Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-06-17
,xn1As w1Lp Fowl SHOOTING.

,btain the means Vi SupStStSuSS,
,iicable to all the Indians from the
axes to the Mississippi river, beyond
which. westward, it does not extend.
Is thew know little on the Missouri OF
he use Of any but the SKIN canoe. and
hat only for descending and crossing
that rapid stream; and as the game OF
the country is abundant and easily ta-
ken, they are not driven 10 any otner
expedient for subsistence. AT the
north. the principal food afforded ny
,he country is obtained from, and on
The streams. and lakes or ponds, the
canoe. therefore, and the skill to work
+. becomes Of the utmost importance
to ali who inhabit the country. Fish;
fowls and wild rice seemed placed
there by nature for the use Of that por-
t;on Of the human family whose lot
has heen cas-. there; how long since the
adaptation Of the canoe TO the securing
tho necessaries Of their subsistence,
know not. but presume, as their neces-
sites was the cause of the mode, so IT
must have been in use since the time OF
their location in the country.
An Indian family goes forth in ca
noe with gun and fishing gig, and the
;mnlemenis for gathering the rice
The head Of the family sets in the bow
with hi. gun and gig, the old lady IN
the sterl, with the paddle, and two Tor
one as the ease may BEL squaws near
midships, with sticks, to each, shaped
something. like wooden swords, and
having left the shore, or arrived at the
scene of operations, the !abors com
mence. The canoe is padded slowly
along through the wild rice, which
with the aid Of sticks in their outside
hands. bend over the canoe and strike
off the rice with the sticks IN their
other hands, all this as the canoe moves
on. at the sametime the Indian shoots
what game he can, or rather chooses,
so plenty are the geese, ducks, and
brants, continually rising and swim
ming before him. If he discovers the
wake Of a large fish, the squaws are
directed to suspend their labors in col
Ilecting the rice, and the canoe very
cautiously follows the direction OF MN
At the how until he strikes the fish or
gives up the chase. The spring, sum-
mer. and fall are principally spent in
this way, and it often happens that
these occupations still 60 on with the
same success as they pursue their route
on some journey, from the head OF FOX
river. for instance, to Green Bay. and
even to the SAUL de st. Marie, tho
the rice gathering, ID the latter event,
would be necessarily abandoned after
leaving the Fox river and entering into
the lake. The wild rice here men
toned, grows up above the water from
three to FIVE feet, depending somewhat
on the depth Of the water, and, when
gathered and Drowned by the fire,
forms an excellent substitute for the
cultivated rice in soups, and other ways
of cooking. 1t also forms favorlte
ingredient in all the most esteemed
dishes among the northern Indians
1t is kept for winter consumption, and
indeed, with dried fish, is almost the
only article Of food, corn excepted, a.
mong some Of the tribes. The canoe,
with few mats for encamping purpo-
ses, a square axe, two flags, one Amer
lean and one English, a gun, fishing
gig, and empty bottle, Ito be filled by
any white man passing along,) the rice
sticks, and an iron pot, constitutes the
wealth Of northern Indian, and with
/, furnished as above, he is to all in
ents and purposes, connected with
1is habits, independent, and generally
unless his fears make him
,ervile and cringing.-[London Sports
man.
DOMESTIC DUTIES OF GIRLs.-The
elegant and accomplished Lady Mary
WORTHY Montagu, who figured in the
fashionable as well as in the literary
circles Of her time, has said that "the
most minute details Of household Ell
economy become elegant and refined,
when they are ennobled by sentiment
and they are truly ennobled when
we do them, either from sense of du-
", or consideration for q parent, or
Owe to husband. "To furnish room,
continues this lady,) is no longer a
commonplace affair, shared with up
holstercrsand cabinet makers;itis dec
Grating the place where lam to meet
a friend or lover. To order dinner is
n OF merely arranging dinner with
my cook; it is preparing refreshments
for him whom love. These neces-