Around the time of the Book of Mormon’s first publication, several other books were published that reflected the thinking of the times. These include Abner Cole’s satire of the Book of Mormon titled Book of Pukei, Reverend Spaulding’s Manuscript Story, and Ethan Smith’s View of the Hebrews. In the Book of Pukei, we read of Native Americans dressed in Egyptian raiment and wearing long beards but also using items such as blankets, moccasins, and bark canoes. As he obviously mocks the Book of Mormon’s origins, Cole also mistakenly gives the ancient Americans traits of contemporary Native Americans in upstate New York. In fact, in the Book of Mormon, we find no references to blankets, footwear, or beards, except in references to the Old World or to older scripture (such as the writings of Isaiah, cited above). Furthermore, Book of Mormon watercraft are called “barges,” “vessels,” or “ships,” and they are made of unspecified materials (see Echoes, 318–323).