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362 penciled at top of page. Also 12 A great while ago the Indians had a Town, surrounded by a high stone wall, and the houses flat roofed were covered with something like stone. Once their enemies came and broke down a part of the wall, & did much injury. Thomas Smith name underscored His great grand father told these things. Ancient Cherokee houses were made of split sticks laid in mud, the ends being made fast by means of gutters in the sides of the posts. The fire was made in the middle and immediately over it was a hole left in the roof 3 or over feet in diameter, over which was a second roof perhaps six inches higher than the other, so that the smoke could effuse out under the sides of this upper bark, and yet the rain be kept entirely out. In the sides of the houses were small holes, perhaps a foot square for windows. Places for lodging were built by the sides, or generally at the back end of the house. These were 3 feet high covered with cane fastened together or some other kind of mattress. They had generally a separate house