The Native Americans used this method of setting fire to the forest as a way to allow an ample amount of sunlight in order to ensure the growth and blossoming of species such as birch, white pine, and various shrubs that the Native Americans Needed. (30) Ironically, the colonists would end up endlessly appreciating these many miles of burned forests leaving a shortage of wood, but an ample amount of "most sought after of colonial trees ", the white pine. ... On page 28, William Wood elaborates on how the Native Americans' woodland burning ironically resulted in another appreciated asset o...

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