A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . and tomahawks, which they used in war,and bows and arrows, used chiefly in arrows had sharp-pointed heads of flint-stone, or sometimes of bone, but it was not longafter the Europeans came before the greed ofthe traders, notwithstanding the enactment oflaws prohibiting the sale of fire-arms to thenatives, supplied them with guns, which theylearned to use with great skill. Their mode ofwarfare was to steal secretly through the woods,one behind the other, in what is yet called In-dian file, and surprise the villages and campso
A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . and tomahawks, which they used in war,and bows and arrows, used chiefly in arrows had sharp-pointed heads of flint-stone, or sometimes of bone, but it was not longafter the Europeans came before the greed ofthe traders, notwithstanding the enactment oflaws prohibiting the sale of fire-arms to thenatives, supplied them with guns, which theylearned to use with great skill. Their mode ofwarfare was to steal secretly through the woods,one behind the other, in what is yet called In-dian file, and surprise the villages and campsof their enemy by night, killing men, womenand children without mercy; or they lay in waitand surprised their enemies on the march. Their Education.—The boys and girls weretaught to weave mats, string shells, dress skins,make bows and arrows, and the boys to use the k^^^^^*-bow and to spear fish, and were trained to bear hungerand fatigue, endure pain without a murmur, and to do •Indian idol and stone pipe in Virginia Historical Society 30 History of Virginia and Virginians. such things as required skill and courage. One of theirreputed games was to stand up in a row, put live coalsunder their naked arms and press them close to theirbodies. The one that could stand the pain the longestwas made their leader. Their Religion.—The Indians believed in the existenceof a great and good Spirit, which they called Manitou,but they believed, also, in a number of evil spirits, whichthey tried not to offend, because they feared the evilspirits would do them some injury. The Indian also be-lieved that if he had been a brave warrior and taken manyscalps, when he died his spirit would go to the happyhunting-grounds, but the coward would be doomed toendless drudgery and flogging. When he died his wea-pons were buried with him for use in the other 1619 many efforts were made to Christianize andcivilize them, but with little success. Their Fate.—The Indians have no
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