The Story of Berks County - pennsylvania Author:Francis Wilhauer Balthaser General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1913 Original Publisher: Eagle Book and Job Press Subjects: Berks County (Pa.) Beks Co., Pa Berks County, Pa History / United States / General Reference / Genealogy Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be... more » typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: considered the greatest warrior who had the greatest number of scalps dangling from his belt. When traveling or lying in wait for their enemies they made their bread of Indian corn and tobacco juice because they believed this would satisfy their hunger and quench their thirst when nothing else was at hand. Besides corn, they raised beans and pumpkins. They usually ate but twice a day, morning and afternoon, but used no tables or chairs. Their meats were either broiled, dried in the sun, or smoked. Their bread was made of Indian corn, which they crushed between two large stones or upon a large piece of wood. The meal was moistened with water, made into small cakes, wrapped in corn leaves and baked in the ashes. It was called hominy. Before the white men came the Indians drank nothing but water, but after coining into contact with the-whites they soon learned to drink strong liquors, becoming especially fond of rum. For it they would often exchange their choicest furs or skins. How they made fire. How they learned the art of making fire is a mystery. Their fire stick consisted of two pieces. The horizontal one was about two or three inches wide and from eighteen inches to two feet long and about one inch thick. The upright piece was usually about two feet long and about one-half inch in diameter. The horizontal stick was made of soft, dry wood, frequently juniper, and the upright piece of the hardest wood they could find. To make a fir...« less