On either side of the tunnel were placed benches 4 feet high, on which the people slept in summer in order to avoid the annoyance of the fleas which swarmed in these habitations.

In winter time they slept on the ground on mats near the fire.

In the summer the cabins were filled with stocks of wood to dry and be ready for burning in winter.

At the end of each of these long houses was a space in which the Indian corn was preserved in great casks made of the bark of trees.

Inside the long houses pieces of wood were suspended from the roof, on to which were fastened the clothes, provisions, and other things of the inmates, to keep them from the attacks of the mice which swarmed in these villages.