Capsule septicidal, seeds often flattened, exotesta palisaded or lignified. Roofing was similar to the palisaded homes. The Spanish were unable to approach the palisaded village. It consisted of 30 log houses, 2 taverns, and a garrison palisaded fort. His party describe the village as strongly palisaded and nearly surrounded by a ditch. This feature has also been interpreted as a possible base for a palisaded enclosure. A to deep moat blocked direct contact by the enemy with the palisaded walls. Accokeek included a palisaded village that was occupied from ca. The tribe lived in semi-permanent palisaded villages of pole-frame lodges. Inside the palisaded wall were the distinctive bee-hive shaped houses of the Wichita. These troops breached the palisaded entrenchments at eight in the evening on 18 March. The town did not have a wall, but a protective earthen and wooden palisaded ditch. Each redoubt was protected by a ditch or dry moat, with parapets, and was palisaded.