The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-13
No MORE PENN JCaN.
the Passing of . Food mat Was Of Great
Value INV Year Ago.


fifty years AGO pemmicin was to the shift
Ing and scani population Of the Northwe est
what four II In "a" present DAY To English
speaking peoples In most civilized Portions
Of the elobe the stapl. and most common
food Of the country Then II was always
mad" from tn" buffalo. which covered the
Western plains The great fur corporation
known a. the hudson Raw Jonlrany bought
hurdrcd- Of bags ~ the dark. NUTRITIOUS
con pound annually from the Indians for I-s
- It trading posts scattered over the vast
Wlidrrr"~- "a, tching from IA" Rcd River
ard hudson Bay 20 IA" Rocky Mount in-.
and from tho two Sl~kntchewans 20 the
Arctic Sea. = region then designated princs
|, kup.rt's Land
peumican tor. more properly. pimeekonb
l. 20 ere" word meaning ~ mixture. or soms-
ting made With lat II va~ composed ~
bur io meat drird va the ~un aud pounded
nn", mixed wth melted tat, and Was sewn
NJ M sacks made from the raw hid Of tie
bull H.. With the hair outside 10 did not
lu"k %tnvitIug. but Wa. IN fact. wholesome,
strong food. which would keep for years.
II ~" buffalo vas important to the fur
trader. 10" ungliulr animal was life itself
To ia" Ped man. for u furnished him WITH
everything hi, heart could desire. or with
tic m.sr- Of Procuring Il. And A.. owing
IL the migratory instiuct. Of the herds. which
took them rr>t into "a" r.co gnizcd territory
- 'f fAH' f"A ~ N''H hHAN ~ W. 'A''s
fresh meat WaS not llSHyS ohtlinable. PEN.
micau wa- tie form IN which the Indian
preserved and laid away hi store OF pro-
Visions AGAINST a." day OF scarcity
Emitting "a" excitement Of Vie hunt and
substituting domestic herds for the Md
one, 81 the plans. q description OF pemini-
oHu-uIkIug bv the Indian, q quarter OF =
oeutury sso vail give al idea Of what might
have been witnessed q Duck Lake IN the
summer Of isn Intelligence that \ band
OF burslos- Ma a. tn" NCiuIty threw the
Indian Gang e. QUO" INTO q tate of violent
cVoitrmcnt Men rushed from the lodge,
buokiuc ou quiN-r~ Of ARROWS and belt,
of cartridge. women talked aud gr-t iCullteu.
bow ra',d Mildly about shouting shrilly TO
one mother. the hof-- herd wes driven 10.
and m Il few minute the buck. mounted
OF their hunaio runners aud under th"
direction Of the ohief 81 the hunt. moved
~ a ,ilrnt body nut OF ia" camp On near.
iug the h"rd, advances" VA taken OF "a,n
slight ~" or dip to cover the approach.
which NH- liNay- az wind. % that IA" vary
brut.- -hoild not catch ia" scent stealth
ny they rode, one behind another. uutil oon-
c'almeut wa no longer po--ibl" Then. 20
q signal from Their ,hi"f. th"v burst upon the
or.u PLAN and dashed y'iluE At the ton
-ured VI their trained hor-'- AZ NJ" startled
herd
I-u,iIy 1t 40 -omc distance away. p-r-
lNNN- NHNN q NA|NNfH fNfH DO |'fh % 'fNA NNhN y
to overhaul 4 bur 10 ono" up wdh tie
,traiuiug animal. however. ,h"r pace -l1oG-
encd. and tie rot Nas comparatively cay.
uuVard Trlloprd CO." hunter between ~
long. undulatus fl"- Of shaggy hfovn hs's~
picking out ~" Eat ,ov- and a." young bulls
1T their leisure And A. q i"tthrrcd hiatt
lett ~. ~uapuiUs hoW-trius aDd - stri,A"d
beast tousred and vent down. 10" loud.
trufu phaut cry OF the hunter raus OUT, and
he tossed % uo,rr-tu 81 . beaded hrn bag
beside u to mark hi kiI. aud then f"N On.
IN" chase insight last a. i"us a- th' tor-"-'
WIND When ~ VA over CD" women came
with the ronir. and a." trading trHNoys
vrr- soon stripped Of their hairy 'nrt-, the
meat packed OF IA" trHNoN-, th"t"n". hfos.n
the red s;uil. a." who'll party t"luru"d 10
camp Here. ~ ~ tn''.dih.' nor ilms
the iueat w. 'It trto vide. ttlu sh'"t~ ana
10 dry Nfi.f n dav o. TO tho" sheet"
we're removed aud >rr"ld ulon 80" lean
tinued faiI they .oou became, ~ hafd az
single lhcr Hcr" ,,"n pii,-I utoa
on .hor' peg 80 form "a s"u OF basin. AMI
hsa,rn Wit fail. OF between s,ohe> unth
tho meat Sas reduced almost 20 n pewver.
III. -trangc thiug va. that. II property
The rrsh seldom. - ever, teoaols
a., ,urc a mo.pherc 81 ~" Northwest -n'i
a method 81 preparing a. ~onii douh''"''
"NssrSbii" IN. marrow md o'hcr choio"
ia, rad t-.0 rendered. md bag. -om" ~
frct Of raw tut ,lo hide, forhI'd over
the Iottow aud sean W ut tho etd"> WIN
the .irrW Of h.. animal. mad. for u" reception
Of the pewWicsn "" melted iHi W. h's'
poured over tho shredded meat ~ ih" 'hf'~h-
ipe ha-tu. and the whole mtx~d to tie CON
stst~noy 81 past. That Wa 'h' I"nrh''h
II VA ,hove,led INTO the ,a'ks l~onni,n
down. aud. after IA. tor had been -,Nh
up and tho bag~ Jumped 10 max" mem wv
the cooled I"wm,o.n pN,SaF". w" a.
and ALMOST n. hard - - MANY h"ntd't
When YOU desired 20 49, p"nInI,'n 80"
chopusd q piece oN Nth an ~" -a'h ai' ~
~. mot va. slrr.i, tvotod ~ = m"a-nf"
nv suu. sind ana hot 60. hni ~ YOU w.
f.rr-d. after tearing IN 'h' adhctlhs~>
eu could fry At In a IAN OF A".~