Stories of pioneer life, for young readers; . INDIAN BUW AND ARROWS. He learned to fish and to swim while he wasonly a tiny boy. And so he grew up, learningto hunt, to fight, and to fear no pain or danger. The little Indian girls learned different soon as they were able to walk, they began tohelp their mothers in their work. III. INDIAN WOMEN. Instead of the pleasant towns which we seenow, there were then only Indian villages. Inplace of the good houses that men now build, werewigwams, or tents, made by the Indian women. They set a number of long poles in the groundin a circle and m
Stories of pioneer life, for young readers; . INDIAN BUW AND ARROWS. He learned to fish and to swim while he wasonly a tiny boy. And so he grew up, learningto hunt, to fight, and to fear no pain or danger. The little Indian girls learned different soon as they were able to walk, they began tohelp their mothers in their work. III. INDIAN WOMEN. Instead of the pleasant towns which we seenow, there were then only Indian villages. Inplace of the good houses that men now build, werewigwams, or tents, made by the Indian women. They set a number of long poles in the groundin a circle and made them meet at the were covered with skins, or rushes, or thebark of trees. In the centre of the wigwam a little pit wasdug for a fire. A hole was left at the top for the Our Land — Present and Past. 5 smoke to go out. Of course, much of it stayedinside and made the wigwam a smoky, unpleas-ant place. There were no tables, beds, or chairs, and nofloor but the bare earth. Skins of animals servedfor seats or INDIAN WOMEN AT WORK. The Indians did not stay in their wigwams aswe do in our houses. They lived out of doorsmost of the time. The forest was their home. Often a whole Indian village would be the Indian women pulled up the wigwams,carried the poles and covering to the new camp-ing place, and set them up again. The Indian woman planted and tended the Stories of Pioneer Life. little patches of beans, corn, and melons. Ofcourse she did all the cooking. She knew how-to bake before the fire a rough kind of cornbread,and how to cook corn and beans.
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