Tapping the trees, gathering the sap and boiling it to make maple syrup and sugar was a ceremony welcoming spring. In early spring, the people set up camp in the Sugar Bush. They also learned that they had responsibilities, so they began to learn skills. Children learned the ways of the Mohica.ns, their extended family: how to relate to each person, as well as to all the gifts of the Creator, and how to live with Storytellers told the children how life came to be, how the earth was created, why the leaves turn red, and so on. Historians also related the story of the people: how they learned to sing, the story of their drums and rattles, what the stars could teach them. These along with smoked fish were stored in pits dug deep in the ground and lined with grass or bark.ĭuring the cold winter months, utensils and containers were carved, hunting, trapping andįishing gear were repaired, baskets and pottery were created, and clothing was fashioned andĭecorated with color- fully dyed porcupine quills, shells and other gifts from nature. Harvests, meat, vegetables and berries were dried. Mohican women generally were in charge of the home, children and gardens, while men traveled greater distances to hunt, fish or serve as warriors.
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