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... farms . In many families , however , the women do not work on the farm . They raise corn , pumpkins , beans , pease , cabbages , potatoes , and many kinds of garden vegetables . Some few raise wheat and oats . They have lately had built ...
... farms . In many families , however , the women do not work on the farm . They raise corn , pumpkins , beans , pease , cabbages , potatoes , and many kinds of garden vegetables . Some few raise wheat and oats . They have lately had built ...
Page 52
... farm part of the time , and soon learn how to do what they are set at . The girls spend a part of their time in ... farmers and herdsmen , they hunt and trade all over the interior of the continent , carrying their traffic beyond the ...
... farm part of the time , and soon learn how to do what they are set at . The girls spend a part of their time in ... farmers and herdsmen , they hunt and trade all over the interior of the continent , carrying their traffic beyond the ...
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... farms , with personal property averaging one thousand dollars to an individual . Many of them were traders , and travelled even to the bounda- ries of California . In 1862 two regiments of Delawares and Osages enlisted as soldiers in an ...
... farms , with personal property averaging one thousand dollars to an individual . Many of them were traders , and travelled even to the bounda- ries of California . In 1862 two regiments of Delawares and Osages enlisted as soldiers in an ...
Page 58
... for their own consumption , and many of the larger farmers a surplus . * * * There are but few Delaware children of the age of twelve or fourteen that cannot read . " Here is a community of a thousand people , larger A CENTURY OF DISHONOR .
... for their own consumption , and many of the larger farmers a surplus . * * * There are but few Delaware children of the age of twelve or fourteen that cannot read . " Here is a community of a thousand people , larger A CENTURY OF DISHONOR .
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... farming villages in New England , for instance , “ the aver- age of personal property amounting to one thousand dollars ; " all living in their own houses , cultivating from fifty to one hundred acres of land , nearly all the children ...
... farming villages in New England , for instance , “ the aver- age of personal property amounting to one thousand dollars ; " all living in their own houses , cultivating from fifty to one hundred acres of land , nearly all the children ...
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