The foothills are filled with orchards and terraced farmsteads. At this time the settlement patterns were a mix of dispersed settlements, farmsteads and villages. They later discover that other people and animals have survived in nearby farmsteads and villages. Washington Township was an agrarian region with isolated farmsteads. The parish comprised isolated farmsteads and a manor house. The Apalachee lived in villages of various size, or on individual farmsteads of or so. Most Greeks did not live in isolated farmsteads but in small settlements. A number of scattered farmsteads are recorded but no substantial settlement. Typically, there are a number of separate farmsteads scattered throughout the area. Crannogs are traditionally interpreted as simple prehistorical farmsteads. Tracks provided links between farmsteads and fields, other farmsteads, and neighbouring long barrow tombs. The river is fed from many gills cutting through woodland and predominantly sheep farmsteads. Many farmsteads and a church had to be abandoned because of shifting dunes moving eastward. The Iroquois retaliated by destroying farmsteads and slaughtering entire families. They commonly nest in trees in cities or near farmsteads.