Stories of American explorers : a historical reader . es and roof were made of bark. Thehouses were divided into rooms eight or ten feet\\ide, each room opening into a middle moms were plainly furnished, having bunksfor heds. and in each room one family lived. Corn,pumpkins, and squashes hung down from the roofin cheerful profusion, for the Indians in these forti-fied towns were tillers of the soil. In the centre of each group of four roomswas a fire pit where the food was cooked. Therewas one cooked meal daily, about the middle ofthe day, hut if any member of these numeroushouseho
Stories of American explorers : a historical reader . es and roof were made of bark. Thehouses were divided into rooms eight or ten feet\\ide, each room opening into a middle moms were plainly furnished, having bunksfor heds. and in each room one family lived. Corn,pumpkins, and squashes hung down from the roofin cheerful profusion, for the Indians in these forti-fied towns were tillers of the soil. In the centre of each group of four roomswas a fire pit where the food was cooked. Therewas one cooked meal daily, about the middle ofthe day, hut if any member of these numeroushouseholds wished food at any other time he couldget \\liat lie wanted. In the winter evenings the men and the squawsand I IK- naked children gathered around the largefin-s and listened to the stories that the warriorstld of (heir deeds. It was a town like this that Champlain and theHuron Indians attacked. But the attack was a tI dc Cham plain Hi.) failure. In spite of all that Champlain could do,the Indians with him would not keep themselvesin good Champlain carried by a warrior The battle lasted three hours. The Huronswere defeated and compelled to retreat, and Cham-plain himself was wounded twice in the leg. Inremoving from the field of battle the Indians madrprecious freight of Champlain. They packed him i;o American Explorers in a Imskft. which one of the warriors carried onhis hack. When they reached their homes, the11 iimns refused to give Champlain guides andcanoes, for they did not wish him to leave them,lie was therefore ohliged to spend the winter inthe I Iiiron country. One <lav, when out on a deer hunt with his • Indian friends, Champlain strayed off from thehunting party to follow a strange-looking bird,lie went deeper and deeper into the forest,until finally, when he wished to return, he couldnot find the way. He had left his compass atthe camp. After wandering two days and sleeping threenights without a blanket in cold, wet clothing, hefinally reached the
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