The French Settlement at Sainte-Marie

One of the Wyandot explains: "The Frenchman makes marks on paper. These marks, he says, will tell his white brother to send him a basket of corn. We take the paper to his white brother. Brother studies the paper without speaking, then gives us the corn. This is reading and writing!"

Learn about brandy and the native tribes of Canada.

Follow the people into the lodge.

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