where are the helpers?

[eluser]bobqphp[/eluser]
I just downloaded CI 1.6 for the first time and was working through the blog tutorial, and noticed that the "helpers" folder has nothing but an index.html file in it. the tutorial implies there should be a set of standard helpers, but I can't find them. sorry if this is a n00b question that's been answered before, but I searched quite a bit and can't figure this out...thanks for any help