Stories of pioneer life, for young readers; . LINC0I,NS INDIANA HOME. A bed was made by sticking poles into thecracks in the wall. The outer corner was heldup by a forked stick. Across this frame, skinsand leaves were thrown for bedding. Life was not easy in this poor cabin in themidst of the forest. Everything that was usedin the household had to be made at home. There were no stores from which to buy, and ifthere had been, Thomas Lincoln had no could the family get all that they neededto eat and to wear ? Abraham Lincoln. 8s First they must clear out a little space in theforest, wh
Stories of pioneer life, for young readers; . LINC0I,NS INDIANA HOME. A bed was made by sticking poles into thecracks in the wall. The outer corner was heldup by a forked stick. Across this frame, skinsand leaves were thrown for bedding. Life was not easy in this poor cabin in themidst of the forest. Everything that was usedin the household had to be made at home. There were no stores from which to buy, and ifthere had been, Thomas Lincoln had no could the family get all that they neededto eat and to wear ? Abraham Lincoln. 8s First they must clear out a little space in theforest, where they might plant corn. Great treesmust be cut down and the underbrush clearedaway. Sometimes trees were deadened and leftstanding for a time. This means that they werekilled by cutting or burning the bark A HOME-MADE BED. Then the sun could shine down upon the earthand make the corn grow. From the corn, mealwas made and used for bread. They raised potatoes and perhaps a few otherthings. For their meat, deer or turkey or otherwild game w^as always at hand. Abe himselfshot a turkey when he was only eight years old. 86 Stones of Pioneer Life. When a deer was killed it furnished clothingas well as food. Deerskin clothing was oftenworn at this time. When they had any cloth it must be home-made. The flax, wool, or cotton was raised andprepared by thefamily. It was col-ored, spun, woven,and made into gar-ments at home. You can see howhard these peoplemust have worked,to do these thingsIn all such work, Abraham andhis sister always ^;took part. At this time the forests were thick and theground was very damp, which caused much ill-ness among the people. Mrs. Lincoln becamevery ill and soon died. Poor lonely little chil-dren ! Their life had been hard before, but nowthey had no mother to care fo
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