Samuael de Champlain's 1605 map of the Malle Barre (Nauset 
Harbor, Massachusetts) shows domed and barrel-vaultedwigwams 
with smoke holes sitting adjacent to cornfields (labeled "L"). After 
the summer harvest, the Indians of coastal New England would make 
their annual move, dismantling their houses and leaving their fields 
to spend winter in the forests further inland. French explorers 
tended to mistake these seasonal activities as preparations for war, 
provoking them to attack the Indians without warning (note the 
skirmish at the lower right). In the spring, when the fish runs were 
plentiful  once again, villagers would reunite at the rivers and shores, 
celebrating the end of winter.