. A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean [microform] : undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772. Indians of North America; Natural history; Indiens; Sciences naturelles. NORTHERN OCEAN. but the drying it occafioned no delay, as we fa- ftened it on the tops of the women's bundles, and dried it by the fun and wind while we were walking; and, ftrange as it may appear, meat thus prepared is not only very fubftantial food, but pleafant to the tafte,
. A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean [microform] : undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772. Indians of North America; Natural history; Indiens; Sciences naturelles. NORTHERN OCEAN. but the drying it occafioned no delay, as we fa- ftened it on the tops of the women's bundles, and dried it by the fun and wind while we were walking; and, ftrange as it may appear, meat thus prepared is not only very fubftantial food, but pleafant to the tafte, and generally much efteemed by the natives. For my own part I muft acknowledge, that it was not only agreeable to my palate, but after eating a meal of it, I have always found that I could travel longer without victuals, than after any other kind of food. All the dried meat prepared by the Sou- thern Indians is performed by expofing it to the heat of a large fire, which foon exhaufts all the fine juices from it, and when fufficiently dry to prevent putrefadion, is no more to be compared with that cured by the Northern Indians in the Sun, or by the heat of a very flow fire, than meat that has been boiled down for the fake of the foup, is to that which is only fufficiently boiled for eating: the latter has all the juices re- maining, which, being eafily diiTolved by the heat and moifture of the ftomach, proves a (Irong and nourifhing food ; whereas the former being entirely deprived of thoie qualities, can by no means have an equal claim to that charadler. Moft of the Europeans, however, are fonder of it than they are of that cured by the Northern Indi- ans. The fame may be faid to the lean parts of the beaft, which are firft dried, and then reduced into a kind of powder. That done by the Nor- thern. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not
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