown until intro-duced by the whites. Although in a transition period between thehunter and the agricultural stages of development,the Lenni-Lenap6 had made progress in the use-ful as well as in the ornamental arts. From theanimals they secured hides which they success-fully tanned and adorned with emblems and ideo-graphic representations of tribal history. Largebones were used to scratch the earths surfacepreparatory to planting crops; small bones wereemployed as needles, fish hooks, and as stones, unfashioned or
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