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Fic. 25. This map is made to show the regions of more or less stabi- 
lized aboriginal occupation in the United States and Canada. In the region 
numbered (1) on the map, including the eastern half of the United States. 
and a part of the lake and St. Lawrence region of Canada, the aboriginal 
inhabitants had fixed abodes, lived in permanent houses and cultivated 
crops of corn, beans, squashes and pumpkins, sunflowers and tobacco. 
From their permanent villages they made excursions into adjoining re- 
gions at certain seasons in quest of various desired products of the native 
resources. Thus at the western border of region number (1) the vil- 
lage inhabitants made hunting excursions into region number (2) in 
quest of their supply of meat and other animal products, and also certain 
vegetable products not available in the region of their fixed homes. They 
even traveled to region number (3) for some desired products, for exam- 
ple, the lodge pole pine for tent poles, and certain minerals, as obsidian, 
chalcedony, bentonite, and various other earths and clays. 
The tribes resident in region number (2) did not have fixed abodes for 
the reason that the physical condition of the region did not favor or even 
permit the cultivation of crops. The supply of their requirements was 
meager in this region, and had to be sought over a greatly extended range. 
The tribes of region number (4) lived in fixed abodes, subsisting by 
irrigated agriculture. Thus they were found by the Spaniards, the first 
comers from Europe. The native irrigation works of the region were of 
great antiquity. 
The California region, numbered (5), was one of secluded valleys, the 
physical control producing community life in fixed abodes. 
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