BIRCH BARK CANOES: sizes probably various—one that would carry nine passengers was 17′ × 4′, weighing about 60 pounds; another had a seating capacity of five or six. Seams were closed by sewing “oziers or twigs” and pitched; ends were pointed, fore and aft, but the bow curved slightly upwards. Inside were thin, broad ribs. (Wood, p. 102; Pring, p. 58; Gookin, pp. 152-53)
CANOE PADDLES: ash or maple; lightweight, length about two yards, flat on the ends. (Pring, p. 58)
SAILS: used occasionally; mast of small pole; consisted of skins of the sort used for mantles, one or two of these used at a time. (Williams, p. 133)
TOYS: bow and arrow: bow of a stick and arrows of reeds; Pottery vessels (miniature). (Wood, pp. 97-98; Willoughby, pp. 237-39)
SCAFFOLD FOR HANGING POTS OVER FIRE: see p. 64
FIRE-MAKING KIT
FISHING LINE
FISHING NET
EUROPEAN IMPORTS: in addition to those already mentioned, the following items of European technology were obtained and used by the Wampanoags: tin cups; pails of tin and iron; wooden chests; glass bottles; weapons—guns, pistols, sword and rapier blades, hatchets, and axes. (Gookin, pp. 151-52; Mourt’s Relation, p. 144)