. Inglenook, The (1911) . Indian Chief. Indian Women. Mr. Day. nary swamp land, there lay level before meforty acres of grassy, boggy marsh. At theedge of this marsh and running back into itfor many rods, could be seen the little redcranberries, growing low or lying right up-on the ground. I could hardly wait till Iate several of them, sour as they were, forit was a novelty to be able to pick them andeat them without buying them at the picked a bushel of these wild cranber-ries in less than half a day, for which thedoctor paid me $1, the price for picking thewild berries when they are
. Inglenook, The (1911) . Indian Chief. Indian Women. Mr. Day. nary swamp land, there lay level before meforty acres of grassy, boggy marsh. At theedge of this marsh and running back into itfor many rods, could be seen the little redcranberries, growing low or lying right up-on the ground. I could hardly wait till Iate several of them, sour as they were, forit was a novelty to be able to pick them andeat them without buying them at the picked a bushel of these wild cranber-ries in less than half a day, for which thedoctor paid me $1, the price for picking thewild berries when they are somewhat thinon the ground. It was very tiresome, foras it was not good to get down on my knees 1300 The Inglenook. Flooding in the water that filled the bogs, it wasnecessary to bend my back at an angle thatmade my spinal column conscious of somenew form of exercise to which I was sub-jecting it. My feet got wet,—soaking wet,-—>and the water was cold. It took me aweek to get the rheumatism out of my leftleg, and while my enthusiasm about cran-berry culture was at high flood, I began tosee, from my own experience, the difficul-ties and dangers of the work. Although myback ached terribly, the fun of pulling offthe berries by the handful was great. Theberries grew on a vinelike stalk, much asa strawberry, and the berries hung or laytwo to six feet deep. Sometimes I got asmany as fifteen to twenty in my hands atone raking. The fingers of both hands areoutstretched and opened, then touching atthe tips, the hands are drawn up from be-low the berries, as the vines and grassesslip through them. You simply rake theberries off, and a steel rake or scoop is usedsometimes with very good results
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