Excerpt from Poetical History of Berks County They lived in wigwams built of sticks, Shaped somewhat like a cone, And covered with raw hides and bark Without the use of stone. They had to have warm clothes and shoes Against the winter's cold, And yet they had no markets where These articles were sold. They plowed and dug, and planted corn, Without a horse or mule. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.