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  122.] 
  113 
  

  

  ered 
  with 
  bark 
  boards, 
  smaller 
  in 
  size, 
  with 
  the 
  rough 
  side 
  out, 
  

   and 
  the 
  grain 
  running 
  up 
  and 
  down 
  ; 
  the 
  boards 
  being 
  stitched 
  

   through 
  and 
  through 
  with 
  fastenings, 
  and 
  thus 
  held 
  between 
  the 
  

   frames 
  of 
  poles, 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  sides. 
  In 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  roof 
  was 
  an 
  

   opening 
  for 
  the 
  smoke, 
  the 
  fire 
  being 
  upon 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  the 
  cen- 
  

   tre 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  and 
  the 
  smoke 
  ascending 
  without 
  the 
  guidance 
  

   of 
  a 
  chimney. 
  At 
  the 
  two 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  were 
  doors, 
  either 
  

   of 
  bark 
  hung 
  upon 
  hinges 
  of 
  wood, 
  or 
  of 
  deer 
  or 
  bear 
  skin 
  sus- 
  

   pended 
  before 
  the 
  opening 
  ; 
  and 
  however 
  long 
  the 
  house, 
  or 
  

   whatever 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  fires, 
  these 
  were 
  the 
  only 
  entrances. 
  

   Over 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  doors 
  was 
  usually 
  cut 
  or 
  painted 
  the 
  tribal 
  de- 
  

   vice 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  family. 
  Within 
  upon 
  the 
  two 
  sides 
  were 
  

   arranged 
  wide 
  seats, 
  also 
  of 
  bark 
  boards, 
  about 
  two 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  

   ground, 
  .well 
  supported 
  underneath, 
  and 
  reaching 
  the 
  entire 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  Upon 
  these 
  they 
  spread 
  their 
  mats 
  of 
  skins, 
  

   and 
  also 
  their 
  blankets, 
  using 
  them 
  as 
  seats 
  by 
  day 
  and 
  couches 
  

   by 
  night. 
  Similar 
  berths 
  were 
  constructed 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  about 
  

   five 
  feet 
  above 
  these 
  and 
  secured 
  to 
  the 
  frame 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  thus 
  

   furnishing 
  accommodations 
  for 
  the 
  family. 
  An 
  interior 
  view 
  of 
  

   the 
  house 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  plate. 
  Upon 
  cross 
  poles 
  near 
  the 
  roof 
  

   was 
  hung 
  in 
  bunches, 
  braided 
  together 
  by 
  the 
  husks, 
  the 
  winter 
  

   supply 
  of 
  corn. 
  Charred 
  and 
  dried 
  corn, 
  and 
  beans 
  were 
  gener- 
  

   ally 
  stowed 
  in 
  bark 
  barrels, 
  and 
  laid 
  away 
  in 
  corners. 
  Their 
  

   implements 
  for 
  the 
  chase, 
  weapons, 
  articles 
  of 
  apparel, 
  and 
  mis- 
  

   cellaneous 
  notions 
  were 
  stowed 
  away, 
  and 
  hung 
  up, 
  wherever 
  an 
  

   unoccupied 
  corner 
  was 
  discovered. 
  A 
  house 
  of 
  this 
  description 
  

   would 
  accommodate 
  a 
  family 
  of 
  eight, 
  with 
  the 
  limited 
  wants 
  of 
  

   the 
  Indian, 
  and 
  afford 
  shelter 
  for 
  their 
  necessary 
  stores, 
  making 
  a 
  

   not 
  uncomfortable 
  residence. 
  

  

  The 
  Iroquois 
  resided 
  in 
  permanent 
  villages. 
  About 
  the 
  period 
  

   of 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  the 
  League, 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  exposed 
  to 
  the 
  

   inroads 
  of 
  hostile 
  nations, 
  their 
  villages 
  were 
  compact 
  and 
  stock- 
  

   aded. 
  Having 
  run 
  a 
  trench 
  several 
  feet 
  deep 
  around 
  five 
  or 
  ten 
  

   acres 
  of 
  land, 
  and 
  thrown 
  up 
  the 
  ground 
  upon 
  the 
  inside, 
  they 
  

   set 
  a 
  continuous 
  row 
  of 
  stakes 
  or 
  palisades 
  in 
  this 
  bank 
  of 
  earth. 
  

  

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