26. THE RED MEN.


1. Tom will not forgive me unless I tell you something about the Red men
of America. He has often asked me about the picture of Red men which is
in my room at home.[1]

[1] See page 102. {Page 102 contains the illustration below}

[Illustration: Red Men and White Men.

(From the picture by Cyrus Cuneo, R.I. By kind permission of the
C.P.R. Co.)]

2. In the old days, before white men settled in America, the Red men
were masters of the land. They were tall and strong, and their skin was
of a dark copper colour. Their eyes were jet black, and their hair was
long and straight.

[Illustration: {Red men in wigwams}]

3. They wore very little clothing, even though the winters in North
America are very cold. From the time when they were babies they were
trained to bear heat and cold, hunger, thirst, and pain without
grumbling.

4. When the white men landed in America, the villages of the Red men
were to be found all over the country. Each of these villages was the
home of a tribe. The houses were tents made of skin or huts made of
wood.