Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-19
IsHING and hunting were
among the earliest occupa-
tions followed by the in
habitants Of this country

I'm among the earliest ocCup"-
IAJ lions followed by the in
habitants Of this country
az a means OF subsistence;
IN fact. fishing and hunting were tht
o,,ief means Of support employed oy
the savages when the country was
discovered by Christopher Column
bus. The streams and lakes OF inc
country, at that early day,and down
10 the period less than hundred
yaars ago, were full of all kinds or
fish. shad, herring and other mig
ratory fishes annually assembled the
rivers flowing into The oceans, ana
every mountain and inland stream
was filed with trout.
That the Indians OF those days de-
pended largely, If not wholly, upon
fishing for living is evident In
many parts OF the country, as upon
the sites Of ancient campfires stu 10
be found in eastern states are fish
bones IN the ASH s'iesf
shell fish, on the coast of the ocean,
have also been found with various
stone implements, spears and hooks
fa1loned ny ths' " 49,
capture OF VIZ i'i.''' -,
ologists and relic hunters on the old
fishing grounds have every year
found nui me 'pN'i
heads Slo"'iis' ''i"' "pes''
SlGgihs we're On 'et's' wy -
among tiie LII
Harriet, a writer OF l'S2, aualhtiy
descrihis the lndian nethoas oh
fishing as follows:
They have ilileWlse 'otaoie
way to cyE che fishe IN the Rivers,
for whereas they take botf Sron ana
Rodds the hollow tayle or certain
fishe like to Il sea crabb. in steede
OF a poynte. whereVvithe by nsht
or day they stH'cke fishes ana take
them off into tlleir boates. They
also l1low how to use the prlckles
and pricks of other fishes. I tny also
make WHares, WiEh settlngs up
reeles or twigs III the water ana
they soc, plant one with another
that they grove still narrower ana
narrower, as appeareths by this hs-
ure. There was never seen among
VS. SO cummings way to taxa fish
withall whereof sondrie sorts as
~. H.
they fownde in their rivers VyilKe
vnto ours. whichzare also OF a verge
good taste. Doubtless Wis pleas
ant sLghte to see the people, some I
tymes wadinge. and gotnge some
tymes sailinge In those Rivers,
which are shallGwe and not deepe,
free from all care of heaping opp
Riches for their posteIite, content
with their state and living friendye
together Of those things which God
OF his bountye hath guiv vnto them,
yet without giuing hymn any thankes
according to his desarta."
Harriet goes an to tell how the
Indians cooked their fish after hay
Ing caught them:
nAfter they haue taken store OF
nshs they eett them ynto a place
htt 10 dress vt. Ther they stricke
onn fin the ground stakes In
SQUARE roo1r,e and Law ypon then
,nd others ouer thxyart the same
,,le ynto an hurdle and sufficient
l,n,erte ana LAYING their fshe
y,,on +h,s bu,d,o thew make n fvre
,,r,,i,. tha 90 10 For tbis neonle resc,
~ an broi,a and sno,,a 8, ~,
-, ,,,,a,, +,,e,, ha,,ve further needs
sa,tha fra.,, os, we she'll 500 hereafter
,,, b,,ae all the fsbes +,
49, hu +tefyrres nm sticks seft ynn
.a,,,,., ~, f,rros ard +hen thew An
,s t,,a; ,,I.,,,e Thay take 900
49, ,,aa ,o+ hurntt when the frs
-. ~, ath,rs :, +t,+ yeara no
,ti,,,,inr. +hn drassinpe of their
,,,tiI ,he,, +b;ncte thew haue 6,
,,ya.t,,,ora tha con,..e ne Ash;ne
49,. a., 80, ana tho advance nos
49, !, .ta sl,,na of ira nnero of the
a,,,,,,, .,a Tho handy Galore anf
a:s.atahaa ~ T,,,n 1acoh Actor r.
~ +,,., ~ s+or;a on tbe
+ha .,o,ts ~ tho oar,y
century. Passing through untold dt
ei's .i''t 80 - -. ~
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