The Lake-Dwellers often fished from these doors.
CHAPTER II
THE HOME
While Lodrix summoned the people, the chief rushed out to pull back the drawbridge which connected their homes with the land.
The lake people were very much frightened. They knew that the people on land were their enemies; so they were ready to obey every command of their chief.
First he called for the messenger who had brought the news.
A youth with a deer hanging from his shoulder stepped forward.
Laying the deer at the chief’s feet, the boy said, “My chief! As I was hunting, I met the boy Tevico, whom you once saved from the wolves in the forest.
“He told me that his tribe was getting ready to make war upon us and to burn our dwellings.