The men are generally lazy and will not work until they become old and of no consideration then they make spoons and wooden bowls, ;

traps, nets, and various other such trifles; in other respects, they do nothing but Who do the work fish, hunt and go ° to war. The women must perform the remainder of the labor, among the Indians, and how. such as planting corn, cutting and . ,,,-,• i t i

hauling nrewood, cooking, attending the .

?nJtani',°''»nd°iio''w childreu, and whatever else has to be done. Their dwellings are constructed of thej remove. hickory poles set in the ground and bent bow fashion, like arches, and then covered with bark which they peel in quantities for that purpose. Some, but principally the chiefs' houses, have, inside, portraits and pictures somewhat rudely carved. When fishing and hunting, they lie under the blue sky, or little better. They do not remain long in one place, but remove several times a year and repair, according to the season, to wherever food appears to them, beforehand, best and easiest to be obtained.

JreV'ea'ch °iribe"of They arc divided into various tribes and languages. Each tribe usually dwells '"'""" is one among them who is chief; but he does not possess together, and there indinns know of God, but haire much rpower or distinction, except little ^ in their dances and in time of war. Some devil, loThora iiley ^^^^ scarcely any knowledge of God others very little. Nevertheless, they relate ;