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8o Of the Houjes of the Laplanders.
CHAP- XVI
Of the Houfes of the Laplanders.
HItherto we have treated of the Laplander as he hath relatioii
to the Common-wealth, we Shall in the next place Speak of him as
a private perfon. And this we Shall do first, considering the things they
have need of. Secondly , their imployments. And thirdly their leaSure and
pastimes. All necelSary accommodations are either Such as are to defend us
from ill inconveniences, or to give us rieceSfaries. Of the first Sort, are
HouSes and Cloathes, of the , Meat and Drink. We Shall begin with
their houSes , or places of aboad. The Laplanders have not any houSes like
other Northern People, it having bin their cuftom to wander up and down,
and fb, Sometimes in one place and Sometimes in another, to Set up Small
Iheds for their preSent uSe : So that they had no certain habitations, but
having eaten and cohSumed the fiSh and beasts in one place , they march
to another, carrying their Sheds or tents with them.
But this liberty of wandring up and down the Country, was in a
Special Edi<ft forbid them by Charles the ninth , in the year 1602, and a certain
place of habitation aSSigned to every family. The words of the Edift are
to this purpofe: u We do in the first place command that in every
Lap-*’ mark an account be taken of all Fenns, Rivers, Lakes, <foe. and who
" they are that have hitherto had the benefit and ufe of them, with the names
"of all Such : and then that the number of the families be compared with
" that of the Rivers, fac. and So equally divided that one family Shall not
"poffefs more Rivers and Fenns then are for its uSe. Lastly every
Lap-"mark being thus divided, it Shall be committed to honest and good men*
"who, without either favor or prejudice, Shall affign to every family its
" just portion : and thenceforth it Shall not be lawfull for any Laplander,
"at his plefure to wander up and down all marches, as hath formerly bin
" ufed. From the time oSthis Editft the Laplanders had their certain bounds
and limits affjgned them Sufficient for the fuftainingof their families.
Neither was it afterward lawfull for any one to invade the propriety of
another, or to wander where he pleafed.
Notwithstanding, that cuftom of removing their Sheds from one place to
another was quite abolished, but is yet ufed among them, tho now they
move not out of the bounds aSSigned them. So that they have no certain
man-fion, but as the Seafon of the year offers it felf, either for filhing or hunting,
fo do they order their habitations accordingly on the Side of Some River,
Wood, or Mountain , and having Spent there fome daies or weeks, remove
their tents again to a more feafonable place. To this agrees alfo cur modern
writer Sam. Rheen. This wandring is chiefly caufed by their manner of
getting their living, for the Laplanders having all their livelihood from
Rain-deers, FiSh , and wild beafts, they are forced to live where they may
have Sufficient paftures for their Rain-deers, and plenty cf other beafts,
*nd
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