The chronicle=news., 1913-11-10

may have been they had way for
pufting mp meats for winter usa qulta
a clever aud good deal more. prac-
tical than has ever occurred 70 tho
modern Naaas Of the domestic SCI
ence claaes at the cooking schools.
Tho mala slsteaasee. Of .oHr North
American akorlgtuais wsa ot eotirac
the fiesh Of snisAls e,A neverthe)ess
these nomadx sabaIstsd luxurIoualy
uron tho wild herds and the flocks.
tho buffalo. elk. deer. antelope. aad
mountaia sheep. tho Wild goats and
the great wilderness Of native berries
which grew In the greatest profusios
In these primitive wilds. The berries
were gathered II season and dried 10:
use tho remainder Of the year. Tho
buffalo were slain when tho animals
were the latteSt and the meat was
dried for use when they were poor.
The squaws. who BY the way were
tho original beef packers. were rc-
quired-aionG In the hunting season
durinx the fall Of the year when the
golden days OF the glorious old-fnsh-
toned Indian avmmer were on--tO
take their travois and follow their
llage lords and masters ON long cxpc-
ditIons after game. A. fast M the
buffalo were slain the sQuaws cane
along with their sticking ind skin.
ming knives and the writer has seen
hundredA Of them fitted out In this
way making an advance on tho slaia
bison which seemed 10 cover tho
plains for miles. .....
These sQuaws werc rcIlickinK
happy lot OF antamed females Of tho
species who went at the work laugh
inG ard shou,Ins like tho devils In
Dante's Infcr.n. Two Of them would
skin u beast In . Jiffy. disembowcl
the brute and CAREFULLY save the
paunch ~ n casiaK for their pernmi-
can. Then they cut out the tongues
and sliced off the steaks In flitchcs
10 sun.dry and smoke Into the IA
mous jarky which was 70 popular In
,hosc days Of long Journeys and abort
ratioas. ThesH were the srubstakc
for those Of M who had 70 alcep on
llhc short xsaas-undss. tho silcsl ssafa.
which At that was even hotter Than
going To bcd with George u. Pullman
NJ two boncs the hunk.
Tho women would cut tho hoiiinx
chunks from the carcass aad pIiiaE
the whole bloody meas on a travoiS.
tho precious load was sent hack 10
camp by the kids. Then other crews
Of culinary ladies took charge and
did the cookiaR. Most Of the stuff
was dumped into big cauldrons and
boiled to e finish. Then Il was
clawed out and stuffed Into tho big
paunehcs and GOOD deal Of art was
required to do this properly. Tho
meat was placed In layers aitcrnntcd
with stratas Of the dried fruit rich
Ms the native buffalo and Jarvis bcr-
rics. with Wild fox grapes and oceas-
ionai supplies Of sand plums and
thesc strewn in with tho meat made
up a complete ration Of pcmmic,n for
tho winter. and II was pretty good
grub at that.
A big fat snunw's Job Was 10 get
into the paunch and tramp the mass
70 that II would mix aud keep well
even y II might moi taste any better
by the operation, but this Is only a
matter OF personal prcferment md
may bc IN open subject for discussion
at some Of our afternoon teas. In
those days there were no sanitary
regulations In the pure food dcparc
ment nor were folks afflicted .wi,A
ptomninc poison. After the cooking
matirce was over. and II generally
lasted nizht and day for two or three
weeks. tho cured meats were packed
back to the ,::bai headquarters md
with all tho picntitudc the supp'iea
were usually Inadequate to hold out
until spring. especially II they enter
tainei many visitors. AZ an Indian
was always hungry they often had
to resort 10 the questionable cSprdt-
ency of killing the village dogs-bnt
n cat never. No one ever saw an In
dian killing a feline nor indulEing Il.
the luxury of cat-gOulasn for there
was saperstitition about such
,hinps.-ricid and Farm.
When No Man Puixncth: In 1878
, when things were humning around
, the Georgetown mining camp and
the fishing was good for suckers =
great rumpus broke out on the Re-
publican mountain up near silver
Plume over tho old QUESTION: { un-
deSround rights. \ fellow known az
lack Rishon. the lessee OF the D'Nei