DAILY LIFE: housing and food

The pilgrim houses were similar to an English cottage. They had a big roof. People were living on the main floor and there was a second floor under the roof that people used to store some products. There was a living room, where the families were eating and sleeping. Each family had around 800 square feet, like a small apartament.
Plimoth Village was out of the main route, but near the crops.
The Indian families (Wampanoag) lived in a houses and its names were wetus. The structure of the wetus was made for young trees and it is a circular shape. In summer the structure was covered for wovengrass. The Wampanoag in the wetu had mats for sleep, animal skins and a bonfire for becovered in bad weathon. During the summer, the Indian lived where they had the harvest and in the winter protected with like a open Rouse.
In Masachussets area the pilgrims hunted animal with the rifles. Seafood was also a favourite, especially mussels. They are found clinging to rocks. Pilgrims ate three meals a day, the biggest being in the midday meal. The pilgrim ate with their hand. They had knives and spoons, but no forks.
Wampanoag was an Indian tribu. During the winter, the Indians hunted wild animals such as rabbit. A wampanoag hunter give thanks to spirits for a good hunting. The Indians were also expert fishermen. They fished with their hands. The Wampanoag women dedicated to domestic works.