ironically, in parts of england, of course, they were, and they still do raise exactly that species, fragmentmitis for that muching houses. but the settlers here wering this can't sell any reeds. definitely swaps. swaps were extremely useful. the english were going to call them deserts. to the indians, this is where you might find a bread basket. there are higher grounds that will have trees, including oaks, which will have acorns, which in turn will attract some deer. and in the waters themselves, you can see a turtle in there. i think it's actually a marsh plant, but i'm going to call it a turtle. this is where you want to eat terrapin for supper. it's exactly where you go. you go to a swamp. this is a major reason why swamps became refuge areas for indians. there are often high enough grounds, just high enough within them hammocks, where you can clear some trees and actually do a little farming. it's why indian refugee communities oftentimes wound up there after the whites had taken all of their water front land. you go to a swamp. and white is not going to want the swamp. and until he learns t