Complex sentence: In addition, Bermuda cedar berries were used by settlers as food for both themselves and their animals and to prepare cedarberry syrup as a treatment for toothaches and coughs, and cedar brush was boiled in water to create a elixir for lowering fevers.
Split into simpler sentences: In addition, Bermuda cedar berries were used by settlers as food for both themselves and their animals, and to prepare cedarberry syrup as a treatment for toothaches and coughs. Settlers also boiled cedar brush in water to create a elixir for lowering fevers.