The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-08-10

people who lived close to the water
ate largely of shellfsh and other sea
foods. and those farther inland lived
on game animals, birds and their eggs
! and such grains and fruits as grew
wild.
! Australian Bushrnen Examples.
In the cave dwellings of ancient Eu-
/ rope there have been found charred
and cracked marrow bones. and in the
| prehistoric lake dwellings of Europe
have been found the grains from which
were made the bread of that remote
period If the primitive people of the
present day are taken to show how
the earlier races lived. the Australian
bushmen are an example of how seeds.
fruits, insects and animals and roots
are readily used.
OF the food used by the American
Indians before they were modified by
contact with the whites much infor-
nation is available. 1t is known that
they extensively cultivated grain.
pumpkins. beans, maize and sunfow.
ers. besides hunting and fishing Ami
mails and fish we're extensively eaten.
and large quantities of these were
dried and smoked for the winter. Spe-
cial arrangements were made to secure
fat, according to the early chroniclers,
and bear fat and other animal fats
were collected. as well as oil from sun
flower seed.
The diet of the Indians seems to have
been extensive and well balanced. The
remoter Indian tribes of Mexico show
the same conditions today. modified
somewhat by surroundings and cir
cumstances.
Racial custom does not persist among
human beings. 1t has been found
among immigrants to the United States
that while old people. as a rule, cling TO .
food customs they brought with them. .
the second generation usually takes to
the more varied diet of the modern
in which 1t lives.
Diets Suited to Climates.
Turning to the Eskimos. they are TAX
en- as the nearest representatives of
glacial man on the earth today. and
their diet, consisting largely of meat.
fat and heat producing food. is suited
10 their environment. as is the easily
vegetable diet to the inhabit- 2
lnts Of the tropics
In speaking Of the peasants Of Eu-
rope and ireland. Mr.. Langworthy
says that popular writer's who speak
If their almost exclusive potato diet"
'ail, as a rule. TO observe the skim
milk and bacon that go with the ra-
ion. In the same way, while rice
axes the place Of wheat in the diet Of
be Japanese and Chinese. they do not
perform severe manual labor on a
handful Of rice, as has been frequent
Y alleged. They always use a large
ariety Of vegetables, fresh and pre-
erved fruits. fish and beans and other
agumes Both races use as large
mounts Of pork and poultry as their
leans will allow.
Attention is called also to the fact
lat the amount Of energy and heat
1rming food depends largely on the
ze Of the person nourished. In this
'ay studies Of the dietary of twenty
merican professional men and a sim.
ar number Of Japanese show that the
lpanese get along with much fewer
'alories" Of energy making material
he fact was. however. that the Amer
ans averaged 15O pounds in weight Q
I'd the Japanese 1O5 pounds When
lis difference in size was considered
brought the food figures much closer
gether.
The popular idea of the natives OF r
dia never eating meat is also said L
be erroneous, as little account is
ken of the large quantities of milk,
tier and "ghee" they consume. D