It furnished trees serviceable for shelter when the foe was stalked.

It was their wall and roof, their habitat.

It was one of the Four Friends of the Indians--the Ground, the Waters, the Sky, the Forest.

The forest was everywhere, and the Indians dwelled in the forest.

Not unnaturally, they held that this world was theirs.
Upon the three ships, sailing, sailing, moved a few men who could speak with authority of the forest and of Indians.