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They roamed in numbers around Lake Alto hunting the deer and wild turkey. Known as "The Timucan" they lived in towns' composed of round, thatched houses enclosed within a stockade and chieftain's home in the center A small hut was built at the entrance for the Indian guard. The woven grass-roofed huts had floors of layers of woven mats or tanned hides used to cover the ground. These huts allegra hicks age were built up off the grounds on stilts, giving shelter for the animals underneath. Hides became wind-breaker, rainproof walls, cooling the huts from the sun in summer and giving needed protection from cold winds and rains in the winter time. The Seminole Indian moved into Florida from Georgia and was not as peace loving as the Timucan.   Early Arrival of the First Pioneers of the 1820's The pioneer settlers arrived on horseback and in covered wagons bringing as many of their belongings as possible. There were a reported 5,077 allegra hicks age persons in the area east of the Swannee River by 1825. The customary wagon size was ten to twelve feet long with a width of about four feet, sometimes as much as 2,500 pounds.

The wagon bed resembled a large oblong wooden box with a the toolbox in the front and a bucket of grease in the rear to lubricate the wheels, along with a water keg. A cover of cotton or canvas was pulled tight over a number of well-spaced bows and extended past the front and rear bows so that allegra hicks age when the drawstring was pulled it closed each opening. A rifle and pistol kept near at hand with a full supply of ammunition. To keep the wagon in repair extra yokes spokes for the wheels, heavy ropes, allegra hicks age chains and a number of tools. Seeds for the first crop and the plow, along with the ingredients for bread and cakes were packed with allegra hicks age the salt and pepper, dried beans and hardtack, rice and tea. Among allegra hicks age the cooking utensils would be the three-legged skillet, a big black iron pot, tea pot, coffee pot, dutch oven allegra hicks age and a reflector made meal preparation easier. Matches received special attention to keep them dry. Stored in the covered wagon were allegra hicks age linens, blankets, pillows, feather bed or mattress, clock, medicines, liniments, surgical dressings and bandages, spinning wheel, butter churn, wash bowl and chamber pot, camp allegra hicks age stools and chairs, their backs poked allegra hicks age down between the canvas and the sides of the wagon, were placed with chair seats down, legs up. The Bible, schoolbooks, and the family album were stored in some safe place. The length of the journey determined the items allegra hicks age taken. At the end of the journey the pioneer was the long and difficult task of establishing the home site, clearing the land of scrub, building a log cabin and fences. The material for the all-important fireplace was made of clay. Small sticks were used as a means of keeping this claybinder in place, giving it added strength. The chimney rose from the ground up to and past the ridgepole. Heat from the fire in the fireplace within soon hardened and strengthened the chimney. The prized heirloom stood side by side with the settler's hand carved furniture. His homemade bedsteads, chairs, and tables added a certain sort of beauty to the plainness of the cabin, the spinning wheel and the quilt frames, worn smooth by much use, provided linen. Lucky were the settler and wife if there had been room to bring a "storebought" mattress on the journey. If such had not been possible she soon learned to "make do" with what was at hand. The moss that hung on the branches of many Florida trees was cleaned and dried it was stuffed into a slit left in a striped mattress cover until it was full and then the slit sewed shut. For those who preferred a firmer mattress, corn shucks, were used allegra goodman and cookbook collector to cover the moss.

At the close of the day when the work was done, the father or mother, brought out the books. Most families had a Bible, not only for reading allegra hicks age but it held the family history as each birth, death and marriage was recorded.