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Excerpt from Pen Pictures of Early Western Days
Chief Keokuk's village was some five or Six miles distant at the Yellow Banks on the Des Moines river.
The buildings at that time were the few log cabins of the French and half breed settlers near the river. These were built of round logs, with chim neys on the outside made of sticks and the fire place was faced with ?at stones for a fire back and all were chinked with clay. They usually had one small win dow close beside the door, and were quite warm, with a large fire place occupying most of one side of the cabin, where could be rolled in a huge back log. The rafters overhead were hung with Skins of wild animals, ears of Indian corn, strips of pumpkin, and venison hams hung up to dry, while the walls were decorated with guns, Shot pouches and game bags made of buckskin tanned by the Indians. The ?oors were made Of puncheon these were logs Split in half with the ?at Side up, and were Often quite uneaven.
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