© 1994 - Tara Prindle
unless otherwise cited.
Scenes from the Eastern Woodlands
A Virtual Tour ~ Circa 1550
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Working inside our wigwam ... you will see where we sleep and store much of our necessary things. Father is putting the feathers on some arrows for fletching to make them fly well, and mother is preparing some food. We have sleeping platforms made from strong hardwood branches, and underneath the sleeping platforms, we store our supplies for hunting and fishing, or sewing and other things. We have a central hearth in the wigwam that keeps us warm when it is cold, and where we cook when it is raining hard outside. From the second hoop of our wigwam frame, you can see the finely woven bullrush mats that line the inside of our house. They are beautifully woven, in geometric designs and colors of black and red, and sometimes even in blue when the women use wild indigo or larkspur to dye the reeds. Father hangs his tools for tanning hides and carving wood above his sleeping place. And you can see his deer mask and his snapping turtle rattle, that he wear and uses in the special Trading Dance that will be tomorrow. Above our door way, there is a bit of special flat cedar, which keeps our family safe. |
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