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or more accurately dish-licking. 
Jaunty khaki costumes are on sale today everywhere, 
advertised as Indian clothes. On the fact of it one would 
almost envy the red man and maiden. But investigation 
discloses that all kinds of cloth originated with the white 
man. Buckskin and blankets were all the Indian had 
before he ‘‘was discovered.” And the blanket consisted 
of strips of skin and fur woven alternately with strips of 
shredded bark or long grass. No wonder the Indian ac- 
quired the habit of ‘making his skin do.” 
At the wild west show one sees picturesque villages 
consisting of conical wig-wams. Enthusiastic architects 
have ventured the opinion that civilized man might pro- 
fitably sit at the Indian’s feet and learn lessons in grace- 
ful building. But Agawam did not consist entirely of 
conical wig-wams. The houses were all light and tem- 
porary in construction, owing to the necessity of leaving 
them after a few months, and moving to fresh fields. 
The reasons for such frequent removals were many; 
and although small, so pointed as to make their bites felt. 
The Indian entirely lacked carbolic acid and = sulphur 
naphthol, he was wretchedly deficient in domestic sanita- 
tion, and of course knew nothing of soap. Moreover it 
is easier to move than to clean house. So the wigwams 
were all of light construction. But so far from all be- 
ing artistic, they must have resembled the huts which 
boys erect in the woods, or those built by construction 
gangs along a new railroad. If the builder forgot to 
provide a smoke hole, never mind. The family could 
breathe up the smoke, and so get rid of it. 
One North Shore institution is of Indian origin—the 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
July 9, 1915. 
clam bake. Let us pause a moment and meditate upon 
this, our indebtedness. Everywhere along the back part 
of clam beaches we can find piles of charred shells show- 
ing where the red men feasted. We agree that his taste 
was irreproachable in this matter. But * ‘tell it not* in’. 
Gath,” amongst ‘’The Hawk’s” clam shells near Ipswich, 
historical excavators have been shocked to find burned 
human bones intermingled with the shell-fish remains. 
You can see them for yourself at the Ipswich Historical 
Society. Alas Moschanomett required strong flavor for 
his clams. 
In conclusion the subject is actually almost livit- 
less) let us make a comparison which can by no possi- 
bility be odious to our earliest inhabitants. What were 
the Indian’s strong points? Stand up, friends, and testify. 
First he was brave; fear and he were strangers. “No 
enemy that he understood could scare him. Second 
was true; he never said one thing while meaning some- 
thing different. Your property and your reputation were 
both safe with him. Nor would he desert you when you 
were in trouble. Third, he was hardy; neither fatigue 
nor hardship could daunt him. The Indian has many 
enthusiastic admirers today. The more one studies, the 
more one must admire. Yea, the simple red men of the 
forest can teach us. “Spartan” is the word we cus- 
tomarily employ to designate these heroic qualities, these 
marks of real manhood. When Ernest Thompson Seton 
was writing his chapter on the Indians, he: termed them 
“The Spartans of the West;”’ and we feel that the 
designation is appropriate. " 
“The Declaration of Independence.” 
