A first book in American history with European beginnings . ibes,—Franks,Goths, Vandals, Angles and Saxons. These barbarians, as they were called, were very un-like the Romans. They were a big, strong race, withlong light hair, fair skins, and blue eyes. A Germanvillage was just a group of clearings made in the denseforests and the houses were rough huts. The men spenttheir time hunting and fighting, while the women andchildren raised grain for food and took care of herds ofcattle. For governing purposes they were divided into groups,with some man who was braver or stronger than theothers for
A first book in American history with European beginnings . ibes,—Franks,Goths, Vandals, Angles and Saxons. These barbarians, as they were called, were very un-like the Romans. They were a big, strong race, withlong light hair, fair skins, and blue eyes. A Germanvillage was just a group of clearings made in the denseforests and the houses were rough huts. The men spenttheir time hunting and fighting, while the women andchildren raised grain for food and took care of herds ofcattle. For governing purposes they were divided into groups,with some man who was braver or stronger than theothers for their chief. On matters of general interest,such as war with a neighboring tribe, each man was ex-pected to give his frank opinion, for the Germans be-lieved that all men held equal rights and should be freeto express their ideas. Even the women could offeradvice, as the Germans held their women in high well they might, for besides doing most of the work,the women went with- the tribe to battle, where they 25 A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY. Gallic Horsemen. cared for the wounded, urged their husbands on to vic-tory, and even occasionally dashed in and helped themfight. The Romans first came upon the Germans whenCaesar was fighting in Gaul. You remember that he found them settled southof the Rhine and succeededin driving them back totheir own side of the during the later daysof the empire the Germansagain came over the Ro-man border. They neededmore land for grazing andhunting, and they wereeager for a share in thewealth of which they hadheard. Sometimes theyfought with the Romans. Sometimes they came peace-ably, somewhat as immigrants come to us to-day. Theysettled in Gaul or northern Italy, and in return for land,fought in the Roman army against her enemies. The most civilized of the German tribes were theGoths who lived in the eastern part of Germany justnorth of the Danube. About four centuries after thebirth of Christ, these Goths heard that they w
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