tacking your people. He has sent us so mu

generally wandering within circumscribed limits. Though these tribes
spoke different
languages, or perhaps different dialects of the same
language, they were essentially the same in appearance,
manners and
customs. They were of a dark-red color,
well formed and always disposed to receive the pale face strangers with
kindliness, until exasperated by ill-treatment. They lived in fragile
huts called wigwams, so simple in their structure that one could easily
be erected in a few hours. These huts were generally formed by setting
long and slender poles in the ground, inclosing an area of from ten to
eighteen feet in diameter, according to the size of
the family. The tops were tied together, leaving

a hole for the escape of smoke from the central fire. The sides were
thatched with coarse
grass, or so covered with the bark of trees, as quite
effectually to exclude both wind and rain. There were no windows,

light entering only through the almost always open door. The grou