. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] : illustrated from nature. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. 380 AMERICAN FISHES. fish visit, to a greater or less extent, all the rivers in this region, and form the principal dependence of the inhabitants as the means of sub- sistence. The native," always make a feast to express their joy at the arrival of the Salmon. The person who sees the first one in the river exclaims, Td-loe naslay! td-loe naslay! Salmon have arrived! Salmon have arrived! The exclamation is caught
. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] : illustrated from nature. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. 380 AMERICAN FISHES. fish visit, to a greater or less extent, all the rivers in this region, and form the principal dependence of the inhabitants as the means of sub- sistence. The native," always make a feast to express their joy at the arrival of the Salmon. The person who sees the first one in the river exclaims, Td-loe naslay! td-loe naslay! Salmon have arrived! Salmon have arrived! The exclamation is caught up with joy, and repeated with animation by every body in the village. 'â ^ *â September 2. We have now the common Salmon in abundance. They weigh from five to seven pounds. There are also a few of a larger kind, which will weigh sixty or seventy pounds. Both of thcui are very good when just taken out of the water ; but when dried, as they are by the Indians here by the heat of the sun, or in the smoke of a fire, they are not very palatable. When salted, they are excellent. As soon as the Salmon come into Stuart's Lake, they go in search of the rivers and brooks that fall into it, and these streams they ascend so far as there is water to cnabhi them to swim; and when thoy can proceed no farther up, they remain there and die. None were ever seen to descend these streams. They are found dead in such num- bers, in some places, as to infect the atmosphere with a terrible stench, for a considerable distance round. But even when they are in a putrid state, the natives frequently gather them up and eat them, apparently with the same relish as if they were fresh. ^''^ October 21. We have now in our store twenty-five thousand Salmon. Four in a day are allowed to each man. I have sent some of our people to take White Fish, Attihawmeg. '''â ^November 16. Our fishermen have returned to the fort, and in- form mo that they have taken seven thousand White Fish. They wngh from three to fo
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