This is not all, my brother, hast thou as much ingenuity and cleverness as the Indians, who carry their houses and their wigwams
with them so that they may lodge wheresoever they please …? Thou art not as bold nor as stout as we, because when thou goest on a voyage thou canst not carry upon thy shoulders thy buildings and thy edifices. Therefore it is necessary that thou prepares as many lodgings as thou makest changes of residence …. As for us, … we are at home everywhere, because we set up our wigwams with ease wheresoever we go, and without asking permission of anybody.
Read the underlined text. Why does the Micmac argue that American Indians are ingenious and clever?
They can carry their houses with them.
They can go wherever they wish.
They need no one’s permission to move.
Read the underlined text. Why does the Micmac argue that American Indians are ingenious and clever?
They can carry their houses with them.
They can go wherever they wish.
They need no one’s permission to move.
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