Halifax Grammar School - Grammarian Yearbook (Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada)

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9. PETS I had a little pup He drank from a cup, I had a little rabbit, He had a special habit. I had a red parrot, And he ate a raw carrot, I have a baby ape, And he ate a purple grape. The aniriial pictures that I drew I would like to shov; to you. Sarah Stevens Prep. II Age 7. THE WORST THING I DID The worst thing I did, was pulling the car brake. Three years ago one day, in the middle of winter, I got up early in the morning to get dressed. Then when my brother and I were dressed, v e went out in our car. After about ten minutes, we were getting restless and my brother started a fight j I immediately got mad, so I took off his hat and hung it on the gear shift. After I did this, my brother pulled it off vjhich shifted the gear shift and the car went rolling across the street, VJhen that happened, I started running up Dutch Village Road and hid behind a house. And I was lucky I didn ' t get it. Andrew Clark, Age 7 Prep, 3.

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10. MICMAC INDIMS The Micmac Indians belonged to a linguistic groupj the Algonquins, composed of many tribes speaking allied dialects who lived in the northeastern part of North America. They were not warlike, asking only to be let alone to live as they pleased. Most of the Micmac live in Nova Scotia, No place was their home. The Micmac lived a simple hunting and gathering life. The women gathered food while the men hunted. During the Summer months roots, berries, clams, oysters, moose and deer meat were dried for v inter use. Travellin g The Micmacs travelled on foot or by boat. In Winter they travelled on snowshoes. Once they lived in dugouts hollowed from large trees, but early European explorers found them using birchbark canoes. One of the routes of travel was from the Minas Basin up the Shubenacadie River to Grand Lake, and by other lakes and short portages to Halifax Harbour. This was the route they used when sent by the French to harass the English Settlement at Halifax in 1750. They lived in wig- wams. Ten or tvjelve long stakes were set on the ground in a circle about twelve feet in there at the top. This frame v;as covered ith sheets of bark, usually that of the birch tree. Sometimes sheets of hemlock or elm bark formed the covering. The doorvray faced South. Micmacs clothed themselves in animal skin. The women wore a calf -length dress made of two skins sewed together at the sides and open at the top, which was folded dovjn. There was a belt and hanging from it was a purse containing the squaw ' s valuables j her pipe, some pretty trinkets, and perhaps some spruce gum. The squaws wore moccasins, too. Personal adornment was important. Jewelry was important. Men or women wore a necklace or bracelet of shell beads, animal teeth or claws. The women made the household containers. Bark scoops with vrooden handles, served as ladles and dishes were of birchbark or wood. Glooskap was the Abenaki god of creation. He achieved his supreme position through rivalry with his evil twin Molsimi. French priests lived with the Indians and taught them the Catholic religion. They took good care of their Indian flocks, seeing to it that they were not cheated in trade and were provided with food in times of famine. The Micmacs settled in norther-n New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, They met the French in the early 1700 ' s. Alice Lim and Ann Merchant Prep. 5 Prep. 5 Age 11 Age 11.