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stockade: ''Tlie round fiiit was picketed in, if we are to Judge from 

 tbi' appearance of the yromid ou and about the walls. Ilalfway up 

 the outside of the inner wall is a place distinctly to be seen, where a 

 row of pickets once stood and where it was i)laced when this work of 

 defense was originally erected.'' ' 



The town of Talisse was fortified by an inclosure of timber ,and 

 earth.^ Garcilasso's description of the fortress of Alibanio heretofore 

 given is also important in this connection, as in this case the figure was 

 quadrangular and had gates, behind which were three parallel short 

 walls to defend the ])lace against an attempted entrance by an attack- 

 ing party. An almost exact parallel is seen in tliedefenses to the chief 

 gateway of the work iu Butler county, Ohio, known as Fortified Hill, 

 figured in Ancient Monuments, PI. 0. 



The reader is also referred to Du Pratz's des(!ription of Indian forts 

 heretofore given. 



Strong defensive forts were comnu)n in tlie north as well as iu the 

 south. Charlevoix represents the villages of the Canadian Indians as 

 defended by double, and frequently triple rows of palisades, interwoven 

 with branches of trees. Jacques Cartier found the town of Hochelaga 

 (now Montreal) thus defended in 1535. (See his description hereto- 

 fore given; ante, p. (i24.) 



Another early writer, speaking of one branch of the Hurons, remarks 

 as follows : 



Iu this extent of couutry there are about twenty-tivi! cities aud villages, some of 

 whicli are not inclosed or protected, but the others are fortified with strong iialisades 

 of wood in three rows, interlaced together aud redoubled iusideby large and strong 

 pieces of bark to the height of 8 or 9 feet. Beneath, there are l.irge trees placed 

 lengthwise on strong, short forks of tree trunks. Then ou the top of these palisades 

 there are galleries or watch towers which they furnish with stoni'S in time of war, 

 to cast upon the enemy, and also water with which to extinguish the fire if applied 

 to their palisades.^ 



The villages of the Pequots in Xew England were similarly protected. 

 Ohamplain tbund the villages of Irocpiois defended by strong walls, form- 

 ing forts, apparently impregnable to any mode of attack witli which they 

 were acquainted. In fact, one withstood all liis attempts to capture it. 



De Bry,** John Smith and Beverly,^ and Lafitau,'' note the fact that 

 many of the Indian villages were surrounded by palisaded walls, the 

 gate or entrance being formed by one eud of the wall overlapping or 

 passing by the other which according to the last named author was 

 the usual method. (See Fig. 343 from De Bry's Brevis Narratio.) 

 Attention is called to the ancient work in xVUamakee county, Iowa, 

 heretofore described and figured. The resemblance in thi.s case to 

 those described by the above named authors is so striking, that we 

 can scarcely doubt that this work marks the line of a former i)alisade. 



• Trans. Am. Autq. Soc. (1820), vol. I. p, 145. * Erevis Xarratio, etc. 



' Garcilasso Hiat. Florida, Lib. ^. cap. 23. p. 144. ■"■ History of Virginia. 



^ Sagard, " Le grand Voyage tlu pays dcs Hurons," r*l. lb*».'«, p. 79. ^ MoeuVs des Sauvages. 



