Many hundreds of years ago, Red Indians lived all over North
America. The different ___1___ lived in the forests, mountains
and grasslands. Their homes were ___2___ depending on the tribes
they belonged to and the place they ___3___ in. The Red Indians
who chose to live in the forests built their home with logs
___4___ the forests while those in the south lived in tent-like
homes called ___5___. A wigwam is made from pieces of wood
covered by animal skin. The Red Indians were great hunters.
They followed the ___6___ or footprints of animals through the
forests without making a ___7___. Their weapons for hunting the
wild animals were ___8___ and arrows.
Then the white men come and ___9___ the life of the Red
Indians. they came in the hundreds to mine ___10___ gold and set
up farms. Some went to America to build railways from east to
west which cut across the ___11___ of the Red Indians. The
presence of the white men angered the Red Indians as their lands
were ___12___ from them. Fights frequently erupted ___13___ the
Red Indians and the white men. But the Red Indians lost as their
bows and arrows could not measure up to the powerful guns the
white men had. |