A Day in the Life of Opencanchenko It is morning, a beautiful day. The sun has risen in the sky. It is time to begin the day. Opencanchenko will start his day by checking the fires that were set around some trees yesterday. Opencanchenko and others from his village are clearing a new area for farming in the fall. DID YOU KNOW?...Clearing a Field After an hour of checking how much burning had taken place during the night, Opencanchenko goes back to his witchott for something to eat. His wife has fixed a meal of corncakes made from maize (the Indian word for corn), smoked rockfish from Chesapeake Bay, and a bowl of gooseberries, raspberries, mulberries, and strawberries that she gathered yesterday afternoon. This is a very plentiful time of year. There is lots of food to eat - not like in the past months when food was scarce. It was so bad earlier this year, several of the village dogs had to be sacrificed until the birds from the north returned and the planting could begin again. Answer Item #4 on your Worksheet.